However sad this might sound, I had to put this thought down my blog....Halloween is today but we got "BOOO-ed" last night itself...it was a mutual feeling among most in San Francisco bay area! Mother Nature was the originator and she brought us an earth quake,a comparitively mild one of 5.6 according to Richter scale !
A little after 8pm, I was still tryin to finish my cooking and suddenly I felt a shake initially thought it was something to do with the above floor and then when it continued, I realised it was a quake ,atleast a tremor....that moment I was panicking, I didnt know if it was right to be inside, run out or look for the keys or take my mobile with me....it was my first ever experience! I must say inspite of the shake I saw , hardly anything was damaged and most of the things were still in place...anyways I managed to step out n speak to my neighbours and since I was alone, they could see the fear in me! one of them started speaking about a similar experience a few years back which was in the middle of the night....that is when I learnt that this area is popular for earthquakes.
My mobile wouldn't work but luckily internet was still okay, so I could instant msg a few friends n couple of them came over since I was alone...i couldnot reach my hubby though I knew nothing could go wrong, the fear always captures you and makes you think more wild than usual ! But I calmed down once the mobile was up and my hubby called me
All was well and quite soon after people went back to their beds,making me wonder if there was even an earthquake just about an hour back !
Happy Halloween n ofcourse BOO! :-)
A little after 8pm, I was still tryin to finish my cooking and suddenly I felt a shake initially thought it was something to do with the above floor and then when it continued, I realised it was a quake ,atleast a tremor....that moment I was panicking, I didnt know if it was right to be inside, run out or look for the keys or take my mobile with me....it was my first ever experience! I must say inspite of the shake I saw , hardly anything was damaged and most of the things were still in place...anyways I managed to step out n speak to my neighbours and since I was alone, they could see the fear in me! one of them started speaking about a similar experience a few years back which was in the middle of the night....that is when I learnt that this area is popular for earthquakes.
My mobile wouldn't work but luckily internet was still okay, so I could instant msg a few friends n couple of them came over since I was alone...i couldnot reach my hubby though I knew nothing could go wrong, the fear always captures you and makes you think more wild than usual ! But I calmed down once the mobile was up and my hubby called me
All was well and quite soon after people went back to their beds,making me wonder if there was even an earthquake just about an hour back !
Happy Halloween n ofcourse BOO! :-)
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In Omaha, we had the constant tornado threat hanging over us which was quite frightening. But you were very brave! Good that you had friends over.. I'd just eat M's brains over the phone while sitting on our toilet. LOL. Of course, we had no one else who lived closeby or in our apartments that we knew.
Gosh, tornadoes can also be so scary!! God is great and we are all safe!
:-)