27F

27F was my first (and hopefully only!!) experience of a full-blown earthquake. I was awake when the earthquake started despite the fact that it was the middle of the night. My wife and I had got back from a holiday in New Zealand visiting one of my brothers a couple of days earlier and our internal clock was still in another time zone. We went to bed at midnight but woke up at 2am. Neither of us could sleep. I was reading and my wife was on her computer. When the quake started I made a joke about being pulled out of the rubble naked and started to get dressed. As the intensity increased we both became alarmed and a little frightened. However, we both remained calm. After what seemed like a million years the quake subsided and we hugged each other. My wife tried to ring her mother and I went out to check that the neighbours were ok. There was no real damage in our flat (we live on the 3rd floor).A lot of books fell from the shelves and some other bits and pieces but luckily nothing valuable was damaged. Obviously we had no electricity or water for the first few hours but by midday everything was back to normal in our sector. We listened to the radio for news about how the quake have affected the rest of the country and tried to contact our friends. Some of my family from the UK managed to get in touch via mobile phone but the battery on my wife’s phone ran out quite quickly and mine wasn’t charged. If I remember rightly there were a lot of aftershocks which was a little worrying but after a while we got used to them. It was a very strange experience and I hope I don’t have to experience it again.
Write about your 27F Experience.
Say:
Where you were,
What you were doing,
Who you were with,
What you did,
How the quake affected you, your family and your friends.
Mention anything else you think is important. Write at least 300 words. Leave a comment on my blog and on the blogs of 3 classmates.