Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!proxad.net!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: worthj1970@yahoo.com (John W.) Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: wow! Date: 25 Oct 2004 11:48:57 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 30 Message-ID: <73fde4f0.0410251048.216f4b7e@posting.google.com> References: <1gm4f7h.8238c31u10n2uN%dame_zumari@yahoo.com> <2tv2u6F22rpdiU26@uni-berlin.de> <2tv84bF23hs6cU2@uni-berlin.de> <417BBB22.60205@yahoo.com> <2u1s6mF20urulU12@uni-berlin.de> <417C57E6.6000808@yahoo.com> <73fde4f0.0410250522.2df4dea@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.32.36.230 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1098730137 14571 127.0.0.1 (25 Oct 2004 18:48:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 18:48:57 +0000 (UTC) Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:20141 mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote in message news:... > John W. 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.