Yesterday marks the first time I’ve felt an earthquake since I’ve been back in Southern CA. Even when I was here before I didn’t actually feel them that often. Maybe once a year. There were undoubtedly more earthquakes than that happening, but a lot of times they’re so small you don’t notice them unless you’re in the right situation. Like yesterday - I was sitting on the couch, the television was off, nothing was going on. So of course I noticed when the windows started rattling like mad for maybe 15 seconds. But if I’d been driving in my car or even outside walking around I’m sure the event would have passed by completely undetected by me.
I remember the first time I ever felt one in CA, about 9 years ago. It must have been a more powerful quake because it woke me from a dead sleep and my first thought was that I HATED my neighbors because who has a party in their apartment at 3 AM during the middle of the work week? As the building was shaking and creaking I assumed they were up there dancing or doing jumping jacks or something. It took me a second after everything had gone still and silent to realize that my neighbors were obviously behaving themselves like normal working adults. At that point I figured out what had just happened and then I was too excited to fall back asleep for a while.
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When I was in high school, there was a mild earthquake. We hadn't had one in awhile, so it was all the talk on the news and at school the next day. It was like a huge bonding thing for everyone "what were you doing when the earthquake hit" kind of thing. I was so bummed because I was driving when it happened, and didn't feel it at all. I really felt left out...so sad, i know.
I feel left out now, since I didn't feel the earthquake from yesterday. I'm not THAT far away from you guys... why didn't we feel it?
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