Earthquake no. 2

So, I'm reading in bed on the 20th floor of the Osaka
Hilton at midnight last night when the second, larger
quake hit. The news is saying it was 7.3.

First vibrations, then shaking, then the building
started swaying. Closet doors sliding back and forth,
but nothing falling off of shelves. The building was
creaking and groaning, but held up (or, obviously, I
wouldn't be writing this!). The swaying lasted about
5 minutes. News channels were broadcasting tsunami
alerts, and the hotel loudspeaker came on at 12:20 AM
announcing the elevators were once again out of
service.

Woke up at 5:30 AM to a smaller aftershock. Just some
vibrations and creaking and groaning, but not much
swaying. I'll sleep well on the plane tonight!

Getting ready to post pictures to both Australia and
Japan pages.

This link ties to the yahoo-AP news story:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=516&e=2&u=/ap/20040905/ap_on_re_as/japan_earthquake

JP

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