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quake!

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

We had a great earthquake today, a 6.1 in Tokyo, or a "5-" in Japan's system. Everyone who was here for the quake in 2011 seems to feel that this is a prelude to something larger. I get that anxiety but obviously hope that's misplaced. Because it was a big deal tonight, coming at 22:40 or so. Several of our neighbors ran into the street here in the suburbs. I had to check in at work immediately, and found that a number of my senior managers and senior technical staff had already signed in to check the health of various systems.

Sadly, people who were still in the office (yes) couldn't leave because the elevators were locked down.

Everyone was fine, including our young nephew who lives downtown.

Mari and I agreed that it's just as well that we didn't get an aquarium in this aging house.