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December 22, 2003

Cambria Earthquake

So A is describing this print server that we are about to test, and all of a sudden I start feeling nauseous. I got enough sleep, so what's going on? I close my eyes and then I look down at my feet to gain composure and it's still happening. We're on the 10th floor.

The blinds are slapping against the windows. It's an earthquake for sure. I stand and leave the cube and walk over to the windows, but not too close. I say out loud that it's definitely an earthquke. Traffic down on the streets is still moving, but I don't want to get close enough to the window to see if power lines are swaying. I don't hear any car alarms going off but we are up pretty high.

Now I can't help but think of Al Qaeda and I'm a little ashamed of that. But I do want to get the hell out of the building even though nothing has fallen over.

First I hit the net to see if there's anything. Nothing. OK I'm going downstairs.

On the way down, L tells me that he used to work in the twin Arco Towers downtown. When some earthquake hit a while ago, people in a corner office looked out of the window and the other building was missing. At the top floors, they move about 15 feet. So for the moment they had swung out of synch. I start moving quicker down the stairs.

The cellphone networks are working but the Nuke isn't at home. I leave a message on the answering machine. Finally I get down to the lot. Some folks have KNX on the car radio. 6.5 north of Monterrey is what we hear. OK so we're in the clear here in LA.

Still this was the most nauseating rolling earthquake I've ever been in. It beats the other record for the one in '82 which I think was Coalinga. I was in Northridge at the time.

OK back to work. I'm still feeling dizzy though.

BTW: Here is the quake map.

Posted by mbowen at December 22, 2003 11:44 AM

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In downtown L.A. ...will update. Initial reports are that is was 6.5 on the richter, slightly less than Northridge, centered near San Simeon...150 miles NW of Los Angeles, up the coast. I was in my high-rise office building in Downtown... [Read More]

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Posted by: lynne at December 22, 2003 09:10 PM