On Friday, I offered to ride my bike to the Mashiki Town Hall (Machi Yakuba) to get some water and other supplies for the family who had been living in this house. At the time, the house was still standing. After I delivered the water, I learned that they were planning to spend the night in front of their house. In the first picture, you can see the remains of a fire they sat around. When the second, magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck, they were still camped out in front of the house. Fortunately, no one was killed but one family member had to be taken to the hospital and get several stitches for a gash in her forehead that she got when the house they were sleeping by collapsed. There were three generations in the family I met and the patriarch (ojiisan) said that he had wanted to sleep inside but the younger family members convinced him to stay outside with them – a decision that saved his life.