are just chilling. Whole villages destroyed in, what, 5 minutes? Less?
Having spent 7+ years in Northern California, I am no stranger to earthquakes. Felt my first one when I was at work in the Silicon Valley. I was on the phone with a client when my boss comes barreling into my cube “Its an earthquake!” she shouted, with something that sounded like glee. I turned back to my call “Can I call you back? We’re having an earthquake. Its my first one, I don’t want to miss it!” By the time the sentence was out of my mouth, the earthquake was over.
I was also at the epicenter of one once, when I lived in Richmond California. At the epicenter an earthquake is like this: – BANG!!!
They are scary. Nothing stays still. Not the ground, not the air, not the buildings, nothing.
So my thoughts go out to the people of China. Who have lost their loved ones, their houses and their sense of security.
It is so dreadful, but at least they are accepting help. Unlike Burma 🙁
my 125 degree heat for weeks on end trumps your 15 second ground rattle in cali.