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.