I've never left the building in Jamaica either, and I'm pretty sure those buildings aren't that quake proof.
Mmm. Wife soup. I must've done good.
Wash ,'War Stories'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Aug 23, 2011 9:17:57 am PDT #21746 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jon B. - Aug 23, 2011 9:19:46 am PDT #21747 of 30001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Aren't you supposed to stand underneath doorways, or something?
sarameg - Aug 23, 2011 9:19:46 am PDT #21748 of 30001
Lizard brain at work. Plus, 1st floor of a 4 story brick building on a ravine, overlooking the ravine. Wanted to get away from even feeling like I might fall into the ravine.
Tom Scola - Aug 23, 2011 9:20:48 am PDT #21749 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I'm glad I read sarameg's post before it started shaking here, otherwise I would have been a whole lot more freaked out about the ground shaking across from ground zero.
Toddson - Aug 23, 2011 9:22:49 am PDT #21750 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Scrappy, I'm in DC and everything seems to be fine. I didn't leave the first time - a bunch of people came back up and then went back down - and haven't felt an aftershock.
No one's calls are going through - everyone's calling family and friends at once.
msbelle - Aug 23, 2011 9:22:58 am PDT #21751 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
good lord people!!!
Allyson, did you email your story to consumerist?
megan walker - Aug 23, 2011 9:25:52 am PDT #21752 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Stay safe east coasters! I don't think I've felt one that big since moving out to SF.
Aren't you supposed to stand underneath doorways, or something?
In doorways or under heavy, stable furniture.
IOscaryN, sitting in a room full of cops talking about tactical communication is really making me rethink my contrarian ways.
Ginger - Aug 23, 2011 9:26:52 am PDT #21753 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
LA buildings are a lot more earthquake-proof. The last I heard, the only building built to significant seismic standards in Georgia was Vogtle nuclear plant.
sumi - Aug 23, 2011 9:27:04 am PDT #21754 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Allyson, Twitter won't let me tweet your link - but I did repost on lj.
meara - Aug 23, 2011 9:27:06 am PDT #21755 of 30001
No one's calls are going through - everyone's calling family and friends at once.
Text are at least a little--I've gotten a text from my BFF, and sent one to her