08-14-2015, 07:01 PM
lost in space wrote:
Nice work, ztirffritz!
Drew,
We lived in Nishinomiya '94-'95. How did you fare in the Hanshin earthquake?
No kidding! We are in the Shukugawa/Kurakuen area. At the time of the earthquake we were in a house on the mountain (well, hill) behind Kurakuen, which has a solid base of rock. Everything (even the refrigerator with the door open first) fell down and it was a mess. However, no major structural damage and no one in our family was hurt. On the other hand, about 2000 people died within about a 5 km radius (Nishinomiya, Ashiya, Higashi Nada-ku) of our place. Lots of crazy stories from that experience.
Where were you?