Shake It Up
July 30, 2008
Ahhhhh.
Nothing like a little earthquake to make your day interesting.
Yesterday we had a little shaker here that was just enough to make you wonder, is this the big one?
It happens about every ten years or so and it’s a very strange sensation. At first, with me anyways, I think I hear something. Then I realize that it’s the creaks and squeaks from the building I’m in doing the shimmy-shimmy. Then the floor begins that rolling motion that reminds me of waves on a lake or ocean. That’s about the time I notice the filing cabinets banging against each other and my monitors are swaying back and forth on my desk. And I wait. Waiting to see if I need to dive under my desk. Luckily, I’ve never had to.
I’ve been through at least 3 major quakes and several smaller ones and after a while, you get used to them. Reactions among most of the people who grew up here go like this:
“So, whaddya think? A 4 maybe 5?” (Richter scale measurement)
“Nah, couldn’t been more than a 3″. And then we go back to business as usual.
P.S. I wanted to do this post yesterday, but after being at work for 13 hours I went home and went straight to bed. I don’t think I even turned on any lights when I got home.
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Teri | July 30, 2008 at 9:58 pm
I was speaking to another admin from our LA office during this. We’re talking and then all of a sudden she says “I gotta go, we’re having an earthquake……..click”. I got freaked for a minute.
glad it wasn’t too bad and that you and the boy are good.
“I don’t think I even turned on any lights when I got home.”
I think I would have done the same thing.
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that girl | July 31, 2008 at 2:54 am
and that is why i live in arizona
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cat | July 31, 2008 at 11:56 am
WOW. I would have freaked OUT!
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mixednut | July 31, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Teri & Cat- As long as there’s no damage, they are actually kinda fun!
That Girl – You’re missig out.
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Falwless | July 31, 2008 at 6:37 pm
I think I would rather live in earthquake-land than tornado-land. We don’t have earthquakes here but we do have occasional tornadoes, and damn it if those things don’t seriously scare the living bejebus outta me. I am such a baby when the wind picks up heavily.
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mixednut | July 31, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Fal – I don’t mind the possibility of falling into a crack in the earth, but being carried away to the Land of Oz or impaled by a piece of straw? Screw that.