Just want to say Hi..
Despite shocked, we are ok..
The deadly 7,3 SR earthquake yesterday, hit us just minutes before my tv station run its regular evening (now move earlier to becoma afternoon) program.
So we are in a rush.
We thought it just like other earthquake before. Light and last in second.
My office is perfectly in the top of 19 floors building. When it feels little bit longer than usual, and become bigger and wilder, people start screaming. Allahu Akbar! Some of us run and hyde under tables. Some run to emergancy stairs..
But some other, including me, have to go on, runing the reguler program.
"Where r u people?" One producer shout in in the studio. The PD (Program director) people --audioman, cameramen, an soon), run already.
The phone and celluler suddenly didnt work. I cant reach any of our correspondents in the areas near the epicentrum (it was in Tasikmalaya, still in West Java, around 400 km south-east Jakarta.
But my CDMA phone still worked. Yuni called from home.
"Yes, I am OK," I said.
Guys,
Hope you all weel and safe too...
Muchlis
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Berikut beberapa respon dari temen-temen ayah:
Muchliss,
I am so glad to hear you and your family are O-K. I wondered if the quake was near you.
Did you ever do your newscast?
Yvonne Simon
[reply dari ayah]
Hi Yvonne..
Its 3.30 am here now. Just wake up, for sahur.. Meal before begining fasting..
Our newscast during the quake? The show must go on, you know it. So, we run the newscast, all about the quake still happening. Studio camera, for example take not only the anchor, but the ceiling too. We played vt on what going on in the newroom: how panic we are, peple runing, screaming, hiding under thr table..
We gather all information, by any mean. Calling anyone outside, correspondents whereever they are, reaching any guy from meteorology and geophisyc...and soon.
So messy. Because lack of studio cameramen, we use audioman to hold the camera..
Because fix line phone didn't work, the anchor had to call anyone directly from her cellular phone...
We did what we can.. :)
And anyhow the show went on..
Muchlis
respon lain:
From: French, Ron
To: Muchlis a rofik
Sent: Sep 3, 2009 9:31 PM
Subject: RE: Java Deadly Earthquake: What was it like?
Hello Muchlis, so happy to hear you and your family are OK. I would have one of the people hiding under the tables!
I see Facebook updates from Yuni and your kids - I can't read them but I can tell they are doing well.
Love to all,
Ron
reply ayah:
Hi Ron..
I tried to hide too, but I found no more table left..
So I just did what I could, reciting any prayer.. But pretend to be calm..:)
Hope u, valerie and girls doing well, and always safe.
Love u all too..
tanggapan balik dari ron:
there was an interesting exchange on Sue Nelson's facebook page about your experience. An engineer responded that you were safer in a 19-story high-rise than a 5-story building during an earthquake - something about the waves in the shorter building matching the waves of the earthquake and making it much worse. skyscrapers normally survive earthquakes while shorter buildings to not. I didn't understand it, but thought it might be of some comfort..
tanggapan ayah lagi:
Higher, safer?
Hard to understand, but sound acceptable..:)
And yes, it give comfort.. And courious too.. So I have to share it to friends here..
balasan Ron lagi:
here was the message:
"Skyscrapers are usually Ok in quakes as they have a low NF, it is the mid rise ones of 5 storeys or so you should avoid as their NF matches that of the quake , and resonance occurs, which is not nice if you are in the building"
As far as I can tell from the Internet, NF stands for "near-fault ground motion"
It's all over my head
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From: Birgit Rieck 1
To: Muchlis a rofik
Sent: Sep 3, 2009 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: Java Deadly Earthquake: What was it like?
Dear Muchlis,
We are all so glad to hear that you are alright. We were talking about
you wondering how you and your family were doing.
On the 19th floor? What a place to be during an earthquake....
Love to you and Yuni and the children.
Birgit
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From: Scott Huler
To: Muchlis a rofik
Sent: Sep 3, 2009 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: Java Deadly Earthquake: What was it like?
So glad you are all okay, Muchlis -- we have been thinking of you.
Please give our love to Yuni and the children. Hope to see you
sometime soon!
Scott (and June and Louie and Gus)
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From: Drew DeSilver
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 00:11:20 -0700 (PDT)
To: Muchlis Ainurrafik
Subject: Re: Java Deadly Earthquake: What was it like?
Hi, Muchlis:
As soon as I heard about the quake on the radio (BBC World Service), I thought of you, Yuni and the kids. I'm very glad to hear you're all OK. We too live in an earthquake/tsunami zone, so I feel empathy when one hits elsewhere.
All best to you and the family,
Drew (Mr. Lisa Lednicer) DeSilver
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From: Andrew Finkel
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 10:27:01 +0300
To: Muchlis Ainurrafik
Subject: Re: Java Deadly Earthquake: What was it like?
Goodness Gracious!
I am glad you and the family are fine. It's a threat we live with in Istanbul. Thanks for keeping us up today.
Love from us all
Andy, Caroline and Izzy
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From: Sue Nelson
Hi there
So glad you¹re all OK.
How about working in a bungalow?
Sue
Sue Nelson
Writer and Broadcaster
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