Hey guys,
yeah more than a little scary on the 18th floor. But take a moment for the people in front of the Tsunami, I got to watch people die live on TV, it has me a little rattled.
however just managed to get hold of my wife so that is my big worry sorted/
Hey Marc, didn't know you were there. Not great times eh. I went through the Sichuan 2008 8.0 Earthquake first on my 6th floor roof 40kms from the epicenter running down the stairwell with concrete and render chips raining down on my head shitting myself and through the biggest after shock a 6.2 in my 25th floor apartment in Chengdu a few days later. Volunteered at the number 2 hospital here for 2 days after and it's not something anyone should ever go through.
We watched the first few hours live of your situation and it was just very sad, unlike Western TV, Chinese TV doesn't hold anything back and it was very clear then how big the loss of life was going to be - sounds like the Japanese TV showed the same.
I'm sure you felt the same relief finding your wife as I did mine (1 hour later), glad to hear you're both ok but be careful of depression in these months.
