Earthquake!

[GomiGirl]

Twas just a little'un.. nothing to change the knickers for...

[Taro Toporific]

Whoo-hoo!!

[canman]

That was damn long Taro up here in Hachinohe. Level 4 and the house was a rocking. My lava lamp almost toppled over.

[oyajikun]

Akasaka Park Building was rockin! Still a bit of a sway...

[nullpointer]

The whole builidng was shaking pretty bad where I work. One file closets (top heavy) almost toppled over.

Scary shit.

[Taro Toporific]

That was damn long Taro up here in Hachinohe. Level 4 and the house was a rocking. My lava lamp almost toppled over.

Centered up north? Where?
There's a tsunami alert now.

[Mulboyne]

TV says 6.8 in Miyagi

[canman]

Was hit the worst, but I was just emailing my student and she said things are ok at her house in Izumi, Sendai. I'm watching NHK right now and they have the yellow tsunami alert, it hasn't spread up to Aomori ken yet, and I hope it doesn't.

[Taro Toporific]

TV says 6.8 in Miyagi

Does anybody notice that the J-gov Earthquake server crashes after every quake?
http://tenki.jp/qua/quake_0.html

[nullpointer]

TV says 6.8 in Miyagi

Does anybody notice that the J-gov Earthquake server crashes after ever quake?
http://tenki.jp/qua/quake_0.html

I tried less than 2 minutes after the quake and the server had already stopped responding. Talk about disaster preparedness.

[canman]

My family is heading down to Tokyo tomorrow and my wife had a feeling an earthquake would hit. I said we should all split up and go where we want to, but she was worried we would get seperated and not find each other. I guess she was a day early.

[GuyJean]

The 32nd floor of Roppongi Hills was swaying and dipping.. Felt like the building was on roller skates.. Whew..

GJ

[oyajikun]

The 32nd floor of Roppongi Hills was swaying and dipping.. Felt like the building was on roller skates.. Whew..

GJ

32nd floor must have been scary!

[gomichild]

scary enough on the 4th floor here.

[Taro Toporific]

[gomichild]

10 cm tsunami has already hit, they are expecting a larger one to hit the coast.

[GuyJean]

The 32nd floor of Roppongi Hills was swaying and dipping.. Felt like the building was on roller skates.. Whew..

GJ

32nd floor must have been scary!

Some people were seriously freaking out; hyperventilating, huddled together, etc.. Definitely had the panic feeling; 'I know this thing won't fall.. but what if it does..?' kept crossing my mind..

GJ

[nullpointer]

'I know this thing won't fall..
GJ

You never know. Given a big enough earthquake, anything may happen. What I would like to ask is, how do you prepare to stay alive on a high Floor? I live on the 10th Floor. What is the best way to ensure that you are still breathing after a big one?

[gomichild]

Take the stairs down to a lower floor. Have a hard hat and back pack of provisions. When the shaking has stopped get yourself to the closest evacuation point. It will proabably be in a wide open area (park, scool ground).

On the other hand who knows?

[oyajikun]

'I know this thing won't fall..
GJ

You never know. Given a big enough earthquake, anything may happen. What I would like to ask is, how do you prepare to stay alive on a high Floor? I live on the 10th Floor. What is the best way to ensure that you are still breathing after a big one?

Earthquake Survival
What to do before, during and after an earthquake, and preparing an earthquake survival kit for your home, automobile, and office.

WHAT TO DO
PREPARE YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY NOW
Have an earthquake survival kit on hand.
All family members should know how to turn off gas, water, and electricity.
Plan family emergency procedures, and make plans for reuniting your family.
Know emergency telephone numbers (doctor, hospital, police, 911, etc)
Anchor heavy objects to walls (bookcases, wall units, mirrors, cabinets, etc.)
Never place heavy objects over beds, and keep heavy objects lower than head height of shortest member of family.

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DURING AN EARTHQUAKE STAY CALM
Inside, stand in doorway, or crouch under a desk or table, well away from windows or glass dividers.
Outside, stand away from buildings, trees, telephones and electrical lines.
On the road, drive away from underpasses and overpasses]http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/public/survival.shtml[/url]

[NeoNecroNomiCron]

List of my items in my earthquake survival kit.

Item #1: A brick. Use: For smashing the window of the shop I am about to loot.

[Charles]

What is the best way to ensure that you are still breathing after a big one?

Best way: don't be there when it happens. Move to a less seismically active place, like somewhere outside Japan.

[nullpointer]

What is the best way to ensure that you are still breathing after a big one?

Best way: don't be there when it happens. Move to a less seismically active place, like somewhere outside Japan.

Thanks a lot Charles. That was helpful.

[Kuang_Grade]

What is the best way to ensure that you are still breathing after a big one?

Best way: don't be there when it happens. Move to a less seismically active place, like somewhere outside Japan.

Charles and I don't agree often, but all I can say is true dat!'..The 'minor' shaking in Tokyo from last year's Niigata earthquake and resulting aftershocks felt mighty big in my 13th floor apartment (second from the top) in one of these new pencil thin apartment buildings....They were enough to scare the piss out of me and prompted me to reconsider any long terms plans for me in Japan. But that said, some places that may seem safe may actually not be safe as once though.

New Data Confirms Strong Earthquake Risk to Central U.S.
http://www.livescience.com/forcesofnature/050622_new_madrid.html

A colossal earthquake that caused damage from South Carolina to Washington D.C. and temporarily reversed the course of the Mississippi River nearly two centuries ago could be repeated within the next 50 years, scientists said today.

Strain is building on a fault near Memphis, Tennessee that was the site of a magnitude 8.1 earthquake in 1812, according to new observations that settle a debate on the risk of another huge quake.

"Strong earthquakes in the New Madrid seismic zone are certain to occur in the future," states a fact sheet from the U.S. Geological Survey. "There is a 9-in-10 chance of a magnitude 6 to 7 temblor occurring in the New Madrid Seismic Zone within the next 50 years."

And in addtion to the list that oyajikun provided, I would also suggest that people invest in a crow bar/small wrecking bar and keep it in their apartment. This will be handy for getting out of your place if the building survives the quake but the building frame warps/doors become jammed (It is not like you can pull the hinges from the inside on most J exterior doors).

And it will be much more handy for your post quake activities than a mere brick, NeoNecro!

[Mulboyne]

Breaking News

NZCity: NZ woman experiences Tokyo quake

A New Zealand woman living near Tokyo says the quake which has just jolted Japan was frightening. The strong quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8, shook the north of the nation, and many people are reported to have been injured. Buildings also swayed in Tokyo and a tsunami warning was issued, but the waves were small. New Zealander Paula Fletcher says the quake set her fish tank sloshing and her light shades swinging. She says it was "borderline scary", but adds that if it had got any worse she would have been far more frightened. She says she has felt about four earthquakes in the past three weeks. Paula Fletcher is eleven weeks pregnant and says the quake has not helped her morning sickness.

[Kuang_Grade]

Breaking News

NZCity: NZ woman experiences Tokyo quake

Ah, well, you always want to lead with local angle first

[emperor]

BBC with Gaijin Testimonies

My office in Tokyo felt it, the tremor lasted for a couple of minutes, you could feel the building swaying from side to side.
Jeremy, Tokyo

I was on the 23rd floor of a central building in Tokyo. At around quarter to twelve, we felt the earthquake. I was pretty much amazed by how long the earthquake was. It lasted at least 40 seconds. The whole building was moving from sides to sides. we could see other neighbour building moving just as much. We had to wear some kind of hats in case anything fell. But nothing wrong happened.
Emilien Anglada

The room started shaking horizontally in remarkably slow, well spaced shudders and went on for a good while, but as we have a basement flat I thought it was a pretty small quake. I felt a degree of dizziness, which is a new experience, but after last months quake, when I was on the 7th floor hiding under a table as the room bucked like a bronco, it seemed fairly minor.
Michael Pick, Tokyo, Japan

I was working in my office and suddenly could feel my monitor shaking. later as all of us on the floor looked at each other, it started shaking more. We would see other buildings move from our big glass windows. Since our building was a bit earthquake proof, it started oscillating even after the quake stopped. It all lasted close to 2 minutes.
Shabeer, Japan

I live about 80 kilometres from Miyagi, in Fukushima Prefecture and the quake was recorded here as a 5. I have been living in Japan for two weeks and it is my first experience of an earthquake. The walls shook at my place of work and various pictures fell down, crockery smashed, and a few people fell over. We rushed outside into an open space and watched the traffic lights swaying and various signs falling down.
Neal Brasier, Japan

"The building was shaking so much.. my penis fell out of my hand "

[GuyJean]

..The whole building was moving from sides to sides...

...I felt a degree of dizziness..

..it started oscillating even after the quake stopped. It all lasted close to 2 minutes.

Mori Tower had the same effect.. Except the racks and walls in the control room were making cracking noises.. My penis was not amused..

GJ

[Taro Toporific]

36 Reported Injured in Japan Earthquake
Associated Press, August 16, 2005, 2:27 AM EDT
TOKYO --A powerful magnitude-7.2 earthquake struck northeastern Japan on Tuesday, triggering two small tsunamis and shaking skyscrapers as far away as Tokyo, 185 miles to the south. At least 36 people were reportedly injured.
A caved-in roof at an indoor pool in the coastal city of Sendai injured 19 people, police spokesman Kazunori Abe said. ...more...

[GuyJean]

Yeah, but these fucking idiots are clearing the pool after the quake was well over.

I saw this on the news; men and women in bathing suites pulling twisted metal and debris from the pool.. Not searching for anyone, just cleaning up. Some guy cuts his finger on a a piece of metal, "Shucks, I'm bleeding. I wonder why.." (camera zooms in for a close-up of blood). Look at all the injuries!..

Again, these idiots weren't searching for people in the pool, they were cleaning it.. Cops and fireman were standing around the perimeter ready to rescue the next victim of stupidity..

GJ