I remember that, when it was 13th of September, it was also the first days of schools, a very hot and depressing weather. In İstanbul, Tekirdağ and Kocaeli, government had organized some earthquake conferences at some shcools (at schools with a conference center).
Conference center of my school was at the sixth storey, and it was 300-student capacitied. Afternoon, they called us to the hall and a man told us about earthquakes; how they occure, why they occure, etc...
He said us that aftershocks were gonna continue for some months and maybe for a year and, maybe, another powerful jolt could have hit us at any moment (and it happened, 3 months later, another one with 7.2-magnitude has hit us when it was 12nd of November evening). He warned us to prepare a bag with whistle, a bottle of water, flashlight and a packet of biscuits in it. Yes, we did and for 3 months I slept with an emergency bag under my bed.
And the conference. Unfrotunately we couldn´t complete it because when he was telling us about the structures of earthquakes, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake off-shore Istanbul hit us and guess how it was to feel it in 6. storey! I cant remember how I and other students went down the stairs in such a short time!
They distrubited us to homes. I can remember how I was afraid, and I can remember how I was pleased when I saw and hugged my mother who was sitting in the garden of apartmen with her friends and waiting for me.
thx
turkishcobra //
Edited (8/18/2010) by turkishcobra
Edited (8/18/2010) by turkishcobra
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