Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Am I back back in Cali Cali?
The USA win and G20 madness has been eclipsed by the EARTHQUAKE THAT JUST HAPPENED HERE IN TORONTO. What is going on here!??! As I sat here watching the entire building rumble, I quickly dismissed the realization that an earthquake was happening- after all, this isn't California! Several thoughts floated through my head "G20 stuff" "maybe a soccer goal, overzealous watchers on the floor above" "bomb"? A quick Google search found nothing and I consulted the next best thing- Facebook. Sure enough, status updates informed me that indeed what I experienced was a 5.5 earthquake. (Ah, the power of social networking!). Interestingly, no one in the office hid under the desk or stood in the frame of the doorway, as we had all earnestly learned to do growing up in California. Makes me wonder how we would react/behave if something more disastrous had occurred.
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I found out about the earthquake 30 seconds after it happened. Two friends and my boyfriend all messaged me simultaneously "Holy shit we had an earthquake!"
ReplyDeleteApparently people in Ottawa rushed out of office buildings in a mad panic. Not sure how that was supposed to help...
That was nuts! Facebook was amazing! We had the little wiggle up here as well. I thought I was just being my regular dizzy self but the rest of the women in the office all started clucking so I knew it wasn't just me.
ReplyDeleteHow is the G20 nonsense affecting you in the downtown? It was kind of funny this morning when they said that after the earthquake the tsunami warning for the fake lake had been called off.
LOL, that fake lake tsunami comment is getting a lot of coverage! we are all working from home today and tomorrow to avoid the G20 madness!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's true, facebook definitely wins the instant information award! I logged on unsuspectingly and then BAM! all I could hear about was the earthquake.
ReplyDeleteIt has also been a terrific wealth of information on the G20 clashes. I might not recommend everyone get their news from fb but really, my friends have definitely come through on this one!
Hope you and Marcus are both doing alright!