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deird_lj ([personal profile] deird_lj) wrote2009-03-06 11:03 pm

How Cool!

We just had our very own earthquake!

Apparently measured 4.7 on the Richter scale - which might be mini to you overseas living-on-a-faultline-people (or might not, I have no idea), but out here, it's pretty exciting.

I was babysitting Caleb at the time, and the stovepipe for my sister's fireplace was rattling incredibly loudly. And the couch was shaking.
I started mentally calculating how long it would take me to run into Caleb's room, grab him out of bed, sprint to the back door, and dive for cover before the house collapsed... and then the earthquake settled down.

So, no death-defying leaps from collapsing buildings today.

[identity profile] taiba.livejournal.com 2009-03-06 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
For someone so logical, you need to work on being more rational ;-)

deird1: Fred looking pretty and thoughful (Default)

[personal profile] deird1 2009-03-06 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
...but it was SCARY!


:)

[identity profile] taiba.livejournal.com 2009-03-06 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, ok. Fair enough :-) *hugs*

I'm scared of thunder... When it's really close, anyway,