Kisaxis t1_jbsvama wrote on March 11, 2023 at 1:23 PM

Reply to comment by forgetl09 in 12 years ago it seemed like another normal day in the office. Then things went crazy. This had been going on for over a minute before I started recording. by IWasGregInTokyo

Japan and its buildings are no strangers to quakes. They definitely didn't expect it to be this bad but if you live in Japan for any substantial amount of time, you would definitely be used to quakes.

forgetl09 t1_jbswlhz wrote on March 11, 2023 at 1:35 PM

I can understand that, living on the fault line in the east bay of CA that was 30 years overdue at that point made us all very fearful of quakes even though we went through them frequently. The difference might have just been the age of construction of the area I lived in and the nature of the inevitable massive quake that was coming (still hasn’t hit, only getting stronger), vs modern building in an urban center with more regular large quakes. Thanks for the input!