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are we ready for disaster?

By Alison Campbell • 05/09/2011 This post was syndicated from BioBlog - View original source


That’s the attention-grabbing title for a post on Number 8 Network.

The answer: maybe, and maybe not. That was the experience of Peter & Vicki Hyde, who live in the Christchurch suburb of Redcliffs & were interviewed by the N8N team. They’ve got some valuable lessons to share, which will well reward time spent reading the article.


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