Local couple survive near epicenter of Nepal quake
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Paschal/[email protected] SPUD TRUCK STOP SUPPORTS CAR SHOW IN FRANKLIN GROVE ABOVE: Lucas Sheridan (left), 10, helps Caden Hummel, 7, find a spot to write his name on a board at the Idaho Potato truck in Franklin Grove. The spud truck made a stopover at the Lincoln High- way headquarters, where up to $500 was donated for each signature on the board. The money will go toward the town’s May 16 car and truck show, which will be held to help fund improvements at Franklin Grove’s Atlasta Park. LEFT: All eyes were on the Idaho potato truck, as it pulled up next to the Lincoln Highway headquarters. NEPAL EARTHQUAKE BY ANGEL SIERRA [email protected] 800-798-4085, ext. 5695 @_angelsierra KATHMANDU – What does one grab as an emergency unfolds? As a 7.8-magnitude earth- quake hit Nepal on April 25, Ben and Holly Hilty had three priorities – flashlight, cellphone, and laptop computer. The couple’s apartment is in the Lalitpur District of the metro area, about 35 miles southeast of the quake’s epicenter, and 86 miles west of Mount Everest. “The neighborhood is OK,” Ben said Monday via Skype from a rooftop ter- race. “Everyone expected this stuff to be flattened. We’re pretty grateful.” Ben, a 1996 Dixon High School graduate and the son of Chester and Mary Hilty of Dixon, described the recent dire develop- ments as Himalayan mountain tops touched the sky behind him; they looked painted by hand, outlined at dusk by teal and orange. The quake killed more than 7,500 people and injured more than 14,000. Heavy structural damage was done to old, historic buildings. “It’s been pretty trau- matic,” Holly said, noting continued aftershocks more than a week and a half after the earthquake. The couple, in Nepal to conduct a language sur- vey, had prepared a nat- ural disaster safety plan that included meeting in the safest part of the house – the kitchen. That Saturday around noon, Ben and Holly, both 37, were eating lunch in the kitchen when the violent rattling began. “The adrenaline was flowing,” Ben said of the initial show of force. It lasted about a minute, but “felt like 5.” “There was no ramp- up. The house just start- ed shaking,” he said. “We had stuff falling down in our kitchen, which accentuated the surprise and shock. “You think the whole building is going to come down,” he added. The couple took shel- ter under a dining table, Holly said. She struggled to hold on to its legs; days later, bruises still marked both knees from the effort. “I thought, ‘This might be it,’” she said. The safety plan also included “go bags” with vital documents and essentials, but those, Ben said, were forgotten in the rush. When the earth stopped shaking momentarily, they bolted outside into an open courtyard. Tremors filled the time between stronger shakes, including a 6.7-magni- tude earthquake later in the day, and another on the next. Aftershocks were felt every 15 min- utes, Ben said. Strangers bonded out- side and slept under tarps, too afraid to return to their homes, Holly said. But it was a good way to get to know neigh- bors, she said, showing her sense of humor. A team of 200 engineers is now assessing the struc- tural integrity of buildings and identifying homes that are uninhabitable, Ben said. He has spent the past week alongside an Irish- man, a structural engineer, helping him to examine and analyze cracks in walls and houses. Millions of people live in the valley, and if sur- rounding villages are included, it’s easy to see how progress will take a long time, he said. In the meantime, tent cities have popped up. The Hiltys are there working for SIL Inter- national, a nongovern- mental organization. Ben is a field security officer, and Holly does social research, provid- ing language surveying and tracking linguistics in local villages. Data relayed to a part- ner university helps to develop spoken lan- guages, alphabets, and multilingual education. That work, however, is on hold, Holly said. “It doesn’t feel right to go into communities and work on language development if they don’t have housing or food,” she said. “We have a lot of questions going forward.” Ben has worked and lived in Nepal for parts of the past 5 years. Holly, who grew up in Minne- sota, has been working in Nepal even longer. Behind them, as they talked from their roof- top, was a ridge that was heaviest hit, Ben said as he motioned north. Reaching a village to do minority language assessments takes time, and usually includes a bus, a jeep, and a day- and-a-half trek on foot through grueling terrain. “It’s rough hiking out there,” Ben said. And that was before the earthquake, and before the landslides, Holly added. In the distance, chil- dren could be heard playing and laughing just before supper time. “Yeah, kids are running around,” Ben said with a chuckle. “It’s a good sign.” Dixon grad, wife ‘grateful’ after disaster Couple live, work about 35 miles from epicenter Submitted/Ben Hilty Holly and Ben Hilty, shown here in October 2013, live in an apartment in the Lalitpur District of the metro area, about 35 miles southeast of the quake’s epicenter. More online Go to saukvalley.com to watch a video inter- view with Ben and Holly Hilty as they describe the experience before, during, and after a major earthquake in Nepal. Go to http://shawurl. com/1vu2 to see the video that Ben shot immediately after the earthquake. To see more photos from Ben and Holly’s language survey trips, go to http://shawurl. com/1vty for Dhading District, http://shawurl. com/1vtz for Nuwakot District, and http:// shawurl.com/1vu0 for Langtang District.
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SPUD TRUCK STOP SUPPORTS CAR SHOW IN FRANKLIN GROVE
ABOVE: Lucas Sheridan (left), 10, helps Caden Hummel, 7, find a spot to write his name on a board at the Idaho Potato truck in Franklin Grove. The spud truck made a stopover at the Lincoln High-way headquarters, where up to $500 was donated for each signature on the board. The money will go toward the town’s May 16 car and truck show, which will be held to help fund improvements at Franklin Grove’s Atlasta Park.
LEFT: All eyes were on the Idaho potato truck, as it pulled up next to the Lincoln Highway headquarters.
NEPAL EARTHQUAKE
BY ANGEL [email protected]
800-798-4085, ext. 5695@_angelsierra
KATHMANDU – What does one grab as an emergency unfolds? As a 7.8-magnitude earth-quake hit Nepal on April 25, Ben and Holly Hilty had three priorities – flashlight, cellphone, and laptop computer.
The couple’s apartment is in the Lalitpur District of the metro area, about 35 miles southeast of the quake’s epicenter, and 86 miles west of Mount Everest.
“The neighborhood is OK,” Ben said Monday via Skype from a rooftop ter-race. “Everyone expected this stuff to be flattened. We’re pretty grateful.”
Ben, a 1996 Dixon High School graduate and the son of Chester and Mary Hilty of Dixon, described the recent dire develop-ments as Himalayan mountain tops touched the sky behind him; they looked painted by hand, outlined at dusk by teal and orange.
The quake killed more than 7,500 people and injured more than 14,000. Heavy structural damage was done to old, historic buildings.
“It’s been pretty trau-matic,” Holly said, noting continued aftershocks more than a week and a
half after the earthquake.The couple, in Nepal to
conduct a language sur-vey, had prepared a nat-ural disaster safety plan that included meeting in the safest part of the house – the kitchen. That Saturday around noon, Ben and Holly, both 37, were eating lunch in the kitchen when the violent rattling began.
“The adrenaline was flowing,” Ben said of the initial show of force. It lasted about a minute, but “felt like 5.”
“There was no ramp-up. The house just start-ed shaking,” he said. “We had stuff falling down in our kitchen, which accentuated the surprise and shock.
“You think the whole building is going to come down,” he added.
The couple took shel-ter under a dining table, Holly said. She struggled to hold on to its legs; days later, bruises still marked both knees from the effort.
“I thought, ‘This might be it,’” she said.
The safety plan also included “go bags” with vital documents and essentials, but those, Ben said, were forgotten in the rush.
When the earth stopped shaking momentarily, they bolted outside into an open courtyard.
Tremors filled the time between stronger shakes, including a 6.7-magni-tude earthquake later in the day, and another on the next. Aftershocks were felt every 15 min-utes, Ben said.
Strangers bonded out-side and slept under tarps, too afraid to return to their homes, Holly said. But it was a good way to get to know neigh-bors, she said, showing her sense of humor.
A team of 200 engineers is
now assessing the struc-tural integrity of buildings and identifying homes that are uninhabitable, Ben said. He has spent the past week alongside an Irish-man, a structural engineer, helping him to examine and analyze cracks in walls and houses.
Millions of people live in the valley, and if sur-rounding villages are included, it’s easy to see how progress will take a long time, he said. In the meantime, tent cities have popped up.
The Hiltys are there working for SIL Inter-national, a nongovern-mental organization. Ben is a field security officer, and Holly does social research, provid-ing language surveying and tracking linguistics in local villages.
Data relayed to a part-ner university helps to develop spoken lan-guages, alphabets, and multilingual education.
That work, however, is on hold, Holly said.
“It doesn’t feel right to go into communities and work on language development if they don’t have housing or food,” she said. “We have a lot of questions going forward.”
Ben has worked and lived in Nepal for parts of the past 5 years. Holly, who grew up in Minne-sota, has been working in Nepal even longer.
Behind them, as they talked from their roof-top, was a ridge that was heaviest hit, Ben said as he motioned north.
Reaching a village to do minority language assessments takes time, and usually includes a bus, a jeep, and a day-and-a-half trek on foot through grueling terrain.
“It’s rough hiking out there,” Ben said.
And that was before the earthquake, and before the landslides, Holly added.
In the distance, chil-dren could be heard playing and laughing just before supper time.
“Yeah, kids are running around,” Ben said with a chuckle. “It’s a good sign.”
Dixon grad, wife ‘grateful’ after disasterCouple live, work about 35 miles from epicenter
Submitted/Ben Hilty Holly and Ben Hilty, shown here in October 2013, live in an apartment in the Lalitpur District of the metro area, about 35 miles southeast of the quake’s epicenter.
More onlineGo to saukvalley.com
to watch a video inter-view with Ben and Holly Hilty as they describe the experience before, during, and after a major earthquake in Nepal.
Go to http://shawurl.com/1vu2 to see the video that Ben shot immediately after the earthquake.
To see more photos from Ben and Holly’s language survey trips, go to http://shawurl.com/1vty for Dhading District, http://shawurl.com/1vtz for Nuwakot District, and http://shawurl.com/1vu0 for Langtang District.
