That was a more interesting day than I expected...

[neotoma]

Iow, yes, I felt the earthquake. It felt like someone had turned on a jackhammer on the roof -- in fact, at first I thought maybe someone was working on our roof, which leaked badly last year and was a bit of a hazard considering what we do at my job -- but it went on too long and was too loud.

The new assistant project director herded us all outside afterwards so that a quick check of the building could be done. There was nothing, and when we went in, we did a sweep of the running equipment -- all 300 units, to make sure no alarms were going off.

The most I was impacted was the fact that the Metro was only running at 15 mph, so my normal 10 minute commute took 26 minutes. Still, I'm home and I'm fine.

Comments

[madripoor_rose]

Glad to hear it! Haven't heard about any damage, but I was thinking about the east coast flisties.

[rakasha]

I'm glad to hear that you're okay! (btw, I promise I'll get you that feedback on the ficbits tonight or tomorrow - currently applying to grad school, so I'm usually staying up past midnight working on applications and collapsing immediately thereafter). But I should be able to talk this Sunday!

Please forgive me for saying this, but - welcome to my world! I live on the West Coast - in California, actually, and we're stereotypically associated with 'quakes in mass media most of the time. If you don't mind me asking, what kind/level of earthquake preparation etc is promoted on the East Coast? What is the 'quake threat level? I'm interested in comparing it with the West Coast emphasis on earthquake awareness.

[neotoma]

There really isn't much earthquake preparedness on the East Coast. Our fault lines don't generate big quakes with any frequency (I think this one was the biggest in over 50 years) and our geology means that while a quake is felt a long distance, its energy is spread out pretty far as well, instead of being really intense in one place.

We're more worried about hurricanes, and for good reason -- we get bad ones every two to three years.

[neotoma]

PS... applying to grad school. I remember that-- it is a bit of an anxiety nightmare, isn't it?