Thursday, June 16, 2005

Feel the Quake Today?

There was an earthquake like 10 minutes ago. Did you feel it? This is the first one I've felt in a while even though California has an earthquake every day somewhere. This was a 5.3 so it was a little bigger than normal and it happened near San Bernadino.

So when there's an earthquake, you're supposed to dive under a doorway or get under a table or something. So what happens at an engineering company when there's a mild earthquake? No one runs for the door or under a table. Instead, everyone runs to a computer to see who can find out the magnitude and epicenter first on the internet. And an office pool started immediately. "Ok, place your bets, and it doesn't count if you overbid." 5.0 was the closest bet. No, I didn't bet, but I was one of the first people online to find the answers. Shameful, I know.