I'm now a Californian!
Dec. 22nd, 2006 11:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
philenaLet me draw your attention to this magnificent website, which has this week gone on my list of bookmarks:
And why is this on my list of favorites, you might ask? Well, let me tell you! First, here are a few reports for your reading pleasure:
This is from Wednesday
Then this evening
Then just a few minutes later
This one I didn't feel, but I trust my website.
Yes, the earth has been quaking here, and Daniel and I have been feeling it. From someone who's used to warnings hours in advance of tornadoes and days in advance of blizzards and hurricanes, it is really alarming. You are sitting peacefully on the couch, reading your Harper's and suddenly everything starts rumbling. You have enough time to grab the arms of the couch and hold on (as if that will do anything), but before you can figure out whether it's better to stand up and move to the center of the room, duck under the table, run outside, it's all over.
At least we don't need to worry about our gas furnace. That thing just turns itself off at the slightest provocation, except when the repairman comes to look at it.
Update:
And again this morning. Daniel and I were debating the strength of this one. We knew it was weaker than the one yesterday, but we're not so good estimating with the logarithmic scale. At first I guessed 3.5, but then Daniel talked me down to 3.0-3.2. I should've stuck to my guns!
And why is this on my list of favorites, you might ask? Well, let me tell you! First, here are a few reports for your reading pleasure:
This is from Wednesday
Then this evening
Then just a few minutes later
This one I didn't feel, but I trust my website.
Yes, the earth has been quaking here, and Daniel and I have been feeling it. From someone who's used to warnings hours in advance of tornadoes and days in advance of blizzards and hurricanes, it is really alarming. You are sitting peacefully on the couch, reading your Harper's and suddenly everything starts rumbling. You have enough time to grab the arms of the couch and hold on (as if that will do anything), but before you can figure out whether it's better to stand up and move to the center of the room, duck under the table, run outside, it's all over.
At least we don't need to worry about our gas furnace. That thing just turns itself off at the slightest provocation, except when the repairman comes to look at it.
Update:
And again this morning. Daniel and I were debating the strength of this one. We knew it was weaker than the one yesterday, but we're not so good estimating with the logarithmic scale. At first I guessed 3.5, but then Daniel talked me down to 3.0-3.2. I should've stuck to my guns!
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Date: 2006-12-25 07:27 am (UTC)Welcome to California, where earthquakes are more common than snow. Bwaha