Trainquake!

[kjpepper]

Woke up at 5:30 am to the rattle and hum of my house shaking, and shaking hard. No, we weren't having an earthquake, though it would have been about a 4.5er if we were. Nope, just a particularly heavy 3 engine freight train passing across the street. Was kinda neat really, laying in bed, listening to my candleholders rattle and the house moving under my bed, wondering it anyone else had been awakened by the trainquake but me, and thinking that Californians sleep through this shit regularly.

And how was your morning?

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[retsuko.livejournal.com]

My anecdote, let me show you it:

When the Northridge Quake occurred, I woke up at 4:30 am and thought to myself, "oh, the room's swaying. Well, nothing is falling on me, so I suppose I can go back to sleep safely." The next morning, I asked my Mom if something had happened and we both shrugged, but turned on the TV anyway. After even a little bit of that footage, I didn't feel so nonchalant any more.

My anecdote, I haz shown you it!

[purpura.livejournal.com]

My in laws live in Santa Cruz, CA. I have visited several times. And in the back of my head wanted to experience a (MILD) earthquake. After all I have experienced hurricanes on the east coast and tornados in the Midwest.

Imagine my surprise when the first earthquake I ever felt was in Albany, NY. You know - where there's a nuclear power plant directly over the fault line? That one? Yah....