As I write this, it's almost 3:30 PM on Sunday. As I do on Sundays, I'm in the process of setting up my blog posts for the week. I'm currently finalizing Thursday's post.
So, I was just sitting here, selecting pictures for yesterday's post and listening to the rain outside. Rain in August? Yeah, we don't have rain in August. But Hurricane Hilary decided it wanted to appear in California, where hurricanes don't happen.
Well, it still hasn't, really. It's been downgraded to a tropical storm, and the worst is supposed to hit east of us, more inland near the desert. It's been raining all morning and this afternoon, and I have absolutely no plans to go anywhere. Supposedly, it's supposed to get worse starting about now.
Anyway, I was just sitting here, selecting pictures, when suddenly...
As far as earthquakes go, this one wasn't terrible. It definitely went on for a while (less than a minute, but longer than a quick jolt).
But really? I mean, I've been through dozens of earthquakes in my life. Probably more than that. I have posted about some here on the blog.
I can definitely say this is the first time I have experienced a tropical storm and an earthquake at the same time.
The meme makers jumped right on this.
Anyway, I've got Thursday's blog post to finish, laundry in process, and a full work week coming up. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.
I wondered about you with both Hilary and then the earthquake! I don't miss them, and apparently I'm due for one in OR. Or overdue by more than 70 years if we listen to the experts. Which we should. People here won't know what to do. Earthquakes are my mind anyway, as I bought some boxes of professional quality photos in the Goodwill bins, and some are after the Loma Prieta quake in 1989. I think the photographer must have been working for the press, in some of the photos there's a police car waiting, like they were escorted somewhere the public couldn't go. They are shot of where the freeway collapsed.
ReplyDeleteWe lucked out where I'm at. There's still a mess to clean up, but mostly that's just leaves and branches and such. It could have been so much worse.
DeleteIt's so ridiculous. First a hurricane in a place that hasn't had one in eighty something years, and then an earthquake just because. How many more natural disasters could fit in there?
ReplyDeleteWow, double trouble. Glad you're alright. We had a bad storm a day ago, some trees down; but I think more from the weight of the rain then due to wind. Weather seems so extreme these days when you watch or read the news.
ReplyDeleteAnd with climate change, it's just getting worse.
DeleteO, yes! weather patterns are weird now. I have never experienced an earthquake. India's capital, New Delhi, does experience tremors of small magnitude when there is a quake in Afghanistan-Pakistan border, where it's more common. But I far down south of India. But, going by the way things are now, probably, there might be a quake in Bengaluru as well.
ReplyDeleteScary times... I'm glad that you are ok, I read the comment where you replied that there was no damage other than branches on the ground. Phew
ReplyDeleteRight you are about climate change making things worse. So much extreme weather in all directions. The northern part of my state had recent flooding, and other areas without power for 5 days.
ReplyDeleteIt feels like so much more, and really, it is.
DeleteI didn't feel the earthquake (too far south), but I chuckled at the term hurriquake!
ReplyDeleteHurriquake - that's a good one. Truth can be stranger than fiction sometime. It's good that the earthquake wasn't as bad as it could have been.
ReplyDeleteYes, true.
DeleteI'm glad you're safe. :D
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteMy hubby firmly believes California will break off and become an island. Let's hope not any time soon. Your weather has been wild!
ReplyDeleteYou both should come visit. It's a lovely place, really. Just not when hurricanes come a'calling.
DeleteFor some reason, the idea of an earthquake scares me a lot more than the idea of a hurricane. Glad neither of yours were terrible.
ReplyDeleteI suppose I've been desensitized to them. My junior year of high school there was a fairly significant earthquake near me, and we then had aftershocks all year. There was the time we had an earthquake when I was in chemistry class. There was the earthquake that woke me, I went back to sleep, and then forgot completely about it until another student mentioned it the next day. On and on and on.
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