On Shaky Ground

[thedeadlyhook]

Whoa. Liittle earthquake shudder there just now.

No damage; I'm guessing no bigger than a 3 or 3.5, max. The ground we're on here registers a light shake pretty quick. But yeah, it got me to my feet and into the doorway. [ETA: the U.S. Gov earthquake page is so cool! Check out the real-time map of Northern California for info on the quake we just had!]

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[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

It was back in February of 2001... I actually just took a quick peek out at YouTube and someone uploaded some footage from the Microsoft test lab webcam: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7boO_wTzS4&search=nisqually

My husband nearly got beaned by his monitor at work (it was on a sort of hydraulic arm thingy and was swinging all over the place), but was otherwise okay. I don't think anyone was seriously hurt in that one, either, just a lot of building facades tumbling to the ground in downtown Seattle and some damage to the airport. It was just really freaky to get that fast busy signal when I tried to call rackham at work, not think anything of it and then see that headline. I wound up staying at my aunt's place for a few hours, trying to reach him via email or IM.

We like to joke, though, that I miss out on all the fun. I think every major earthquake we've had here has been while I was out of town.

[thedeadlyhook.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's a different one than I was thinking of - holy crap! It's always freaky to see footage from the outside of what the quakes look like, because when you're in it, you can't really see how much is shaking, or how far. The way those big CPU towers were rocking... (brr)

And ouch, your poor husband! I can really imagine what you're talking about here, those monitors on the positionable arms. Who would've thought that'd be an occupational hazard?

I wish someone would've had a webcam setup where I was during the '89 quake here - I remember running across a floor that felt like it was doing a serious waveform, like an ocrean wave, but I couldn't really see it, exactly, so I'll never be sure. Although maybe I should be glad I couldn't see it. The walls were rocking, and I could certainly see that. Not a good feeling at all.