Ocean11 0 Posted November 6, 2004 Share Posted November 6, 2004 I hope you get sorted out soon. I've really been struck by how people from there smile when they're interviewed in front of their wrecked homes. They're not really happy smiles for sure, but I don't think I'd be able to manage one in the same circumstances. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted November 6, 2004 Share Posted November 6, 2004 how are the people that had to have their house ( huge and very new) demolished because it was in the way of the rivers new path Man, at least i hear that the govt are going to give them so land somewhere else now. So how many of you have donated anything? I am ringing that doreamon number that costs 100yen each time and is very legit. Also am packing up a heap pf baby stuff as I couldn't imagine goign thru that with young ones. Would be difficult indeed. Link to post Share on other sites
LiquidX 0 Posted November 7, 2004 Share Posted November 7, 2004 Yes I hope it clears up soon dude. Nightmare it must be. I've been struck by how well the people on the tv being interviewed are holding up. I am sure I would not be so composed/calm. Link to post Share on other sites
TheOrange 0 Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 Whats it like up there now Niigata folk? You still seem to be getting a lot of aftershocks from what I hear on the news. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan.Com#2 0 Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 The last 3 or 4 days there have been about 10-15 aftershocks each day. Most of them have been shindo 1 & 2 in the main Ojiya / Kawaguchi area, but there have been the occasional bigger ones that can be felt as far away as Yuzawa and Gunma. There was a 5kyo yesterday as you probably saw on the news (3 in Yuzawa), and a 4 (1-2 in Yuzawa) that woke me up this morning at 4am. We really need them to stop. Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 That one this morning was to the north of the aftershock region (ie not too far from where I am), so it gave me quite a jolt this morning. Very very tsukareta. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 Damn, we just had a rattler here now... Link to post Share on other sites
sachiko 0 Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 I have friends in Nagaoka-shi and they don't have their house now, it is very sad. The daughter has also lost her job as company closed up. They seem to be coping with it as much as they can, but it is terrible and sudden situation for them to face. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted November 13, 2004 Share Posted November 13, 2004 Hey sanjo, I finally signed up! I'm the friend sanjo was visiting in Muikamachi when that first quake hit. Intense it was, my apart somehow survived (god knows how) and my sanity is still fairly intact, though I'm not keen on getting woken up by the bastard quakes even now sometimes. What a few weeks it has been. Being where I am - not too far away from the main area - most of the people I know have been affected by this with either friends or relatives getting their houses destroyed and the like. It's not a happy place right now. As the others have said though, the Shink and transport up to Yuzawa is just fine, its to the north of that area where everything is still a bit of a mess. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Have they pretty much stopped now then? Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 It seems to have calmed down further this last few days - about 6 today and yesterday I think... all 1s and 2s in the central area, so I couldn't feel any of them where I am. Fingers crossed it's on it's last breath. Link to post Share on other sites
fruitysue 0 Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 I was just reading through this thread and it brought back memories of that weekend. I was on the Shinkansen going to Niigata just about 30 minutes before this happened - in fact felt the earthquake actually happen while I was in Niigata station. Even more scary is the fact that I was actually planning on getting that actual shink train that was derailed - and I am sure glad I was able to get an earlier one. Scary stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 fruitysue - nice name. I bet you sure are glad you got that earlier one, that must have been terrifying. I think its amazing there were no injuries on that. Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted December 5, 2004 Share Posted December 5, 2004 Happy for you fruitysue. Link to post Share on other sites
joshnii 2 Posted December 5, 2004 Share Posted December 5, 2004 Yes that would certainly have been scary. Not sure what is/was the scariest situation to be in when this happens... in your (old) house, on a train, asleep on the 2nd floor, walking about outside.... Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted December 5, 2004 Share Posted December 5, 2004 Hi fruitysue What made you get the earlier one? You'll have been happy about that whatever it was. Link to post Share on other sites
fruitysue 0 Posted December 5, 2004 Share Posted December 5, 2004 Thanks! I sure am glad. What made me get the earlier one? I was just able to get to the station earlier than I thought and the train was there and about to leave so I got thinking it might be nice to get to Niigata earlier than planned. And it sure was! Link to post Share on other sites
happyhappy 0 Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 I felt my first earthquake just before. It was real scary. It was a shindo 3 or 4 where I live, I can't really imagine something that was many times more powerful than that. I can only guess the feeling now.... and fully sympathise. Not happy happy. Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 Not very nice, hey? Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 http://www.jma.go.jp/JMA_HP/jp/quake/quake.050119152334.03.0.html A mag 6.8 going off in the ocean to the east of Tokyo yesterday I see. That's not a yabai sign I hope... Link to post Share on other sites
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