things that are really cool: me and earthquakes April 18, 2008
Posted by Abby T in : misc. adventures, technophilia , 1 commentI woke up yesterday morning and said to myself, “Self,” I said. “You haven’t been parading around with enough dorky things on your belt lately.” So I dug out the little belt clip that came with my cell phone and stuck it on my belt next to the multitool and the maglite, and now, ladies and gentlemen, I could not be cooler.
In other news, the earth in Illinois quaked this morning, and I am super proud and excited to say that I FELT IT! I was lying awake in my bed and suddenly became aware that I was rocking back and forth a little. I was all, “naw, that couldn’t have been an earthquake, I’m just dumb,” but then I got up and Googled it and found lots of news results about it. And I was all, “BITCHIN’. My first earthquake.”
The epicenter was way far down in southern Illinois, apparently, so while it was around a 5 on the Richter scale down there, it was more of a NOTHING up here. I think what I felt was an aftershock, too.
But still, it was my first earthquake, and I’m kind of excited about it.
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