My first earthquake!!!
I am no longer an earthquake virgin!!! Last night I felt my first earthquake since moving to Los Angeles. A 4.6 sized quake hit north of Chatsworth at 12:58am. I was I was sort of halfway falling asleep when it happened and so I wasn't really aware of it that much. I heard a woman in the next building over kind of exclaim and I thought that was unusual, and I think I was beginning to incorporate her voice into my dream. I remember thinking, she sounds mad at someone. And then in the next moment I realized that I was being gently rocked back and forth. And then the rocking stopped and there was an echo of a rumble, and then Bridget said, "did you feel that?" By then I was awake. In hindsight I realized what happened, but I was not aware of it during the actual quake which bums me out because I've been looking forward to experiencing one.
I must say, I'm don't want anyone to get hurt in an earthquake. I just want to feel what it's like to have the earth move underneath me and then I want everyone to be happy and go on with their lives. If it were up to me, I'd give us all a little shake this afternoon and be done with it. But it's not up to me I guess. It's up to the fault lines of the southland. I guess you could say it's not my fault.
