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moonymonster

OMGWTFEARTHQUAKE

Jun 15, 2006 16:52

Everyone's moving out right now, and the dorms are filled with these blue rolly cart thingies that rumble as they move. Anyway, one just went past my door and made the rumbly sound that usually preceeds an earthquake. (It's a particular kind of rumble I haven't heard anything else make, so I guess that's why I reacted like this ( Read more... )

earthquakes, random

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inaripup June 16 2006, 06:03:10 UTC

...wait, you're from SoCal...and your fearing earthquakes? Buh?

I've woken up in the dorms, felt a big shaking for a few seconds and, once I've determined that it's not the Second Coming, I go back to bed. (I swear to god, I've woken up in the middle of the night, after a bad dream, and turned on CNN, just to make sure that 1. It's not the Second Coming, 2. There has not been a nuclear attack, and 3. There are not zombies running around. I'm paranoid) Then get angry when my mom calls, asking if I'm okay. Of course I am! It was only a 4.0, and we're got buildings made for WAY more than that.

Hell, I've stood around during an earthquake and said to myself "huh...3.7?" Then went on the internet to find out I was right.

Welcome to SoCal, where, if the earth moves, it doesn't mean someone's just got married.

moonymonster June 16 2006, 09:00:38 UTC

*grin* You didn't just have a lecture about 9.0s on Thursday. I told you, once you learn about what earthquakes can do and remember you're in a building with three stories above you that's not designed for quakes then you go o.O;; OKAY DOORWAY NOW. But yes XD If there's one in bed I don't bother to get up, other than go ooooh, that was fun! XD;; It's just scary when you have a bedframe and a mattress that can fall on your head and cause much pain if it gets shaken loose.

moonymonster June 16 2006, 09:02:48 UTC

Plus A & I isn't built for earthquakes. It was built by east coasters in the 50s.

...Yeeeeeeah. *coughcough*

LOL!! kirasa June 16 2006, 08:15:51 UTC

This reminded me of the "big" Earth Quake of Stauffer Hall in my freshmen year. Our dorms are stinking old and well, they shake with a 2.0. So we had that 4.-something in that year and it wasn't too late. I was just getting back from the bathroom and the whole building shook. Course we had this middle-east coast girl named Kelly on the floor. She flipped out and was running up and down the hall way like a chicken with it's head cut off. Anyway, I reached out, grabbed her and shoved her across from me until the building stopped shaking, which was several minutes after the big earth quake. Whittier really needs to check the buildings and have them redone for earth quakes ( ... )