Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Earthquake!!

I woke up around 2:00 this morning feeling very confused. I jumped out of bed and felt very dizzy and disoriented. I leaned against my door-frame to keep from falling over. As my brain finally caught up with my body, I realized there was an earthquake. I heard glass shatter against the ground outside.

Once I felt like the quake subsided (only about 10 seconds or so), I still felt very woozy. I tried to walk to the bathroom, but for some reason my body felt like it hadn't shaken the earthquake sensation. Eventually it stopped and I got my stability back.

I found out later that a 6.3-magnitude quake off the east coast was the cause of this early morning rumble. I also learned that the reason I felt wobbly even after I could tell the earthquake had ended was because I live on the 23rd floor, and the whole building tends to sway for a solid 10 seconds after everything is over.

Yikes.
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[Also, much to my surprise expectation dismay, I haven't received very many questions for my Q&A post. My most common request is "Tell me the stories you don't put on your blog." Well, ask me the questions that I don't answer on my blog and I'll let you know!]
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4 comments:

Fleck0411 said...

Scary!

David Grow said...

haha actually i didn't until just now, i posted the same thing on facebook 10 seconds after it happened. crazy man, totally unexpected.

mom said...

poor johnny - I thought you had to move to California for earthquakes.

Did anything break in your apt? Are you still wobbly - what was the damage???

see you soon!!!

Unknown said...

Eeeeek! a mouse!! were you scareded? what did it feel like?