Hey, I like the idea of the hamster ball! ;) I mean, if you're in a high rise and there is a major earthquake, there really isn't much to do. We went through a few larger earthquakes in California, but you just never know if they're going to start out small and grow or if you'll have a large aftershock. The view was pretty good. It was mostly of the hotels around, Panama Vieja and the Cinta Costera. It was so cool to watch the pelicans diving into the water for fish during high tide, but I couldn't get pics of them thanks to only having a phone camera. When it was low tide, all you saw was mud for about a mile.