We are still doing fine. Yesterday, we went to the Orana Wildlife Park and fed the giraffes.
After surveying the damage a little more, the places that have fallen down do not surprise me in the least. Brick construction. No to little support for the structures. Built before building standards were set forth. Poorly maintained. Or built on mud near streams.
These are the buildings they are showing on the news.
Summary so far.
After a 7.1 quake, no loss of human life. Zero.
Power was voluntarily shut down to ensure no fires for about 6 hours.
No looting and people behaving.
Volunteers helping out all over the place.
The grocery store was a little bare, but shipments have resumed today.
We are still getting aftershocks, but they last for about 5-10 seconds.
If this quake happened near Philadelphia, it would have been a very different story.
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