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Stitchawl · 03-11-2011, 08:41 PM

Thanks, guys. I live in the Kyoto area, which is far enough south of the epicenter of this last quake (actually, I just heard that there was another, only 100 miles away at 4am but I guess I slept through it.) that we only had some ground shaking. In fact, I actually had to look at a hanging pendulum just to be sure that it really WAS a quake. There is NO disruption of anything in this area.

Looking at the news, it's pretty grim up north. Tokyo airports have canceled all flights, train service is disrupted there, and communications from cities just to the north of there are down. Fortunately, the area around the epicenter wasn't a major city or the casualty rate would be much higher, as it was for the Kobe quake of '95. I was here for that one too, and only 60 miles from the center. The majority of casualties was from the tsunami that followed.

Nothing... nothing... makes you feel as helpless as being in the middle of an earthquake. Not tornadoes, not hurricanes, not floods or blizzards. I've been in all of them and nothing makes you feel as helpless as being in the middle of an earthquake. There is just nothing you can do.

Stitchawl

03-11-2011, 08:41 PM	#16451
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	Thanks, guys. I live in the Kyoto area, which is far enough south of the epicenter of this last quake (actually, I just heard that there was another, only 100 miles away at 4am but I guess I slept through it.) that we only had some ground shaking. In fact, I actually had to look at a hanging pendulum just to be sure that it really WAS a quake. There is NO disruption of anything in this area. Looking at the news, it's pretty grim up north. Tokyo airports have canceled all flights, train service is disrupted there, and communications from cities just to the north of there are down. Fortunately, the area around the epicenter wasn't a major city or the casualty rate would be much higher, as it was for the Kobe quake of '95. I was here for that one too, and only 60 miles from the center. The majority of casualties was from the tsunami that followed. Nothing... nothing... makes you feel as helpless as being in the middle of an earthquake. Not tornadoes, not hurricanes, not floods or blizzards. I've been in all of them and nothing makes you feel as helpless as being in the middle of an earthquake. There is just nothing you can do. Stitchawl Last edited by Stitchawl; 03-11-2011 at 08:45 PM.