Update

I heard on Thursday that all of us in my town house complex had access to our houses again, so I biked that way after work and ended up going in, as there were a) others there and b) I am still carrying a maglite torch in my work bag (it was dark by the time I got there). At least three of the 14 houses in the complex have been broken into, although mine is fortunately not one of them. More books, bookcases and manga have come down in the June aftershocks, and the whole top floor feels uneven (it's carpeted, but if I could drop a bag of marbles on it I expect they would all bounce in very odd directions - you can feel hills and dips just by walking over it). However, given that my immediate neighbours have had a major water tank leak, with the ceiling sagging so much that it's split, and all the soft furnishings soaked and beginning to mildew, I'm fortunate again that it's not worse.

The land has not been inspected, there's no power or sewerage, and no-one can live there until these things are sorted out (with no timeline), but at least I can start going through stuff.

( Non-earthquake related gaming update. )