Earthquake!

[Mock Cockpit]

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I did not like earthquakes too much after that.

Yeah it's fine until one scares you that much that when someone bumps your desk or a train rumbles past you go all clammy until you pull yourself together. Then one does hit and you wait...is it still going...getting stronger..fuck...how much stronger....ooohhh....ohhhhh.......phew, thank fuck for that.
I'd be quite happy to never go through another one again, even the little ones freak me out.

[Iraira]

Tonight's "bump" was a 4.3 in Ibaragi...I'm gonna take some Viagra and try to out-magnitude it.

[Greji]

Tonight's "bump" was a 4.3 in Ibaragi...I'm gonna take some Viagra and try to out-magnitude it.

I did after reading your post and 4.3 is hard to match, but it was fun trying. I'm glad I finally got to work. I need the rest.

[gomichild]

Lots of activity coming from off the shore of Ibaragi this evening...

[GomiGirl]

Lots of activity coming from off the shore of Ibaragi this evening...

Yessiree.. I got a bit nervous on the last one as it just went on and on and on. I was waiting for it and had actually thought about getting the earthquake kit out..

[gomichild]

That one was a 5 in Ibaragi kids.

[GomiGirl]

That one was a 5 in Ibaragi kids.

Sure that is just not the kid kicking... wombquake!!

[gomichild]

[quote="GomiGirl"]Sure that is just not the kid kicking... wombquake!! ]

I don't think he kicks hard enough to be shaking buildings in Ibaragi-ken....

[GuyJean]

Lots of activity coming from off the shore of Ibaragi this evening...

Yeah, that one woke me from my strange dream..

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/08015400391.html

GJ

[Charles]

Yeah, that one woke me from my strange dream..

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/08015400391.html

GJ

Nice One! JMA says 6.7 magnitude, but USGS says 6.8.

[IkemenTommy]

I wonder if the "big one" is just around the corner

[Samurai_Jerk]

Yeah, that "big" one last night did make me a bit nervous. Hell, it even woke up my Japanese coworkers. That tells you something.

[IkemenTommy]

Yeah, that "big" one last night did make me a bit nervous. Hell, it even woke up my Japanese coworkers. That tells you something.

I was more worried about my TV falling over than anything else.

It was somewhat surreal as I was joking with someone that we'd all be royally fucked if a huge earthquake ever hit us like they did in Kobe. When that nice and loooong, rolling one hit us last night, I thought I jinxed myself and that some divine being was out trying to screw me for saying that out loud.

[Charles]

I was more worried about my TV falling over than anything else.

Yeah, I recall reading about a casualty in a relatively modest LA quake, about 4.5 I think, it hit early morning when everyone was sleeping. Some little kid's head got crushed under a falling TV. Moral of the story: don't sleep in front of the TV.
I note my high end Japan-built Sony Trinitron XBR TVs have tie-down straps on the back of the stands, to keep them from tipping over in a quake. And it's a good thing because they're like 90 to 100 pounds.

[Samurai_Jerk]

I was more worried about my TV falling over than anything else.

That's fucking hilarious because that was my first thought too. If my TV broke, I'd be a very sad Jerk.

[ichigo partygirl]

i got straight outta bed and shut my laptop and put it in its shell. I guess people used to grab photo albums and that sort of stuff but nowdays its all electronic.
It was a rather good quake though wasn't it!

[Iraira]

That's fucking hilarious because that was my first thought too. If my TV broke, I'd be a very sad Jerk.

Actually, I'm waiting for a big quake to knock my monster analog TV off it's pedestal and break it into a million pieces. Then I can justify buying a nice digital one, even though I rarely even watch TV once a week. Guess I've got until 2011 for a major quake to strike my TV dead.

[Jack]

Yeah, that "big" one last night did make me a bit nervous. Hell, it even woke up my Japanese coworkers. That tells you something.

You've been in Japan too long when you start calling colleagues, coworkers.

[Samurai_Jerk]

You've been in Japan too long when you start calling colleagues, coworkers.

I don't get it.

[Iraira]

You've been in Japan too long when you start calling colleagues, coworkers.

You really hit the nail on the head with that one.

[gomichild]

That one was from Chiba. 3 in Kanagawa and 2 across Tokyo and Chiba.

[CrankyBastard]

You've been in Japan too long when you start calling colleagues, coworkers.

Hey Jack, don't tell me you've started orking cows now?



(An orker of cows not to be confused with "co-worker", which is a person who works with you.):D

[ttjereth]

Little one(????) just now, or maybe the start of a bigger one.

[gomichild]

That was a strong 6 in Iwate. It's spread across the entire top half of honshu.

No tsunami though.

[Charles]

No tsunami though.

I have your tsunami right here in landlocked Iowa. The Governor declared 83 of our 99 counties a disaster area. No federal disaster declaration has been made. No federal help has been issued. The whole state is underwater, and FEMA responded with a press release that says FEMA is dispatching a communications truck to coordinate future press releases.

This is a news photo taken 4 blocks from my house:

[gomichild]

Bloody hell Charles that's awful.

BTW they have issued a warning for another big quake - in Miyage, Iwate, Yamagata and Akita.

[gomichild]

that one was a 5.

[Taro Toporific]

that one was a 5.

Earthquake?
Mrs. Taro complained it was my morning toot that woke her.

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You've been in Japan too long when you start calling colleagues, coworkers.

That distinction is not exactly a slam dunk...



colleagues vs co-workers vs coworkers

[gomichild]

2 people have died.

[MeinJapanLongTime]

Let's just hope the number of deaths stays low.