I survived the earthquake!
So I’m sure that most out there know by now there was an earthquake here in Ontario Canada yesterday. What?! You didn’t know that? Well, there was an earthquake here in Ontario yesterday. It’s centre was just North of Ottawa and measured 5.5 in magnitude. Now, I’m not in Ottawa (anymore… I lived there when I went to college), I live about 7 hours away and I STILL felt the quake!
Our studio is on the 9th floor so when the tremor started the building began to vibrate a little. I thought someone was just running down the hall behind me but then it got stronger. Computer monitors where rocking back and forth and everyone got up from their desks to look out the window. Not sure what they expected to see really. The best way to describe the feeling was it seemed like the building was wobbling back and forth. It was really quite scary. It last about 15 seconds so not very long, but long enough to shake up everyone in the studio. Even after it was done and over, I felt that if I rocked back and forth I could make the building sway again.
Even though it was just a minor tremor, the mind tends to make up “what if” scenarios. I work on the 9th floor of a building, if something more serious where to happen, would I be able to make it to safety in time? I have issues with death and dieing that I’m working through (that’s another post) so something like this made me a bit edgy. I wasn’t in hysterics or anything. I’m actually quite calm in emergency situations. It’s only after that I see how scary something was.
Anyway, I’m okay and by the sounds of it everyone else is too. Which is a good thing. ^_^
Has anyone out there been in a scary/serious situation before? How did you react?
Play Asia
June 24th, 2010 at 10:56 pm
Wow, I bet that was scary. I’ve never had the pleasure of experiencing an earthquake, but I have been graced with a tornado or two. Living in Kansas, tornadoes have become a part of life. But even though I’m not particularly worried when I hear about one in my area, it is always scary when you actually see one. The sound it makes is quite unnerving; the sight of cars and buildings being tossed about like toys; being in a basement, with no power, feeling the tornado pass and hoping that loved ones are ok…. yeah you get the picture.
June 26th, 2010 at 5:46 am
Wow, that happened to me too. Except I was in pain when it happened. So I wake up in the middle of the night. I feel that I had to go to the bathroom. But I move not only an inch, and I feel this horrible pain. It came from you know where. It hurt uncontrollably, as I was in pain, I felt shaking. I never experienced an earthquake before. But it stopped after 5 minutes. I didn’t want the shaking to stop. It felt cool.
June 30th, 2010 at 5:48 am
It’s stuff like that, that makes one realise exactly how small and insignificant one truely are compared to the immense powers which dwells beneath your feet. For millions of years, life has most mercifully been allowed to live and prosper on the surface of this planet, rue the day where we are no longer welcome…
July 1st, 2010 at 1:17 pm
We’ve had a few tremors here in Missouri recently. Nothing big, but the New Madrid fault is way overdue for another big one. The last time was in early 1800’s where it measured an estimated 8-9 on the Richter scale. There wasn’t much to destroy back then. If (when) one hits now, its going to be a nightmare.