>Penny, did you feel it down in Vancouver?
Hey Mark!
Darn tootin' we felt it! Funny as hell! I had my husband working with me
today (I'm a drywall contractor), and when it hit he was literally in a
closet, with two approx 5 ft high doorways between where he was and the
way down the stairs and out of the house. I felt it starting and shouted
"Earthquake - get outside!" (The house I'm working in is out in the
country so nothing could have fallen on us outside.) Anyway, after giving
the shout, I bolted outside not knowing how severe the thing was going to
be. Six foot tall Rick makes it out about 15 seconds after me with a
panicked look on his face. By then the quake was just about over down
here in the Portland area. I turn on the radio in our car parked outside,
because the main thing I wanted to know was where was the epicenter. Not
30 seconds after the quake was over, the KINK DJ comes on and says
something like "Boy howdy - wasn't that fun!" and starts playing I Feel
The Earth Move while starting to gather quake details. Rick and I start
busting up laughing, not from the DJ's selection, but because Rick said he
nearly knocked himself unconscience twice getting out from where he had
been working and then realised he could have easily done a facial into a
wall at the bottom of the stairs by taking 4 stairs at a time on way to
the first story - this was after getting banged around in the small closet
when we first started rattling. I know I shouldn't laugh, but his panic
is sooo much of a different response that I always have to earthquakes
with is "Wow, cool! An earthquake." And quickly followed by "I hope
we're near the epicenter" (so damage isn't massive somewhere else.)
Catherine, your post - ROTFLMAO!
Thanks for everyones concern for us Pac NWers!
Peace,
Penny
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