tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799914692887174209.post8636190289402029943..comments2024-01-15T21:30:40.609+03:00Comments on Istanbul's Stranger: Apocolypse Any Moment NowStrangerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933997864575809110noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799914692887174209.post-69580053273250805322012-11-11T21:47:51.487+02:002012-11-11T21:47:51.487+02:00Paul, I used to work in Adapazari long before the ...Paul, I used to work in Adapazari long before the quake. (It was pretty desperate even then!) and every place you looked there was evidence of shoddy construction. Spaghetti bundles of electric wires plastic-strapped to the sides of building, covered in car exhaust dust is one image (though I admit it isn't very structural) <br /><br />Although I had already moved out of the are and was well away from the disaster, I heard from a friend that my apartment building was one of the one's flattened. <br />I am still chilled to the bone when I think of the times I taught second conditionals. What would you do if there was an earthquake? It was standard stuff, of course, but it still gives me the creeps. Nomadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03686282358562565742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799914692887174209.post-69655067333767102802012-11-06T01:32:17.206+02:002012-11-06T01:32:17.206+02:00I was in the 99 quake - to be honest, I don't ...I was in the 99 quake - to be honest, I don't think that I really recovered from the fear and terror of that night for years, even though I was in Yenimahalle and well away from where all the destruction was happening. I used to wake up at 3.17 regularly for ages after. I remember a saturday class where half the group's chairs were empty - they'd all had holiday homes in the epicentre.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06942324873082816843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799914692887174209.post-15573755928141414462012-11-05T06:35:53.890+02:002012-11-05T06:35:53.890+02:00I've felt quite a few tremors since I've b...I've felt quite a few tremors since I've been here. Every time, I just tell myself the tremors are making the fault happy, and helping it let off steam so it won't have to do a big angry shake later on...Strangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933997864575809110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799914692887174209.post-49321188824471265962012-11-04T23:32:55.403+02:002012-11-04T23:32:55.403+02:00The comment posting machine ate my comment, so I w...The comment posting machine ate my comment, so I will try to write it again.<br /><br />That quote does capture it and this is what i was doing after I came here: thinking about it constantly. And then it kind of went away from my thoughts and prego: a 3.8. Btw, nobody felt it except for the scribbling machines.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799914692887174209.post-61785604064655278732012-11-04T23:01:36.193+02:002012-11-04T23:01:36.193+02:00I heard about the Oct. 19 earthquake, but didn'...I heard about the Oct. 19 earthquake, but didn't feel it...<br /><br />I love that Orhan Pamuk quote. It does kind of capture one of the ways of dealing with it, doesn't it?Strangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933997864575809110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799914692887174209.post-38380014089642189012012-11-04T20:34:25.840+02:002012-11-04T20:34:25.840+02:00The post is in polish, but the quote I wanted to s...The post is in polish, but the quote I wanted to share is in english. You know there was a tiny little unfelt 3.8 earthquake on Oct. 19th?<br /><br />http://koszyczek.wordpress.com/2012/10/20/3-8/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799914692887174209.post-85324395426532873202012-11-04T17:26:48.047+02:002012-11-04T17:26:48.047+02:00I've just added İzmir to my list of places to ...I've just added İzmir to my list of places to walk to. I suspect I'd like it better there than Bulgaria anyway.Strangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933997864575809110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799914692887174209.post-66306931525682017312012-11-04T16:29:50.059+02:002012-11-04T16:29:50.059+02:00I also worry about this thing a bit too often. I t...I also worry about this thing a bit too often. I think I should buy a tent and some supplies but then if the whole city is like that, how long would they last? And how would I defend what I have from people who are strong or more in number? I would probably give what I have to the first sad sack that came along anyway. <br /><br />I recall when Izmir had three fairly sizable quakes in a week. The whole atmosphere of city changed. A weird sense of community and people that NEVER spoke to one another on the street were now babbling away a mile a minute. People would stand outside for hours until somebody worked up the courage to run inside to their apts for something. Telephone chargers, mostly. <br /><br />You and son can walk down to Izmir if nothing else. If you don't mind lots of ramen noodles. Nomadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03686282358562565742noreply@blogger.com