Nice, heartwarming story. Cannot even imagine being in a building and having it suddenly collapse from a quake. One reason (among many) I left CA many years ago.
And then they had the Dog for Dinner. The End.
Hung how nega go! Very good on that dog!
That region is a VERY active quake area. The train track in that area is constantly slowly moving and has to be redone every--whatever it is--few months?
It is also near where a lot of beautiful marble is quarried.
The huge machine slowly slicing enormous 'boulders' into slabs is fascinating. It has big iron bars reaching across the whole of the big stone. The stone is about the size of a smallish camp trailer--maybe 12-16' around. The bars are rocked back and forth across the stone and slowly lowered as they cut through. Water drips on the process. Maybe sand, drips too.
Taruko Gorge is nearby and a beautiful excursion. The Japanese during WW2 cut a roadway up the marble lined canyon--sometimes through tunnels on the side of the canyon.
Evidently Taipei 101 also has a huge heavy ball at the top acting as an active damper on quake forces shaking the building back and forth.