Okay, so it’s the first one that I actually felt. Last night, around 3:30 a.m. there was this huge boom sound. I woke up and thought that there was an intruder in my house. It sounded like someone breaking through a door or window frame. So, I woke up and turned on some lights and let Henson run through the house. There was no one, so I double checked the locks and went back to bed.
Today, I came to work and eveyone was talking about the earthquake. Oh!!! That’s what that was! So, I felt all happy that there was no intruder, and all fascinated by the concept of earthquakes.
People at work were sharing about the 1989 Earthquake, which I don’t remember. Earthquakes aren’t very memorable when you’re living in Minnesota!
This made me recall when I was 5 years old and a tornado ripped through White Bear Lake, MN (where I lived at the time). It was a small tornado, but it ripped off part of my neighbor’s roof. I was young and scared…yet strangely fascinated.
I guess that’s what natural disasters are…very scary, but strangely interesting at the same time.
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Oh, so you’re wondering if there’s an intruder in the house, so you take the dog with you instead of waking me up?!?
Great. That’s just great.
C’mon, man! You slept through an earthquake. Not exactly going to be on top of your game for an intruder now are you?
I totally would have woken up Josh…if the dog got eaten or killed. I get up in the middle of the night often, so it’d be dumb if I woke up Josh every single time I suspected an intruder. Send the dog in…he’s dispensable.
Hmmmm, somehow I doubt Hensa would agree with you on that one. Hehe, did you stay up late Josh? The only reason I almost slept through my next door neighbor’s fire last year was because I’d been up until 3 working on a paper, and it happened about 5:30 AM.
I REMEMBER the 1989 earthquake. The World Series (forget which game) was about to get going, when you heard an announcer say “woah” before the broadcast went dead. Crazy!
It’s interesting though. Natural disasters, war, etc. all are terrible and amazing to behold at the same time. It’s hard not to feel awe and loathing at the same time.
Top of my game. Sheesh. It was a freakin’ 3.4! Anybody could sleep through one of those. None of my coworkers noticed it.
I went through an earthquake while living in LA, and didn’t even feel it. It was a 4.something and everyone was talking about it, so I felt cheated that I didn’t know about it. I went out and bought a bobblehead at the 99ยข Only Store to use as an earthquake indicator (Me: “Mr. Bobblehead, is there an earthquake?” Bobblehead: [nods head]), but we didn’t have any more.