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I lived in Wescott a few years back and felt one before work one morning.
At the risk of divulging TMI, my "pajamas" are standard guy pajamas. Hint: I wear them all day long.
Anyway, the house shook and I jumped out of bed at 7ish. I grabbed a nearby pair of shorts and a mismatched t-shirt and ran outside to see what was going on. My neighbors ran out as well.
One of them looked at me and asked "did you feel that?"
Do y'all have any idea how hard it was to fight the urge to reply with "no, I just enjoy bolting out the front door in clothes that don't match at odd hours?"
One of them looked at me and asked "did you feel that?"
Do y'all have any idea how hard it was to fight the urge to reply with "no, I just enjoy bolting out the front door in clothes that don't match at odd hours?"
I can't even begin to imagine how you were able to resist.
We had a good one under us once on Fort Lewis, WA. when we were there. They are fun on a military base where so many people come from regions where earthquakes are unheard of. I counted no less than a half dozen big tough soldiers running out of their house in panic mode, dressed about how you are describing.
Having grown up in Northern and Southern California if I don't hear glass breaking an earthquake doesn't even register much.
The only one I have felt in nearly 20 years was one that happened while I was at Walmart in Summerville about a year ago, felt like a truck hitting a loading dock a little too hard...
I can't even begin to imagine how you were able to resist.
We had a good one under us once on Fort Lewis, WA. when we were there. They are fun on a military base where so many people come from regions where earthquakes are unheard of. I counted no less than a half dozen big tough soldiers running out of their house in panic mode, dressed about how you are describing.
Having grown up in Northern and Southern California if I don't hear glass breaking an earthquake doesn't even register much.
My dad grew up in Los Angeles. My Mom grew up in Queens.
Dad has a thing where his leg twitches at random. It either isn't severe enough or Dad doesn't believe in naming every little thing the body does enough to label it as RLS. Anyway, in the 70's, shortly after they were married they were living in LA, Mom woke up to the bed shaking one morning. She nudged Dad and said "John, stop shaking your leg." Dad's response? "I'm not, it's an earthquake, now go back to sleep."
I mentioned that to Dad about a year ago and he told me about a guy he was in boot camp with at Ft Huachuca in 71 or 72 (I think). Apparently, this guy was from somewhere that the ground doesn't move on a regular basis. There was an earthquake one night and he woke up freaking out "Oh my God what the hell is that?!?" Dad's response? "It's an earthquake, now go back to sleep."
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