So we had an earthquake here in New England on Tuesday night. How about that?
I was hooking up the water line to our new fridge when the place started shaking. It felt like a washing machine severely out of balance, and that’s exactly what I thought it was at first…until Robin said that there wasn’t any laundry going. Apparently it was a 4.0 quake centered in Maine somewhere. (I think it’s God’s retribution for all that lobster-killing and Zumba whoring.)
Now, a 4.0 quake won’t even make you folks in California look up from your Cheerios, but to us here in Upper Cryogenica, any earthquake is a big deal, especially one you can actually feel. I’m already seeing t-shirts online saying “I Survived The Great New England Quake of 2012”, and pictures are making the rounds on the Intertubes with the obligatory Very Minor Damage (think “trashcan/lawn chair fallen over”) captioned NEVER FORGET. I love the Internets and the human capacity for humor.
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I’m from right near Portland, parents still live there. They said it sounded and felt like a freight train running past the house. Scared the hell out of them, though. I still remember my first earthquake – I live in the People’s Republik of Kalifornia these days – and it was not an enjoyable experience, even though it wasn’t much bigger than the Maine one.