Christchurch: This Is No Place To Live Any More. 'A Number Of Large Cities Will Be Shattered And Swallowed By Earthquakes' ~ Our Lady Of La Salette

"With the first lightning blow of His sword, the mountains and all nature will tremble with dread, because the disorders and crimes of men are piercing the vault of the heavens. Paris will be burned and Marseilles swallowed up; a number of large cities will be shattered and swallowed by earthquakes; all will seem lost; only murders will be seen, the clash of arms and blasphemies heard. Our Lady of La Salette 19 Sept. 1846

Christchurch earthquake: 'This is no place to live any more'
By David Fisher, Hamish Fletcher and NZPA 7:30 AM Monday Feb 28, 2011

For many residents of Christchurch, it was one shake too many.

Thousands of the city's 350,000 inhabitants have left in droves, flying, driving, even walking away, with no plans to return any time soon.

More than 50,000 have left from the airport alone in the days since the earthquake. Christchurch airport chief executive Jim Boult said as many as 32,000 people left over Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

"Over the weekend, it quietened down a little more to be about 8000 or 9000 [a day]. "Normally we only see about 5000 a day."

Among those leaving is Aaron Waine who lost his mum Susan Chuter when the Canterbury Television building (CTV) collapsed.

"We can't stay here with this constant horrible reminder of what's happened here and what we've lost," More