Why's everybody so petrified?
Jul. 29th, 2008 12:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
azuriteYes, there was an earthquake.
No, it was not big. It was a 5.6, according to the USGS, and 5.4 according to CalTech.
Yes, a few things fell-- only my picture frame on my dresser and my collage on next to my bed (which is lightweight and made of plastic).
No, no fire alarms or door closures or other catastrophes happened in my apartment building (where everything else can and does tend to go wrong).
What made me smile was how freaked out the out-of-staters were getting. I heard one other girl even say how she thought the construction workers f*cked up and the whole building was about to come down. *grin* I don't know, I guess I'm just used to earthquakes, because all it is is a little jiggle, compared to something unpredictable and terrible that lasts a long-ass time, like what I imagine a hurricane must be like. But then again, I guess when you don't know, it can scare you, and people that HAVE been through some other event like a hurricane or a snowstorm or whatever would be freaked out by an earthquake.
Nothing rattled too badly except some nerves-- I guess it's good on the one hand that we've got a teeny bit of tension released from the plates down here, but a 5.4 isn't THAT big, and certainly not on the scale of Beijing that everyone thinks California is long overdue for.
But it's funny, because I'd take the tiny percent chance of an earthquake over floods, hurricanes/typhoons/monsoons, etc. any day of the week.
No, it was not big. It was a 5.6, according to the USGS, and 5.4 according to CalTech.
Yes, a few things fell-- only my picture frame on my dresser and my collage on next to my bed (which is lightweight and made of plastic).
No, no fire alarms or door closures or other catastrophes happened in my apartment building (where everything else can and does tend to go wrong).
What made me smile was how freaked out the out-of-staters were getting. I heard one other girl even say how she thought the construction workers f*cked up and the whole building was about to come down. *grin* I don't know, I guess I'm just used to earthquakes, because all it is is a little jiggle, compared to something unpredictable and terrible that lasts a long-ass time, like what I imagine a hurricane must be like. But then again, I guess when you don't know, it can scare you, and people that HAVE been through some other event like a hurricane or a snowstorm or whatever would be freaked out by an earthquake.
Nothing rattled too badly except some nerves-- I guess it's good on the one hand that we've got a teeny bit of tension released from the plates down here, but a 5.4 isn't THAT big, and certainly not on the scale of Beijing that everyone thinks California is long overdue for.
But it's funny, because I'd take the tiny percent chance of an earthquake over floods, hurricanes/typhoons/monsoons, etc. any day of the week.
