I think earthquakes are a hoot.
I must confess that I have never been hurt by one and never lost a loved one. I have never had financial loss or seen ugliness. I have seen panic and reactions that are a bit extreme.
Last night I got another ride. I was sitting, minding my own business when there was a rumbling, a boom and the chair I was in started rocking. The lights flickered off and back on. I remember worrying about my drink spilling as the soda sloshed. As the rocking diminished, I stood up and started toward a doorway. The floor was still moving.
Then all too soon it was over. I looked outside. The street lights still seemed to be working. The world had not stopped. We talked about it a few minutes and went back to what we were doing.
You can have your blizzards, tornadoes, floods and tidal waves. I will miss the earthquakes when I am finally able to get out of California.
homo unius libri
Don't worry, you can find them anywhere, even here in West Virginia, there's just fewer of them.
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