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On the Earthquake and Tsunami of March 11, 2011

by takuin on Thursday, November 17, 2011 · 6 comments

November Project: Question #17

Today’s question actually came from several people, asked in many different ways. I’ll try to condense it as best I can:

Were you in the earthquake of 3/11?

On March 11th, I was home writing. We had many pre-shocks leading up to it, and when it happened I thought it was nothing more than another small earthquake. But it kept growing in strength and did not stop.

I walked out to the front door of the apartment and stood looking at the building next to mine (I live on the 4th floor). The shaking was so violent, I was sure the two buildings would collide at any moment. They swayed toward each other with only inches of space between them.

This seemed to go on for some time. [click to continue…]

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