earthquake

[cellio]

This afternoon I was in a meeting when someone else said the room was shaking. I hadn't noticed but did after she pointed it out. I figured it was a large truck rumbling by outside; she said it felt like an earthquake ("but smaller", I said). Who knew that a magnitude-5.0 earthquake on the border of Ontario and Quebec could be felt in Pittsburgh?

The coworker, it turns out, used to live practically on top of the San Andreas fault and is sensitized.

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I live a mile or so from the San Andreas fault, but am desensitized rather than sensitized. Many <4.0 quakes have happened quite nearby without me even noticing. Something in my brain just says "eh, small quake, nothing to see here, move along" and it doesn't register.

Not the best survival trait.

[cellio]

Not the best survival trait.

True, but it helps you sleep through the night. :-)