My First Earthquake

As I attempt to return to blogging after a three-year hiatus, I’ll start with something simple. I finally went through an earthquake – the 31 Oct 2007 earthquake in San Jose was a 5.6 that lasted nearly a minute.

I didn’t realize anything was going on. I was still at work, so I was completely oblivious until another guy started yelling. The quake was centered near San Jose while I was on the third floor of a building in downtown SF, so that may explain why I didn’t feel much.

Or I just don’t pay enough attention, which is likely the case.

5.6 didn’t feel so bad – I often say I will crawl back to Texas after The Big One, but this makes me feel that may not happen. Unlike Vlod, though, I didn’t find it fun.