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Tremble, epilogue

Aaron DeLay — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 04:01:13 +0000

You know those three earthquakes we experienced? First it was this, then it was this and the last was here.

Well, as any eagle eyed Yahoo Philippines reader can attest, there was a story about this. The link is here. Check out the story. It also mentions this fact that I didn’t know about,

“Although about 10 quakes hit the Philippines every day, few are felt. Only three major, destructive tremors have been recorded in more than 30 years, according to the institute.”

Now there’s something to keep me awake during the day!

Tremble, part three

Aaron DeLay — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:24:59 +0000

You know what’s annoying?

When the building you’re in shakes for the third time in twelve hours and you have no idea what’s causing it. And it also seems to be getting worse. You just gotta love it.

That and the fact that each time it happens the inner ear seems to have taken too much Jack Daniels and is now swimming around the ear canal singing, “Noooboody knowss the trouble I’ve seen…” while taking a swig of his Russian Vodka that he somehow picked up.
Honestly, these fault lines are starting to get on my nerves. I’m all for earthquakes and Mother nature…but come on! There’s only so much earth-hugging I can do in one day. I meant that literally and rhetorically.

More to come if needed.

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Tremble, part two

Aaron DeLay — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:31:56 +0000

A few seconds ago, it happened again. Another moment where the building shook. We’re all a little shaken up. Never a good thing.

This is getting…weird.

Tremble

Aaron DeLay — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:45:14 +0000

I was sitting here working away, focused on the stack of papers I have to deal with when suddenly I felt my world go a little wonky.

And by wonky I mean it felt like I was having a case of vertigo. I felt like my inner ear had taken leave of my body and I was now going to fall over. I grabbed the edge of my desk to steady myself. It didn’ stop.

I then figured something was wrong when everyone else in the building did the exact same thing. A moment later we all had the same consensus. We had just experienced a small earthquake.

Nothing was damaged and the shaking stopped within a few seconds but it still didn’t take away from the fact that the building shook. That’s something new for a guy who has lived his whole life in Montana, Oregon and Denver; three places where the earth rarely shakes and if it does, you know the world is ending.
So, hopefully that’s the end of the earthquake fun for today. If there’s more movin’ and a shakin’ I’ll be sure to let y’all know.

Until I have something better to place on paper…AYOS!