Did you feel it? Did you feel it?
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A little after 8PM yesterday, South Bay got a nice shakeup in the form of a 5.6 magnitude earthquake, centered near Alum Rock. It started off kind of slow, making you wonder if there’s an earthquake or a large truck passing by. Then it got violent, and I bolted from my desk to the doorway instead of, you know, going under the desk. A lot of good those duck and cover drills in elementary school did me :P I felt the 3.7 aftershock today at home.
So I worked from home today, as I’ve caught a cold. I’ve gone to work feeling worse and sicker, but I’ve got some nasty stuff in my throat. I don’t think my coworkers wanted to hear my wet coughing and gagging, so I stayed home. I finally got my laptop to work remotely, and I was actually semi-productive. Still need to be more productive tho.
On a random note, some kid showed up at 4 something trick-or-treating. “There’s no rules against going early!” I hope not too many kids show up this year. I don’t have that much candy. Edited to add: Well, nevermind. Aside from that one kid, nobody trick-or-treated at our place! I thought there was an elementary school near here. Weird. (Maybe we should have left a light on in the living room or something.) Now I have all this leftover candy I have to eat…
New thing I learned today: A doorway is only a safe location to stand in during an earthquake if you live in a dirt hut or something. In modern structures, doorways are just as vulnerable as another other location in a building. Apparently, duck and cover is still the best thing to do during an earthquake.
A little after 8PM yesterday, South Bay got a nice shakeup in the form of a 5.6 magnitude earthquake, centered near Alum Rock. It started off kind of slow, making you wonder if there’s an earthquake or a large truck passing by. Then it got violent, and I bolted from my desk to the doorway instead of, you know, going under the desk. A lot of good those duck and cover drills in elementary school did me :P I felt the 3.7 aftershock today at home.
So I worked from home today, as I’ve caught a cold. I’ve gone to work feeling worse and sicker, but I’ve got some nasty stuff in my throat. I don’t think my coworkers wanted to hear my wet coughing and gagging, so I stayed home. I finally got my laptop to work remotely, and I was actually semi-productive. Still need to be more productive tho.
On a random note, some kid showed up at 4 something trick-or-treating. “There’s no rules against going early!” I hope not too many kids show up this year. I don’t have that much candy. Edited to add: Well, nevermind. Aside from that one kid, nobody trick-or-treated at our place! I thought there was an elementary school near here. Weird. (Maybe we should have left a light on in the living room or something.) Now I have all this leftover candy I have to eat…
New thing I learned today: A doorway is only a safe location to stand in during an earthquake if you live in a dirt hut or something. In modern structures, doorways are just as vulnerable as another other location in a building. Apparently, duck and cover is still the best thing to do during an earthquake.









