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[fabrisse]

Tomorrow I'm heading north, finally. Keep your fingers crossed that my sister gets the editing job she applied for. I'll be stopping at gileswench's for a few days before heading up to see jerminating. Keep your fingers crossed that I get one of the jobs I applied for.

I was awakened by an earthquake this morning. It was a 5.6 on the Richter scale, but about 50 miles away from here. This means that I thought the dogs had gotten into my room and were fighting under my bed. Then I realized that I could hear the dresser pulls rattling. It stopped pretty quickly, and I went back to sleep for a little while.

It was kind of cool. Most of the coolness is because the area with the epicenter had no deaths or injuries. There's been some physical damage, but no human toll that I know of.

Time to pack.

Comments

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

I'll be thinking good thoughts your way for the job. :-)

We had earthquakes all the time in AK, so I know what you mean about them almost being cool as long as there were no injuries or any serious damage. Some of them were downright weird. Most were shaking like you see on TV or hear about, but one was like a wave that came through the house. You could almost see it (like a big ocean wave coming toward you), so it was very weird. I'm glad this one didn't cause too much damage either--hopefully. I hadn't heard anything about it.

[fabrisse.livejournal.com]

I'm applying for jobs in Oregon and Washington. As much as I'd like to be near friends (i.e. Oregon), there's a part of me that really wants to go farther north. It's where I was born, even though I've never lived there. Somehow it feels right, but I have to go by the work.

Today's earthquake seems to be a tear earthquake rather than a rolling quake. As long as no life was lost, I think I'd like to see/experience the "big ocean wave" type.