soubriquet 0 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Everything went very wobbly. Anyone else feel it? Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 yeah - that was a big one! Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Niigata guys all OK? Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 Nagano/Niigata, upper 6. Hope ya'll OK. When we feel them in Yamagata, it means someone's having a big one somewhere. Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderpants 0 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 damn the Mariners game is off BS1 (hope you are all ok) Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 Did you feel it in Tokyo tsonda? Link to post Share on other sites
sunrise 0 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 yup, a bit of a wobbly, nothing too strong, but it went for a reasonable time..... hope everyone's okay near the source. Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Damn, just on the news that some part of the Kashiwazaki Nuclear reactor is on fire! Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 Where's that? Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Next to the Sea of Japan, to the north of Yuzawa. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 Thanks, found it. Any other news? Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 Here it is. Nothing from any Niigata people. It was a 4 here. Link to post Share on other sites
sunrise 0 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 any more on the nuclear fire? Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Its supposed to be a fire in one of the transformers. They say that there is no leak from the reactors. Link to post Share on other sites
sunrise 0 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 hopefully that's so. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 But no one is trying to put it out which kinda gives me the freaks Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Isn’t this long weekend completely F-ed up or what? The first 2 days a major typhoon and the last day a major earthquake. What’s next..... Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 hopefully beautiful blue sky, a litlle breeze and a nice warm day!! Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan#Andrew 6 Posted July 16, 2007 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted July 16, 2007 Report from Niigata. Well I was in the office in Yuzawa when it happened. Yuzawa was apparently only shindo 3 or 4 but it felt much worse (for Yuzawa) than the one a few years back - probably because our office is on the 5th floor of a tall narrow old building. Felt more like a 5 to me. Files, filing cabinets, snowboards all over the place. It was very scary and I soon decided to make my way home, not staying there! I remember thinking when it was happening (in slow motion of course), that the building might be falling over on its side, and "oh no, not again". It's not fair happening here again muikabochi, sanjo and joshnii will have felt it stronger than here... hope you are all ok. I just hope the yoshin aftershocks are small and few. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 Thanks for the update SJ1. I was actually drumming to some music at the time, and I thought sheet, I'm not drumming that hard! Then my monitor started banging into the wall, so I sitting here holding on to everything. The scary part is not knowing how big it's going to be. That's where it's nice to be in a steel frame building. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan#Andrew 6 Posted July 16, 2007 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted July 16, 2007 Yes, not knowing how big it is going to be is scary. Time seems to slow down. It starts off and quickly (slowly) gets stronger and stronger. I stood up in the office and by the time I was up I could hardly keep balance and a filing cabinet was crashing down on me. I was hoping I had experienced my quota of powerful earthquakes. Surely now I have. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 has any buildings fallen down? Hope every1 is a-ok Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan#Andrew 6 Posted July 16, 2007 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted July 16, 2007 There seem to be some buildings down in Kashiwazaki near the coast.... Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 No worries about the name change SJ1. I wish the Niigata people would sign in. Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 I'm here. Thanks folks. Well that was another scary surprise once again. I agree with SJ1, it's just not fair us getting this again. This time a bit to the north west and so Nagano has got a big shaking as well it seems. No physical damage here, just feeling very uneasy. I think it is worse when you have experienced something like this before maybe because you know what it feels like. Link to post Share on other sites
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