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June 21, 2008

Remember That Huge Earthquake?

What a stable, non-disastrous weekend it's been for us thus far! We're making curried chicken salad, eying the unopened bag of Cheddar Sour Cream Ruffles, and catching up on a week's worth of unwatched YouTube videos. It turns out that when you search for "Seattle" on YouTube, this very helpful National Geographic video about the Nisqually earthquake in '01 (and the fault that runs under downtown Seattle) is the second result. Were you living in Seattle during 2001? Got any stories? Grab some Ruffles and check this out:

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I was working in a building just north of the Market that day. I happened to be on a text BBS, and managed to post "BRB, earthquake" before diving under my desk, and sticking one hand up to steady my extremely heavy CRT monitor. I grew up in northern California (was out of power for a week after the Loma Prieta quake), so it really wasn't a huge deal for me. It was also mostly rolling waves instead of the sharp side-to-side jerks, which was reassuring.

The weirdest part was feeling the building I was in flexing for a few seconds after the earthquake died away. I'd never been through one in a multiple-story building, and feeling the building keep going after the earth settled down was very odd.

 

"BRB, earthquake" is hilarious!! And BBSs and CRT monitors are blasts from the past... Good story, thanks!

 
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