"The 2-Belo" <the2belo@removethiswave-net.or.jp> wrote in message
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> Ed and fj.life.in-japan is a baaaaaaaaaaad combination:
>
> >
> >"The 2-Belo" <the2belo@removethiswave-net.or.jp> wrote in message
> >news:3ed3f799$0$32230$df066bcf@news.sexzilla.net...
> >> Ed and fj.life.in-japan is a baaaaaaaaaaad combination:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >"The 2-Belo" <the2belo@removethiswave-net.or.jp> wrote in message
> >> >news:3ed2af1b$0$32234$df066bcf@news.sexzilla.net...
> >> >> So last evening my building here in Nagoya was swaying back and
forth like a
> >> >> ship on a choppy sea, making me (and several coworkers) rather ill.
Bleah.
> >> >>
> >> >> If there's anyone in Sendai reading this group, well, I hope your
houses fared
> >> >> better than my stomach.
> >> >
> >> >I suggest that you stay away from California. I got so good at riding
out
> >> >earthquakes that these little pussy-quakes that Japan produces are
like
> >> >driving a big wheel in the Daytona 500. Cute, but not in the same
league.
>
> Note: The largest earthquake in recorded US history was in Missouri, not
> California.
>
> >> And a phenomenon that is also indigenous to California is the apparent
necessity
> >> of its residents to take pride in its earthquakes, as if there were
awards being
> >> handed out or something.
> >
> >I don't think it's really a matter of being proud of earthquakes, so much
as
> >it is being used to them.
>
> "Cute, but not in the same league."
>
> Sounds like gloating to me. <g>

Perhaps... I guess there is a certain pride to being accustomed to something
that most people freak out about. Look what happened in Kobe after the
earthquake. You had total anarchy for a while. After the big SF earthquake
of... hmmm 89 I guess, I drove home to Oakland (and if you know anything
about Oakland, you'll know that they don't normally need an earthquake to
riot) and found a block party in progress because nobody had any
electricity. That was basically the extent of the rioting no matter where
you went. Kobe was quite different in regards to how it was handled.