Earthshattering News
Okay, I know I'm way overdue for a blog post, and I'll be writing up something a bit more substantial in the next few days, but I felt like what happened last night was worth recording while it was fresh in my mind.
Holy shit, we just had a friggin' earthquake!
Yeah, I know it probably wasn't a big deal for those of you on the West Coast, but we don't really get these that often. For some reason, I woke up right before the earthquake, at about 0430 this morning, and I was trying to fall back to sleep when the whole house started shaking.
I've felt earthquakes once or twice before, but they were pretty hard to distinguish from a huge truck rolling by outside. This was a totally different story. Not only was it a heck of a lot more powerful, but it lasted for quite a while -- a lot longer than a simple truck rolling by. Other than the shaking, I admit there wasn't much effect. I didn't see any damage anywhere in my house or elsewhere, nothing even really seemed to be out of place; but then, we were over 200 miles from the epicenter, so I suspect that was not really that unusual. Still, for someone who has not really ever felt something like that, it was pretty freaky. CNN has this story here about it.
Some other quick updates that I'll expound on later, though -- I finally have an actual date for surgery now, which is August 26th, and I may actually go to FanFest this year since that is early enough for me to finish my 2 months of recovery before it starts. I've gotten another freelance job and possible one or two more coming up (more updates when I can), I will hopefully have something in the next EON, time permitting. Stay tuned -- I promise to give some more thorough updates a bit later.
Edit: According to the USGS, the quake was centered roughly 120 miles south of here.
Holy shit, we just had a friggin' earthquake!
Yeah, I know it probably wasn't a big deal for those of you on the West Coast, but we don't really get these that often. For some reason, I woke up right before the earthquake, at about 0430 this morning, and I was trying to fall back to sleep when the whole house started shaking.
I've felt earthquakes once or twice before, but they were pretty hard to distinguish from a huge truck rolling by outside. This was a totally different story. Not only was it a heck of a lot more powerful, but it lasted for quite a while -- a lot longer than a simple truck rolling by. Other than the shaking, I admit there wasn't much effect. I didn't see any damage anywhere in my house or elsewhere, nothing even really seemed to be out of place; but then, we were over 200 miles from the epicenter, so I suspect that was not really that unusual. Still, for someone who has not really ever felt something like that, it was pretty freaky. CNN has this story here about it.
Some other quick updates that I'll expound on later, though -- I finally have an actual date for surgery now, which is August 26th, and I may actually go to FanFest this year since that is early enough for me to finish my 2 months of recovery before it starts. I've gotten another freelance job and possible one or two more coming up (more updates when I can), I will hopefully have something in the next EON, time permitting. Stay tuned -- I promise to give some more thorough updates a bit later.
Edit: According to the USGS, the quake was centered roughly 120 miles south of here.
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