08-14-2015, 11:10 PM
We were about a mile from the Muko river near the Naruo Hanshin station. My wife was teaching English at Mukogawa Women's University. We were in a modern building that had no damage, just a huge mess in the kitchen and all the furniture had hopped to one side of our apartment. An old wooden apartment building across the street fell down flat, killing two people. No water for weeks, but we had electricity. Quite the experience, yes.
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?
Drew wrote:
[quote=lost in space]
Nice work, ztirffritz!
Dre
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?