Word: kobe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...massive earthquake in Kobe is a reminder we cannot put all our confidence in governments or in scientific prediction...
When I saw photos of the Kobe earthquake [Cover Stories, Jan. 30], it looked like a war had occurred. But this sudden devastation was done by nature, not by human beings. There have been complaints that the response of the authorities was too slow because of its bureaucracy. They are deserved. But this earthquake was much more destructive than the government ever imagined. It is easy to criticize, but everyone has to learn from this experience...
...KOBE EARTHQUAKE LEFT MY DAUGHTER and her family homeless; they had to be evacuated from the city. I was determined to get to them even if I had to walk. I was able to take one of the few remaining trains halfway to my destination. There I met a young man who for the next five hours led me to Kobe, clearing the road of broken glass and steering me away from danger. He was constantly concerned about me, disregarding his own safety during our often perilous journey on foot. I was dazed and shocked by the destruction around...
...true character of people is often most apparent when they are faced with adversity. In the aftermath of the Kobe quake there have been few reported cases of looting; we haven't seen the police and military guarding the possessions of those whose homes were destroyed. Compare this with what Americans saw following Hurricane Andrew and the recent California disasters. It is a sad commentary that in the U.S. we have a ``carrion class'' that when disaster strikes, descends on the scene to feed on the misery of others...
...Please keep your spirits high,'' urged EMPRESS MICHIKO, gently touching the hands of refugees at an emergency shelter in Kobe. One woman, overcome with emotion, wept when the Empress, who is usually kept at a distance from ordinary Japanese, tenderly embraced her. Protocol yielded to compassion as the Empress accompanied Emperor Akihito on an eight-hour visit to the stricken city, stopping at a site where many had died to place a bouquet of daffodils from the gardens of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Their tour of the disaster area was delayed two weeks, so as not to interfere with...