It starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an aeroplane – Lenny Bruce is not afraid.

Etc, etc.

The upper floors of an office tower is not the the most stable place to ride out a 6.8 earthquake, but at least it’s reasonably safe. The buildings are designed to sway to absorb the tremors, so we were rolling from side to side long after the quake stopped. The sensation is quite like being in a large boat on stormy seas.

The damage was not too bad in Tokyo, but at least 19 people were killed in Nigata.

In the last five weeks I’ve been trough tornadoes, two typhoons and now a 6.8 earthquake.

…and I feel fine.

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