Earthquake
It was really a big one. At 4:50 a.m., my wife and I jumped out of bed noticing a roar. Yes, the loud sound came first. The next moment, she was holding the cupboard, and me a bookshelf, thinking dimly "Hey, is this a joke?" It felt like the horizontal shaking would last forever.
Fortunately, there was no serious damage around here. And even though there were more than 400 Hokkaido people injured mostly because of falling objects, damage has been relatively moderate, given the size of the frightening magnitude 8.0 temblor. It could have been worse.
My students all looked sleepy because of the too early violent alarm clock.
Comments
So glad to hear you are all well! I was thinking about you as the news came through here. Scary.
Posted by: Jennifer | September 27, 2003 10:55 AM
Me, too. On both counts. When I heard the news, the first thing I did was go to your blog to see how you were. Maybe that's what makes blogs so great. The news doesn't just happen to some people far away. It happens to people you feel connected to because you share in their lives, day after day.
Posted by: M | September 27, 2003 11:30 AM
I did the same thing as M did yesterday morning, and then I tried to find its details. I am really happy to know that there was no serious damage there.
Posted by: eri | September 27, 2003 3:52 PM
Thank you all. I appreciate your friendship. I should have updated promptly, but, you know, I felt as if the ground was shaking all day long that day. ;)
Posted by: Kiyo | September 28, 2003 1:26 PM
glad you're ok kiyo.
i was wondering since you live in hokkaido and stuff!
Posted by: Paburo | September 28, 2003 9:43 PM
Hey, Paburo. I'm オッケー. But no thanks for another big one. :)
Posted by: Kiyo | September 29, 2003 10:14 PM
I can't believe you were so close to something so huge. Am very very glad to hear all is good.
Posted by: Rae | September 30, 2003 8:38 AM
Yeah, Rae, that was a scary experience. Nothing to worry about, uh, for now. ;) Thanks!
Posted by: Kiyo | September 30, 2003 2:06 PM