"Ernest Schaal" <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote in message
news:BD61B3EB.248E7%eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp...
> in article newscache$z7dk3i$ojg$1@news01d.so-net.ne.jp, Dave at
> dgreco@bg9.so-net.ne.jp wrote on 9/5/04 7:31 PM:
>
> > That was a pretty strong one! I'm near the Nara Higashiosaka border and
it
> > shook us for about 20-30 seconds and slowly got stronger and fairly
quickly
> > dropped off in strength. Everyone ok out there??
>
> Unfortunately, I felt both. For some reason, it was more scary than
usually.
> I have experienced a variety of earthquakes in my life, both in Japan and
in
> California (including in San Francisco and in LA), but this one felt
> different, for some reason.

We don't get many earthquakes down in Okinawa -- didn't feel this one at
all. All we have are these pesky typhoons to deal with.

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Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom
ryang@gol.com