Apparently Shanghai just experienced an earthquake.
When I did a google search for "Shanghai earthquake" it brought up stories from 2003, so no news yet. Interestingly, those stories were about how most buildings in Shanghai are not earthquake-proof.
It seems that our home is. On the 12th floor, I had no idea that we'd gone through an earthquake. I was in the midst of firing ayi #2 - after only 15 minutes.
It seems that Dave's office is, although maybe only barely. On the 36th floor, as he describes it, he felt strong vertigo - as if the room was spinning. Then he realized that the room was spinning - the whole building was swaying, and immediately evacuated.
Everyone is safe - no collapse. In fact, from his vanatage point on a busy street in the heart of Shanghai, there is no damage. People stepping out of taxis into the throngs emptying the skyscrapers had no idea of the earthquake either.
As an interesting sidenote, it seems that earthquakes have struck nearly half of our family over the past few months - and none of us in typical earthquake zones (Cambridge, UK; St. Louis, MO; now Shanghai, China)
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I'm going to blog about your post here. I'm from St. Louis and was looking for posts about the China earthquake. Interesting that you've had people affected by so many so recently. Who do you know in St. Louis?
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