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"Everybody sees what you appear to be, but few feel what you are."
Machiavelli,
The Prince
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
So we had an earthquake today. I was at my desk listening in on a teleconference when we felt the first tremors. They weren't too strong so I just sat there and waited for them to subside. And then the real shock waves hit. The building shook from side to side so violently that I clutched my desk to keep my chair from rolling around. Actually, the desk clutching was mostly out of fear. I realized that I had no idea what to do in that particular situation. Diving under the desk didn't seem like the best idea because we have these metal overhead cabinets in our cubicles that and could probably kill if they fell on you. And my work area is too far from the doorways for them to be helpful. My only option was to roll my chair in to the entrance of my cubicle and pray that nothing came down on my head. Fortunately nothing did. A whole bunch of ceiling tiles fell from the ceiling, but I don't think anyone was hit by them.
When the earthquake was over we all heaved a sigh of relief and went back to work, but a few minutes later a plant-wide announcement instructed us to evacuate the buildings. I grabbed my purse and followed everyone else outside where we hung out and compared earthquake stories. Before we evacuated we discovered from the USGS website that the quake was initially reported to be a magnitude 5.8 centered in Chino Hills. Those of us who are fairly new to California were pretty shaken up, and the California natives weren't too calm either. It wasn't long before we were told that our work area had been locked up and wasn't going to be opened again until tomorrow. Most people just went home, but I drove over to Seal Beach to finish out the day. We had to wait outside over there too, but eventually they let us back in. I took advantage of the earthquake by leaving work a little early to spend some relaxing time at home. What a crazy day.
Posted at 7:48 PM, 0 Comments
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