Tim - good to hear you mostly made it through.
Keep us posted. Best of luck and good wishes.
--
Tim McLaughlin
Final Cut and Avid Editor
http://vimeo.com/mcltim
www.mcltim.com
On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 12:35 AM, Tim Selander <selander@tkf.att.ne.jp>wrote:
>
>
> Hey, thanks for the call-out.
>
> By far the biggest quake I've ever experienced in my 30 years in
> Tokyo... of course nothing compared to what they are going
> through farther north! Some 70 folk have lost their lives in
> Tokyo due to the quake, a couple of buildings down and a couple
> of fires. Tragic for those families, but not widespread disaster.
>
> Our offices are on the 6th & 7th floors of a 9 story building.
> Our racks didn't tip over, so most of the gear is okay, but the
> edit rooms are a mess -- all the computer monitors, video
> monitors (including some very nice Ikegami units I just bought!),
> mixers, etc., on the floor. Can't even get into our main studio
> as so much stuff has fallen in the hall leading to it. Office
> looks like a tornado hit it, paper everywhere. Plaster, fixtures,
> etc., down all over. After all the initial powering down, picking
> up the expensive stuff, etc., everyone looked at each other and
> said, "Let's just go home. We'll have to dig in Monday." The
> building really rocked and rolled -- don't know yet how safe it
> is. Delivering to the stations on time this coming week is going
> to be a huge challenge!
>
> Of course, no trains running at all for Tokyo's millions of
> commuters. Most seemed to walk home. It was like the march of the
> zombies in business suits, all headed out of town. My brother in
> law walked 5 hours to get home.
>
> I drive the location van, and so we loaded staff up and started
> ferrying people home. Got back home myself about 4 a.m. just in
> time for the second big earthquake that hit up in the mountains
> west of us.
>
> My own house is a mess! But no real damage. Have been spending
> Saturday picking up and putting away... still a long way to go!
>
> If you are of the "praying persuasion" this is your cue to pray
> for the folk closer to the epicenter and tidal waves. Most
> communication is still out, families aren't back together yet,
> hundreds or thousands of homes have been washed away with serious
> loss of life.
>
> Tim Selander
> Tokyo, Japan
>
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