I was in a meeting in an office on the fourth floor with two walls of windows. It felt like that office might just slide off the building and crash to the ground. That might seem unreasonable, but being that high up, seeing outside on two sides of the room, and feeling the whole building sway ... that was kind of freaky.
I've been in stronger quakes than that, but that was quite a long time ago and the memories have faded a bit. Yesterday felt pretty surreal.
I think that by the time I realized what had happened, the quake was over - it only lasted a few seconds - and although it shook us up a bit, we went back to our meeting after a few minutes of animated discussion and finished our work. So it wasn't awful, but it was pretty freaky and I'm glad I don't live on a fault line anymore. California is beautiful, but I prefer the South.
Love the clip art! We were 10 miles from the epicenter of a 5.5 quake 3 days after your 3rd birthday. I'll never forget it!
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Unbelievable that you were there. What were the odds?
I remember being in an earthquake, but I thought I had experienced more than one. If I was three, that's amazing I remember it as well as I do. Maybe I remember small quakes and they seemed more terrifying because I was so young. I don't know.
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