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So there was an earthquake on the New Madrid Fault early this morning! Like 6.5 on the Richter scale! We all slept through it but Big Daddy said he felt it. I'm so bummed. I checked around the house and nothing's fallen over. No knick-knacks out of place.
I remember when I was a kid I saw this episode of "Lou Grant" which I guess took place somewhere in California? Because they were expecting "The Big One" to hit and when the predicted time came, everyone in the press room is standing around in doorways or hiding out under desks. I remember thinking, "A DOORWAY? WTF is a doorway? How is THAT going to help you?" Then my sister (or maybe my dad) explained to me how doorways are structurally one of the most sound places in a building or some such nonsense that frankly still didn't sound all that convincing to me.
I've never actually wanted to experience an earthquake. Frankly, they always kind of scared me. Because where do you go when you feel the Earth. Move. Under your feet? But a slight little shaking? While I laid in bed? That would've been kinda cool.
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We had an earthquake in Alaska in '93. It was shortly before dawn, and the noise is what surprised me most! I could hear all the nails being pulled in the framing of our apartment; a very scary sound. My perfume bottles danced right off my dresser and glasses off the kitchen shelves because the shaking opened the cabinet doors. The movement only lasted a few seconds but seemed an eternity. (Yes, we stood in the door frames; there wasn't time to get outside.) The most amazing thing is that it was only about a 5.2; I'd hate to feel a more intense one.
Had a volcanic eruption up there, too. That's another one I don't want to repeat, either.
When I lived in NE Ohio there was an earthquake. Maybe a 2.3 or 3.2. Not much. We thought a car had ran into the front of our house. It was enough to know something was happening, but not so much that it was scary. And I can say I lived through an earthquake.
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