Woza Wanderer: Killer Quake. Poplar Fell, River Road

Poplar fell focus 28.04.11. On my Christchurch Avonside Dr trek, couple of days before the end of the National State of Emergency, following the 22.02.11, M6.3 Killer Quake, I watched a poplar tree felled on sewage polluted Avon River bank, River Rd, near Swanns Rd Bridge. Feller men & machines incl: workmen wearing orange or red, Hi-Vis vests, red haul truck, red chipper truck, red chipper machine, red mechanical grab, yellow crane.

28.04.11. CONTAMINATED WATER. Avonside Dr view, tree feller machines & crane, Avon River bank, River Rd, national state of emergency

In the morning, when I trekked along Avonside Dr by Avonside Girls High ghost, I saw workmen & their machines on the opp river bank. I stood on Swanns Rd Bridge, watching workmen having tea & feeding bread to ducks. No trees on River Rd bank looked dangerous to me. As it was over 2 months post 22.02.11 Killer Quake & nearly 8 months post 04.09.10 Darfield Quake, I doubted those trees were dangerous.

28.04.11. Swanns Rd Bridge view, Avon River & tree feller machines & crane, River Rd, national state of emergency

The snag with a National State of Emergency, controlled by military, CD, was that destroyers, like tree fellers & demolishers, oozed from quakemire, rubbing their paws, drooling for money, by destroying what others had built & nurtured for years: buildings & mature trees.

28.04.11. Feb 22 quake tilted power poles & tree feller crane, River Rd, national state of emergency

A week post Feb 22 Killer Quake I'd seen only one dangerous oak tree, felled by a nor'wester, which had crushed a shipping container in Hagley Park. It was an excuse for destroyers to fell nearby oaks in Hagley Park. Public safety of course, as the planned Ellerslie Flower Show was cancelled due to the quake & a marquee was already partially erected. Council couldn't have mighty oaks crashing down on grievers during the forthcoming memorial service.

28.04.11. Swanns Rd Bridge view, poplar tree fell & crane, national state of emergency

The National State of Emergency was over (lifted 01.05.11). More citizens' scrutiny now.

28.04.11. Red, Hi-Vis vested, tree feller up a poplar tree, by a yellow crane, River Rd, national state of emergency

River Rd: At the end of my Avon River trek, I snapped the poplar tree fell on Avon River bank. A red, Hi-Vis vested workman up the poplar tree, sawed & slung branches, other workmen either supervised, or sawed logs, or operated the crane, or mechanical grab, or chipper machine.

On my Avon River trek, I'd seen several red, danger-taped, oak trees on both riverbanks. The mature oaks looked OK. Never mind their roots were riverbank binders.