50 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 7 Apr \ parent \ on: Stacker Saloon
As a child I couldn't comprehend the idea of an earthquake. Those photos made an impact. I thought the earth literally cracked open and things got taken down beneath the crust. I had nightmares about it.
Not quite that severe, but some of it must have seemed pretty close. More than the land moving, though, a lot of the most harrowing stories I've heard involve the crazy waves that swept over entire towns.