beneath my bed. -- Pablo Neruda, Earthquake, from Canto General (translated by Jack Schmidt)
So this is how you welcome someone to New York - the ground literally moves for them?
My thoughts of concern go out to everyone in Virginia, and all along the east coast after today's quake (and how you doin' Colorado?) Buildings shook here in Manhattan, and folks evacuated, but all is well. And it was a lovely day to be outside up here. One office was telling people it was okay to return "If you'd like." Gee, stay out here in the air and sun by the river, or go back into the office....hmmm, that's a tough one....
Three notes:
One - Calling someone via cell phone was nearly impossible, with everyone jamming the circuits trying to get through. Texts, however, seemed to make it.
Two - Facebook never stopped, and many of us got our news from posts and links there. Interesting....
Three - The strangest thing was all of us in the office feeling this movement, then asking each other, "Did you feel that - or is it just me?"
The view toward the East from California with unsurprising snark ("Now you know what it feels like on the West Coast")
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I only realized it had occurred after the fact. I didn't try to call anyone, but as you note, my texts went through without a hitch. As did my Tweets. Facebook I didn't check....
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