bren antrim ([info]brenantrim) wrote,
@ 2008-07-29 12:40:00
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Current mood: surprised

what quake?
Guess I'm a serious shopper after all. It's the beginning of my 'vacation' (or whatever you call unpaid time between work) and I'm off on a towel hunt (difficult to find the exact shade of green to match my shower curtain) when I go up to the counter and find the salesclerk looking like somebody ran over her dog.

I quickly ask her if she's okay and she says, "There was an earthquake!" I'm thinking it was in Japan or something and her family's been hurt, so I ask, "Where? When?" She looks at me like I'm an idiot and says "Right here! Just now!"

I find to my complete surprise that we just had a 5.8 earthquake (or 5.4, some debate in the news outlets). Seems the floor shook and the shelves swayed. The floor I was walking on and the shelves holding the towels I was examining... and I didn't notice.

Even funnier? When I got home, my cats, who usually start running up the walls BEFORE a temblor hits... slept through it.

Huh. Guess that towel-color-matching thang was really engrossing. (blink)


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[info]hederahelix
2008-07-29 07:57 pm UTC (link)
Initial reports as soon as we got word were 5.8; USGS just recently revised it down to 5.4.

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[info]brenantrim
2008-07-29 08:17 pm UTC (link)
Ah, makes sense - still feel silly not noticing it :}

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[info]tenaya
2008-07-29 08:36 pm UTC (link)
Well, you were a ways away. If you aren't on a sediment type of earth, it won't be as noticeable.

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[info]brenantrim
2008-07-30 01:45 am UTC (link)
that was the funniest thing - apparently everyone in the store (and this evening, all my neighbors) were a bit shaken by it. And I didn't notice... The ones I feel for are people up in the Valley, who had chunks of building falling around. Yeesh! Everything okay at your end?

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[info]tenaya
2008-07-30 07:12 am UTC (link)
We had some stuff fall. The house already has cracks from previous quakes so I'm not sure if there are any new ones. Brindle got freaked, didn't know where to run and needed to be held and calmed down. He's fine now. He spend hours laying on Mom's feet. Yep, he's a brave little kitty if he's leaning on his mommy. *g*

I think the trouble was that you are so grounded that the earth shook around you but not under you. Very cosmic.

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[info]brenantrim
2008-07-31 02:34 am UTC (link)
Good for Brindle - he knows where it's safe! :} and my inner capricorn really likes the grounded idea. Sounds so much better than the 'utterly oblivious'.

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[info]jinx37kat
2008-08-02 07:23 am UTC (link)
Might I fondle your icon?

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[info]brenantrim
2008-08-03 12:48 am UTC (link)
You may fondle my icon any time, babe. On a related note - WHAT's UP with YOURS? Cuz that sure loOks a lot like Wincest in the flesh... hot hot hot!

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[info]jinx37kat
2008-08-04 07:13 pm UTC (link)
SPN fans are amazing, yes? There are many, many, many Wincest-y icons out there and this one floated my boat. :) Were they to SHOW this on air, methinks I should faint dead away. :) :) Or have many lustful dreams... or both.

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