I have been in both California earthquakes, in 89' and in 94'. In 89', I was in my car and after the shaking stopped, I opened the car door and in a severe moment of dizziness sprawled to the ground in a partial black out. In 94' the quake hit around 4:00AM and woke me up. I thought my apartment was going to come down on my head as I tried to shake the sleep from my consciousness. Traffic lights outside my window suddenly erupted ablaze like a bomb went off. The sound of a jackhammer rifled through my ears and I waited frozen in place until it finally subsided."
My apartment is shaking now.
I had just finished posting my latest entry when I felt my wheelchair moving. I thought I was dizzy because I have not been getting enough sleep lately. A short while later, I realised that it was another earthquake when I heard my door rattling. I quickly woke the maid up....
Blogging has fried our brains. Instead of evacuating after the tremor, we, bloggers staying in high rise apartments, sit here n blog about it, oblivious to the risk should the building topple over or collapse...
296 people have died so far in Indonesia. Good luck Peter Tan.
Brand New Malasia has reported The quake has been classified as 8.7 and several aftershocks were reported.
That is a mother of an earthquake. 94' quake in Los Angeles registered a 6.7
Tsunami Help blog:Tsunami warning has been issued.