during first period with my ３年生 (third year junior high school students), i felt this slight shaking…カタカタ…BAM. . .and kind of toppled into the podium at the front of the classroom with the large jolt. . . everyone just sat there with this stunned, confused expression for a split second. . . as the shaking continued…カタカタカタカタ…the teacher started yelling at the kids to get under their desks. . .and then turned to me, as i was obviously still standing in shock, and yelled at me to get down as well. . .
tsuyoshi's students were outside collecting something for a science experiment when it happened, so they apparently didn’t even notice it. . . they thought it was wind that blew a few loose twigs out of the trees. . .
anyway, someone who was much more aware of the event than me decided that it lasted approximately 40 seconds. . . the official report said it had a magnitude of 5.4 and was based in ehime prefecture, which is part of shikoku island. . . what we felt in kahoku had a magnitude of about 4. . .
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070009939
ironically enough, april 26th was also fire and earthquake safety awareness day at the junior high school. . . i suppose experiencing an actual earthquake is the best way to practice for/ become aware of the real thing. . . certainly much more effective than the afternoon announcement and practice drill. . .
fire safety was rather entertaining . . . but a bit less realistic. . .firefighters came and started a little fire in the middle of the school grounds. . . some of the students got to use the extinguishers to put it out. . .
then, all of the first year students (and i) had to go down the emergency slide from the third floor of the school. . .
and the second years had to go down the straight shoot (also from the third floor). . .an event which i was only brave enough to watch. . .if you zoom in, you can see the boy who wore his bike helmet all day long after the morning quake. . .
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