prepared
on thursday night, the earth moved again. and it must have been really restless, because it moved A LOT. we had a 4.3 magnitude quake (that's what us hipster californians call it). i didn't know what was going on. i thought something had crashed into the house. thankfully, i wasn't alone that evening and had two friends over, making sure i didn't flip out.
i have to say, earthquakes are one of the most bizarre things i have every experienced. they are strangely exciting, yet terrifying. i feel like i think about the possibility of one happening fairly frequently, but when they happen, i'm always taken totally off guard. for all i know, one could happen now.
or now.
or maybe in 10 minutes. i hope not.
anyway, nothing really happened in the house. things came really close to falling off shelves, but nothing actually crashed down. a guy at the gym yesterday was telling me that when the big '89 quake hit, he had been swimming and got flung out of the pool into the bleachers. eek!
now that you know that, perhaps you won't think i'm so crazy when i tell you that i slept with khalid's bike helmet next to my bed on thursday night. usually, earthquakes aren't singular events, and it never hurts to be prepared, right?
Comments
Mostly I'm curious how you got into this conversation at the gym.
Posted by: +mojan. | March 4, 2007 01:45 AM
i wonder whether you would have time to put the helmet on, if a big one came along? :)
Posted by: cynthia | March 5, 2007 11:30 AM
no worries mojan - khalid has no competition. we were making small talk as he processed my application to join. yay me for finally joining the Y!
Posted by: meisa | March 6, 2007 12:21 AM