Comments on: Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 06 http://www.anientity.co.uk/2009/08/27/tokyo-magnitude-8-0-06/ Examining anime and manga. Mon, 26 Dec 2011 01:37:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ken http://www.anientity.co.uk/2009/08/27/tokyo-magnitude-8-0-06/comment-page-1/#comment-559 ken Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:55:57 +0000 http://www.anientity.co.uk/2009/08/27/tokyo-magnitude-8-0-06/#comment-559 I liked the bit about Mari's backstory. It helped to make her a multifaceted human with her own history and issues as opposed to the cliche, always strong, savior/parental figure. As for being scared about fires versus earthquakes: the fires that break out after earthquakes are far more dangerous than the actual quakes. In the 1906 SF Earthquake, most of the city was leveled and thousands of people died not in the actual earthquake, but the firestorms that spread throughout the city afterwards. If you're in an average suburban house built within the last 20 or so years, chances are not even an 8.0 is going to bring it down, and even then, if you find your way into a door-frame, you'll probably be safe. But escaping from a burning house is a different story. I liked the bit about Mari’s backstory. It helped to make her a multifaceted human with her own history and issues as opposed to the cliche, always strong, savior/parental figure.

As for being scared about fires versus earthquakes: the fires that break out after earthquakes are far more dangerous than the actual quakes. In the 1906 SF Earthquake, most of the city was leveled and thousands of people died not in the actual earthquake, but the firestorms that spread throughout the city afterwards. If you’re in an average suburban house built within the last 20 or so years, chances are not even an 8.0 is going to bring it down, and even then, if you find your way into a door-frame, you’ll probably be safe. But escaping from a burning house is a different story.

]]>