It is just after 5 in the morning, and I was just woken up. My pulse is still racing and my ceiling lights are still lightly swaying. I just experienced my first earthquake! Such a strange feeling to wake up to the floor shaking and windows rattling! I wonder if the shaking has made my windows fit better in their frames...Gotta check...
Wow, this is so strange, but they actually do! Amazing! There was always a gap between the window and the frame in my bedroom. I have been worrying about that gap, thinking to myself it is going to cause my apartment to get extremely cold the coming winter. Thoughts of gaffa tape and thick curtains have kept reoccurring. Now, the gap that was about 2 centimeters at the top of the frame (and none at the bottom) is down to maybe 2 millimeters!
Extraordinary! My first earthquake =)
Sounds exciting... I'm glad you're unharmed.
ReplyDeleteAnd always remember the earthquake safety tips:
- To minimize loss and damage in a quake, try not to own things
- practice your burrowing-out-from-under-40-tons-of-rubble skills ahead of time
- be sure to mail your house insurance payments a full five business days before a major earthquake strikes
- in the event of a quake, get under something heavy, such as a desk, a table or your uncle
Ah man! And here I thought all I had to remember was "duck and cover" =(
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