Wednesday, June 16, 2004
becoming rocked
Yesterday, we had our first significant earthquake since Bret moved here. A 5.2 shaker at 3:30 in the afternoon. And Bret missed it! He is SO disappointed. He's been anxiously awaiting his first earthshaking experience for more than a year. Now we finally got a noticeable quake, and he didn't even feel it, because he was working on the huge table saw at the shop.
I was (naturally) at my computer at the time, revamping my resumé. I felt the quake right away, and either it went on for a good while, or this building continued to shake after the fact. It scared me, because that is often how the big ones are — a moderate shake that lessens but doesn't stop, then BAM! And you're leaping into the nearest doorway while the floor bucks beneath you. That's when you turn on the news later, and learn that some freeway near the epicenter pancaked.
Luckily, this time was not a big one. But it was certainly strong enough to rattle me. As soon as we stopped swaying, I zapped Bret a text message: EARTHQUAKE!!! Did you feel it? XOXOXO. When he got home later, he asked me what it meant. "Didn't you feel the earthquake at 3:30?" "We finally had one?!?! I missed it, damn it!" "Well, cheer up, honey. There could be an even bigger one on the way! You're bound to get another chance."
Summer does tend to be earthquake season, after all. We don't call it "shake and bake time" for nothing!
I was (naturally) at my computer at the time, revamping my resumé. I felt the quake right away, and either it went on for a good while, or this building continued to shake after the fact. It scared me, because that is often how the big ones are — a moderate shake that lessens but doesn't stop, then BAM! And you're leaping into the nearest doorway while the floor bucks beneath you. That's when you turn on the news later, and learn that some freeway near the epicenter pancaked.
Luckily, this time was not a big one. But it was certainly strong enough to rattle me. As soon as we stopped swaying, I zapped Bret a text message: EARTHQUAKE!!! Did you feel it? XOXOXO. When he got home later, he asked me what it meant. "Didn't you feel the earthquake at 3:30?" "We finally had one?!?! I missed it, damn it!" "Well, cheer up, honey. There could be an even bigger one on the way! You're bound to get another chance."
Summer does tend to be earthquake season, after all. We don't call it "shake and bake time" for nothing!
