“I thought it feels weird” – Eljas Panger Trade trip got an unexpected turn
Earthquake|Eljas Puukko, an exchange student living around Bangkok, was in a convenience store on Friday when the earth began to shake.
Student Tangle On Friday, went on a just an ordinary convenience trip to Pathum Than, Thailand. There is a 7 -Eleven store in the street level of the Park’s residential building, where he often goes.
It was 1:40 o’clock, Puukko remembers.
« I thought I felt strange and for a moment I thought I was fainting. I looked around and noticed in the shop that the shelves were shaking. It felt like a strong swinging of the earth. I suddenly went out of the shop like other clients, » Puukko says.
Knife is in Thailand for student exchange from Lappeenranta -Lahti University of Technology Lut. On Friday, his student life got an unexpected turn.
The knife remembers that he only hoped that he can get out of the building in time. People also fled from other shops, some of their apartment blocks.
« Nobody knew what to do. We were expecting the next possible post -shock on the street that did not come. »
The residents of the apartment building sat on the wall of the building, waiting for the housing company to return to their homes.
The Pathum Than area is less than 40 kilometers north of Bangkok. According to him, the earthquake did not cause any damage or significant damage in the area.
« However, traffic has been quite blocked because people’s work and school days have ended at the same time. It is perhaps the only clear sign that something has happened, » Puukko says.
According to Virtanen, the streets are still full of people and traffic is porridge.
Bangkok commercial journalist Rauli Virtanen He was working in the café when the earthquake struck.
People flowed out, Virtanen said in the afternoon Finnish time. The streets were full of people and traffic was pushed.
Water was distributed at nearby gatherings, Virtanen described. People were standing on the bathrobes, as some had had to go to the shield directly from the pool.
However, according to Virtanen, the people were calm and the spirit was good. During the interview with Virtanen, people waited to return to their homes, workplaces and hotels. However, it takes high buildings to check.
« People have obeyed the regulations, » Virtanen says.
The weather is good, so waiting out of the stream did not hurt much. However, he was annoyed by families with children, who may have had to wait a long time to get to the hotel.
« There are still a lot of people in the parks when they are afraid of aftermath, » he said.
