Well, that was fun

[madbaker]

The US Geological Survey is saying that the quake we just had was about 5.9 -- decent size, probably did some damage down near Paso Robles. About 150 miles away, I guess.

Here, we swayed. Kind of like a series of ocean swells. (shrug)

Comments

The best response...

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

Not-verbatim-transcript:
New Yawker: So, did you run out of the building?
Me: No.
NY: Did you duck and cover?
Me: No.
NY: Did you even get up from your chair?
Me: No, why would I do that? I'm a native Californian!

Re: The best response...

[falzalot.livejournal.com]

hee!! I did get up after a minute and walked over to the window, but that was just to see if I could see anything. :-> Which I couldn't.

I remember an econ class I had in college that was in one of the oldest buildings at SJSU when a 5.5 hit. The lights were going almost horizontal, and the teacher, who was from back east, screamed, "Hit the deck! We're all gonna die!!"

Re: The best response...

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

You could always tell the out-of-state freshman in college by how they reacted to the first quake of the school year... I remember a 5 or so that hit at 7 AM, and a shapely young woman running screaming outside clad only in her towel.

We approved of that response, though. 8)

Re: The best response...

[talonvaki.livejournal.com]

Heh! Yeah, I mean it wasn't even above a six...