mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote in message news:<cliuuh$rrq$1@news.Stanford.EDU>...
> John W. <worthj1970@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> The thing to remember is that in a really strong earthquake, it might not 
> >> even be possible to move as far as a strong doorway or corner of the room. 
> >> If the place is really shaking, crouching under the nearest desk or table 
> >> might be as much as you can do. And while it is obviously not going to save 
> >> you if the whole building collapses, it is going to protect you from falling 
> >> objects or toppling furniture.
>  
> > After the small tremor the night before the Kobe earthquake my wife
> > and talked about what we would do in an earthquake. The only furniture
> 
> BTW, where were you during the quake? We were up on the mountain.
> 
Do you know where Kansai Time Out is in Shin Kobe? I lived about
twenty meters down the hill and across the street. If you're familiar
with the area, there used to be a preschool right next to my building;
now I think it's a geriatric facility.

I don't remember the pub's name, but there was a place in Sannomiya
north of the station that brought out a keg of Guiness that they had
tapped right on the street; I think it was a hundred yen or so for a
pint. Nero fiddled while Rome burned, and I drank a couple of stiff
pints with my fellow stunned gaigin.

Where exactly were you? Did you live up on the mountain, or were you
just visiting? I spent a great deal of time cycling and rock climbing
up there.

John W.