I think most of us have checked in. I'm waiting to hear back from non-Buffista friends at this point.

Yikes, you guys!!

I just read in someone's LJ that it was felt in San Diego too.

This must've happened while I was in the car since I never felt a thing.

The shaking that night seemed to go on for close to a minute.

Of course, that had a lot to do with the building we were in at the time being on casters.

The shaking that night seemed to go on for close to a minute.

Of course, that had a lot to do with the building we were in at the time being on casters.

Thinking back, that night is hard to quantify, what with being woken up from a dead sleep and all.

And the building swaying seemed to go on for several minutes, so I was trying to account for just the actual ground shaking, but I think doing that from memory is really impossible.

Our new thread title is freaking me out a little right now.

This is interesting in light of our ongoing (I initially typed on-ogling, which would be more app. for Bitches) class discussions: [link]

People taste testing regular and vegan sausages (they think) and how the rankings play out along political lines.

Ugh, earthquakes. Give me a nice tornado any day. One's house should not move unless entire said house is flying away.

Glad everyone in the quake zone seems to be fine. Skeery. Dudes, I'll take the tornados, okay?

Go, Shrift!

Also,

What if, say, you're a witness to something, but not a suspect? Or is it possible the cops might pretend that you're not a suspect, but you really are, so you still shouldn't talk to the police without a lawyer even if you're just a witness (as far as you know)?

If cops call you in as a witness, or talk to you at the scene, you should be as open and factual as possible about what happened. If they start asking more personal questions, you get quiet. Not disrespectful, and not suspicious, just, short, simple answers. If they press, you ask for a lawyer. If they say they're not charging you with anything, they're only asking questions about what happened, and continue to slant their questions toward the personal, you stop replying and ask for a lawyer.

They're supposed to shut up and back off at that point. No matter how innocent you are, the police really don't care. Their job is to close the case, and to the police as a body, anyone who isn't wearing blue is suspect. If they can make you fit, or make the known facts, or at least some of the known facts fit you as perpetrator, you're under suspicion.

Don't talk to cops without a lawyer is a very good rule.

I should be in a doorway or under something

Actually under things is not a great idea. It's best to be on the floor right next to something like a bed or a sofa. That's where safety pockets tend to be in a collapse. Things fall and form a triangle of safety next to large solid objects. Things like tables may stand, but if you are under them and they collapse you are done for.