Moon Man Ken Ring is predicting more misery for quake-ravaged Canterbury.
The self-described weather expert has warned that another big one will rock the area next month in a recent post on his website. Ring denied he was out to scare people.
"I'm sure if people want to be scared, then they won't want to read the website if they identify it as the cause of their fear," he said.
People were free to ignore him and "it's up to individual choice what people read" on his website.
Ring's predictions have sparked outrage and panic after he claimed to know earthquakes were coming in Christchurch through a study of the moon.