Well, it's not like anyone in my office is getting anything done for the rest of the day. It was about 1:55.

Aren't you supposed to stand underneath doorways, or something?

I'm not sure, I think there have been some changes recently in what's recommended.

So I'm going to whinge: 1. I have a sore throat. 2. My dog (whom I left at my sister's house while I went to Colorado) spent all 4 days having diarrhea, even in her crate. Nobody knows why. (And I'm going to the mountains for Labor Day weekend.) 3. The job situation is still up in the air. The big boss has two lists to look at, and the guys above me on the open list are clearly not qualified for my job, but there may be some on the merit promotion list. And if there are, then he will have to hire from that. And if there aren't, they are going to cancel the announcement and re-announce the job with Selective Placement Factors, and that would happen in like a month or six weeks.

::facepalm::

But hey, I talked to a former coworker and his firm is hiring. So I'm going to send him my resume.

It was at 01:51:03 PM at the epicenter. I felt it in NYC two minutes later.

I posted as soon as it stopped. Which corresponds to the 17:51 epicenter from USGS.

We just did the math, my sister and I, and I am 490 miles from the epicenter, and she is 530 miles, and it was strong enough for her that she headed for the door frame. As a research geek, of course I am now looking for the history of east coast earthquakes and why they tend to be so widespread.

I got right under a doorframe! My training kicked in even though I lived in SF for 5 years and never felt a thing.

I had looked at my watch at about 1:55 when we walked out of the bookstore, and I didn't feel a thing. Weird.

The job situation is still up in the air. The big boss has two lists to look at, and the guys above me on the open list are clearly not qualified for my job, but there may be some on the merit promotion list. And if there are, then he will have to hire from that. And if there aren't, they are going to cancel the announcement and re-announce the job with Selective Placement Factors, and that would happen in like a month or six weeks.

Wait, what?? Good lord, it just gets worse and worse.

Last I heard, doorframes are not where you should stand-- people assumed they would stay standing because in old adobe homes, buildings would fall down around the door frames. But they're not safer these days than protecting your head under furniture.

People may be taking it in stride, by I am sure the fuck traumatized. This is why I left California, straight up.

All my childhood training came back to me and I realized that absolutely NOWHERE in my house is safe.

I'm still not breathing properly.

My friends' shop shook so hard that big patches of paint chipped off their brick facade.

My poor landlord, in the middle of several thousand glass bottles, couldn't think of anything to do but lie on the floor.

FUCK. I can't stand this.