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[drcuriosity]

Hello everyone in LiveJournal land, I'm still alive! We just had a big earthquake. Power's finally back on, and hopefully water soon. Some damage in the house but nothing huge as far as we can tell. Other parts of the city didn't go so well by comparison.

Since it'd be silly to go out and take photos of the damage (and there are enough idiots driving past as it is out there), I'll give you a shot I happened to take for game photography reference:



And from the BBC:



So yes. Quite a mess. Still, we have some bottled water, canned and dry food, backup light sources and a few other useful things here and there. No major injuries I've heard of amongst friends and loved ones, though my uncle's house is off its foundations a bit. With any luck, no big aftershocks.

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[tatjna.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear it! Thanks for checking in.

[elnigma.livejournal.com]

*hugs* glad you're okay

[pythia.livejournal.com]

They're warning that an aftershcok of ~6.0 is pretty likely, so stay alert. Glad you're ok!

[mal3ficent.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear you are safe and well! I hope the water comes back on soon and that the aftershocks aren't huge.

[elissa-carey.livejournal.com]

Also glad to hear you're doing fine. I'd be concerned about your uncle remaining in that house while aftershocks are still threatening; if he can find neighbors, friends or family to stay with for a night until it's done, it may be safer.

[drcuriosity]

He doesn't strike me as the kind of fellow to hang around in an unsafe house. I suspect he's probably with his partner's family. Could stay with my parents if there was no other place to go, though, so all good there.

And yes, aftershocks are still going. Just had another one now - maybe up to a 4 or so, so manageable.

[drcuriosity]

Turns out my uncle is a bit less sensible than I suspected. Despite the house shifting an inch and silt having bubbled up through the back lawn he's still in his house. *sighs* I guess the stubborn may have won out after all.

[amphigori.livejournal.com]

I'm super glad you're OK! Take care. And yay for you for having emergency supplies on hand. :)

[drcuriosity]

I didn't have them as on-hand as I could have, to be honest. But when the quake happened I went into cope mode - identified where useful things would be and got them together inside the first ten minutes or so. It's a useful instinct/conditioning to have, to be sure.

[ashbet]

Again, really glad you're okay! <3

-- A :)

[zentariana.livejournal.com]

Ack! I'm glad you're okay!

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

So glad you're okay! :)

[pleiadeslion.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear you're okay too.

It breaks my heart that all the beautiful historic buildings seem to have been damaged the worst, but I guess one upside might be that they might be replaced with buildings that are appropriate for the climate.

[drcuriosity]

Back in July I went around and took some photos of various buildings for game reference photography purposes. In a few days when things are less crazy (hopefully), I'm thinking of retracing my steps and seeing what's changed.

There's a bunch of ways one can cope with something like this. I guess I choose documentation.

[pleiadeslion.livejournal.com]

That will indeed be interesting.

[krasota.livejournal.com]

Stay safe.
*tight hug*

[poeticalpanther.livejournal.com]

Crikey! (was the first word out of my mouth)

Very glad to hear you're alright, I'd thought of you last night when i heard.

[morte-o-merce.livejournal.com]

wow, i should pay attention to the news more. i'm glad you and yours are all okay. stay safe and shit.

[norectangulars.livejournal.com]

Phew! Glad to hear you're ok :)

Oh gods matey!

[angryangeltoo.livejournal.com]

I am glad you are okay. I hope no one you know was hurt :(

Re: Oh gods matey!

[drcuriosity]

One of our neighbours got a cut and bump from a bookcase, but by and large people seem to have got off quite lucky.

While it was a similar magnitude to the one in Haiti, one of the main differences there is that we have a first world infrastructure, and major buildings get designed/retrofitted with earthquake resistance in mind.

The big test is going to be economic recovery. Lots of older inner city buildings are the ones that were ones that had major damage.