Oi! Smooth! I hear there be some RUMBLINGS in yo area! 0_0

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:10 am

Yeah. You ok, dude?

I sure hope you are, and that you don't know anybody that got hurt in the quake.

Do the japanese have a very relaxed attitude towards the quakes tho? I wager they do, since they've been experiencing them for centuries.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6901213.stm

Aaron Hong · Post by **Aaron Hong** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:26 am

I thought the news on TV here said it was a typhoon rather than a quake. I better doublecheck.

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 4:05 am

There was actually a typhoon too, if I'm not mistaken? I did see something about that too.

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 4:21 am

We had a typhoon, a decent sized earthquake, a bunch of aftershocks, and then a bigger earthquake. Somewhere in there, a nuclear power plant got pretty messed up.

I'm fine. Everyone I know is fine. Thanks for asking. We didn't even feel the quakes here in Fukuoka, they were in the Northern part of Japan. I had never experienced an earthquake until I came to Japan. All in all, I don't think they're that big a deal. Stuff shakes, then it's over. Pretty much everything is built to withstand earthquakes reasonably well, so there's rarely any real cause for concern. I went over to a friend's place, rented a couple of movies, and just hung out for the long weekend.

rusty_herring · Post by **rusty_herring** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:05 am

Glad to hear it too.

Aaron Hong · Post by **Aaron Hong** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:46 am

Good to know you're fine. Cheers and all that.

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:58 am

good to hear your ok, was this the first quake u been in Smooth?

my GF has aerm toy called a 'Fukuoka'.. oddly enough

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:20 am

Impactor returns 2.0 wrote:was this the first quake u been in Smooth?

Don't be daft, have you not heard of the phenomena of the SmoothQuake?

angloconvoy · Post by **angloconvoy** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:02 pm

How bad was the typhoon in kyushu? I heard there was some structural damage. It wasn't so severe in tokyo. The earthquake was probably the nastiest I've felt though. Usually they don't bother me, but this one was a bit uncomfortable. Tokyo's nowhere near the damage zone of course.

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:43 pm

As luck would have it, we got the worst of the typhoon during the Yamakasa festival at around 5am on Sunday. So in the middle of the typhoon, thousands of half naked men were running around Nakasu Kawabata carrying shrines that weighed a couple of tons each. All in all, it wasn't too bad. Minor damage, but nothing really major.

I've been in a couple of quakes, and I don't find them to be all that scary.

Thanks again for the concern.

angloconvoy · Post by **angloconvoy** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:04 pm

Truth be told, I like the quakes usually, but yesterday was different. Not scary level, but a bit worrying.

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 4:25 pm

Pheew!

Good to hear Smooth.

I would celebrate getting out of this, by buying a new hat. Something perticularly japanese in style.

Seems like the Japanese do have a relaxed attitude towards the powers of nature, cool.

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:11 pm

Good to hear you're both okay. Stay that way!

I was in the California Northridge Quake of '94. I was sleeping over at my friend's house and everything started shaking so I jumped on him in panic. There were so many scares in California growing up that every time a quake hit, we would yell, "Big One!" and visions of LA falling into the ocean would fill everyone's heads. By that time, I was usually under something and it had stopped.

I think Seattle is in more trouble geologically than California was. Mt. Rainier is one hundred years overdue for an eruption. From what I know about Japan, it's even more unstable than the Northwest. Typhoons, volcanoes, earthquakes... oh my!

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:41 pm

angloconvoy wrote:Truth be told, I like the quakes usually

Yeah I know what you mean, we still play Quake 3 at lunchtime at work sometimes...

what?
oh...

i'll get my coat...

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:37 pm

I read this:

sprunkner wrote:I was sleeping over at my friend's house and everything started shaking so I jumped on him in panic.

Immediately saw this:

And then imagined your friend thinking this:

Now, who's been dirtying up my mind?

Aaron Hong · Post by **Aaron Hong** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 7:33 am

Predabot wrote: I would celebrate getting out of this, by buying a new hat. Something perticularly japanese in style.

Like this one?

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:36 pm

Predabot wrote:Pheew! Good to hear Smooth.

I would celebrate getting out of this, by buying a new hat. Something perticularly japanese in style.

I have a hat.

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:02 pm

Aaron Hong wrote:
Predabot wrote: I would celebrate getting out of this, by buying a new hat. Something perticularly japanese in style.
Like this one?

Not necessarily those, no...

Professor Smooth wrote:
I have a hat.

Yes, but it's not very japanese, is it? well, I dunno I suppose, since I dun' know a thing' 'bout japanese fashion anyway.

But isn't that your OLD hat? Can't you own more than one?

If I wus' in Japan I'd buy you a hat. To celebrate getting out of natures fury.

Like: http://au.geocities.com/thefortysecondi ... _front.jpg

And:
http://www.andersonmilitaria.com/images ... eldCap.jpg

PS: Was that other guy on the picture from Botcon ( I think) last year, Ryan - the Seibertron himself??

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 9:40 pm

Perhaps a new hat is in order. The other guy in the picture is not Ryan (Seibertron). It's David Willis (Walky), the guy who writes and draws Shortpacked.