Hardware store in an earthquake (VIDEO)
A car stands in water on Ferry Road after two magnitude 6.0 and 5.5 earthquakes struck on June 13, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. The aftershocks have followed four months after the major eathquake which hit the city on February 22, 2011 resulting in the deaths of 181 people.
Running a business isn't easy.
That's especially true in the middle of an earthquake.
But that's just what employees and customers discovered earlier this week inside a hardware store in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Large aftershocks have continued to hit the country almost four months after a devasting earthquake killed 181 people.
This viral video of Monday's 6.3 quake in Christchurch, New Zealand is now making the rounds on YouTube.
Things got very hairy — very quickly — inside the Dyers Road Building Centre:
Hat tip: Gawker
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