Japan is on a plate tectonic boundary so experiences lots of earthquakes - some of them are very small and so you can't feel them or else mistake them for the trains rumbling underground. Apparently Tokyo is due a big quake soon so we've all had to be earthquake trained - I have an escape slide from my apartment balcony and survival back pack with a torch and food etc. If there is a quake while we are at school the children all have to hide under the tables and I stand in the doorway with my (stylish) white helmet on till the all clear goes - this could be das later though!It is a little scary but city life has to go on and luckily both my apartment and school buildings are built within the last 5 years so the foundations are flexible to allow for tremors.
Earthquakes
Japan is on a plate tectonic boundary so experiences lots of earthquakes - some of them are very small and so you can't feel them or else mistake them for the trains rumbling underground. Apparently Tokyo is due a big quake soon so we've all had to be earthquake trained - I have an escape slide from my apartment balcony and survival back pack with a torch and food etc. If there is a quake while we are at school the children all have to hide under the tables and I stand in the doorway with my (stylish) white helmet on till the all clear goes - this could be das later though!It is a little scary but city life has to go on and luckily both my apartment and school buildings are built within the last 5 years so the foundations are flexible to allow for tremors.
Posted by anna on August 23, 2007 2:05 PM
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