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June 12, 2005

I Felt It

This morning I felt the earthquake as I got out of bed. Nothing was knocked around, it was swaying a bit with only the slightest bit of jolt. I came out to the living room to alert the family who was wrestling on the couch. Nothing else shook in the next few seconds so I knew the thing was done. I was going to look up the CalTech seismo, but after a bit of wrestling I forgot the whole thing.

Getting into it, it was a gradual rolling for about 3 seconds that sharpened to a quiver that could be heard in the windows with approximately the same noise as an adult throwing their weight against an outside wall of the house. Then about 3 more seconds of swimming. It was subtle enough for me to think that more might be coming, but it didn't alert me that much.

Posted by mbowen at June 12, 2005 11:16 AM

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sharpened to a quiver that could be heard in the windows with approximately the same noise as an adult throwing their weight against an outside wall of the house.

How many adults throw themselves against the wall of your house so you have a valid comparision?

Ah, sorry. I know what you mean - could not resist tossing in a well meant barb.

Posted by: brian at June 12, 2005 01:43 PM

Up here in San Andreas land, we haven't had a perceptible shaker in a while. I usually have a vertigo sensation that subsides when the actual shaking happens.

The scary one will be on the Hayward fault.

http://seismo.berkeley.edu/hayward/

The inner city residents -- Oakland and environs -- are likely to be heavily affected.

http://seismo.berkeley.edu/seismo/resource/preparedness.html

http://www.oaklandnet.com/fire/core/index.html

Are you ready? Is your family ready?

Posted by: Elizabeth Ditz [TypeKey Profile Page] at June 15, 2005 11:31 AM