Earthquake!!!!
Thought I should let everyone know I'm ok.
Sendai got hit with an 8.9 earthquake. The epicentre was 178km northeast of me. The quake was about an 8 where I am. The entire eastern coast line got hit with Tsunami's and I'm not too far from the ocean. The town next to me, Onahama, got flooded but the water didn't make it as far inland as where I am.
My apartment is a complete mess, but I have no broken glass to clean up, just bookshelves and food and anything that was on the tables. It looks like a tornado came through my place.
I was talking with ninja007 on msn vid chat at the time and I remember standing in the doorway screaming while she was telling me to stay calm and that I was ok. Then my butsudan fell off my shelf and landed on my computer and closed it, there by ending out chat. I managed to get out of the apartment and got an e-mail sent off to her before the phones went down.
I have power, but no water. The aftershocks have been constant since the earthquake 9 hours ago. Some as big as 7.1. Most of the ones in my area are no bigger than 5.6 but that's still enough to freak me out after the one we had this afternoon.
I spent 6 hours over at my neighbour's so I wouldn't have to be alone in my apartment with nothing but the tv for company. The news brodcasts are horrible. I have a friend in Sendai that I can't contact and I'm worried about her. I've spent 6 hours watching footage of the destruction there and then the Tsunami waves washing away boats, cars and houses not to mention all the farm land and anything else int he way. Sendai is washed out! Iwate prefecture got hit really bad too! the waves were over 10m!!
I'm really lucky my apartment is still standing with not structural damage. A few blocks over from me the houses weren't so lucky.
I finally got back the internet about 90 minutes ago and manged to call my mom. Finally got to cry and let off steam. Now i just want the shaking to stop so that I can actually get some sleep.
Crap, a friend just sent me a picture of Onahama, the town beside me that got hit with the Tsunami, this is my city....this is frelling depressing.
I don't even know how to start to get over this. This is sooo big. I have five friends in Onahama...they are all ok. But looking at this and knowing that this is their town...that it's just a short bus ride from here....scares the frell out of me. :(
So, back to my main point. I'm ok. Just really freaked out. wanting the aftershocks to stop, wanting my friends to be ok...wanting water so I can flush my toilet seems so petty right now.... crap another one.... there is no way I'm going to be able to sleep tonight with tremmors and quakes every 10 to 20 minutes. =(
Sendai got hit with an 8.9 earthquake. The epicentre was 178km northeast of me. The quake was about an 8 where I am. The entire eastern coast line got hit with Tsunami's and I'm not too far from the ocean. The town next to me, Onahama, got flooded but the water didn't make it as far inland as where I am.
My apartment is a complete mess, but I have no broken glass to clean up, just bookshelves and food and anything that was on the tables. It looks like a tornado came through my place.
I was talking with ninja007 on msn vid chat at the time and I remember standing in the doorway screaming while she was telling me to stay calm and that I was ok. Then my butsudan fell off my shelf and landed on my computer and closed it, there by ending out chat. I managed to get out of the apartment and got an e-mail sent off to her before the phones went down.
I have power, but no water. The aftershocks have been constant since the earthquake 9 hours ago. Some as big as 7.1. Most of the ones in my area are no bigger than 5.6 but that's still enough to freak me out after the one we had this afternoon.
I spent 6 hours over at my neighbour's so I wouldn't have to be alone in my apartment with nothing but the tv for company. The news brodcasts are horrible. I have a friend in Sendai that I can't contact and I'm worried about her. I've spent 6 hours watching footage of the destruction there and then the Tsunami waves washing away boats, cars and houses not to mention all the farm land and anything else int he way. Sendai is washed out! Iwate prefecture got hit really bad too! the waves were over 10m!!
I'm really lucky my apartment is still standing with not structural damage. A few blocks over from me the houses weren't so lucky.
I finally got back the internet about 90 minutes ago and manged to call my mom. Finally got to cry and let off steam. Now i just want the shaking to stop so that I can actually get some sleep.
Crap, a friend just sent me a picture of Onahama, the town beside me that got hit with the Tsunami, this is my city....this is frelling depressing.
I don't even know how to start to get over this. This is sooo big. I have five friends in Onahama...they are all ok. But looking at this and knowing that this is their town...that it's just a short bus ride from here....scares the frell out of me. :(
So, back to my main point. I'm ok. Just really freaked out. wanting the aftershocks to stop, wanting my friends to be ok...wanting water so I can flush my toilet seems so petty right now.... crap another one.... there is no way I'm going to be able to sleep tonight with tremmors and quakes every 10 to 20 minutes. =(