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October 15, 2006 (Sunday)
Shaken, And Stirred
I would consider today's quake a strong one. The movement and rumbling woke me up. The first tremor lasted quite long--seemed like about 20 seconds. I actually put on my shorts and hurried to the front door. That's because I live in a building that is a very old concrete style structure that is extremely rigid and not what I would consider something that could tolerate a lot of sideways force. I was ready to run into the street when the shaking subsided. I'm serious. I didn't want to be crushed by the implosion of a three-story apartment building.
I was off today (which is not normal because I had to work for seven consecutive days), so I took my time and headed to the beach at around 1:00. The winds were light to moderate onshore (southerly) and the waves were small and very sloppy. It was crowded. (Guess for most people there wasn’t much to do at home without electricity. One could catch up on some reading, of course, but that would be bad because reading ruins the mind.) The waves sucked, but I stayed out a surprising 2.5 hours.
When I got back, there still wasn't any power. Just sat around and did nothing until about 8:30 when we got the juice.
Heard Country has been going off. I saw the pics on JB's site. I don’t care. I'm satisfied for now. Apparently we're going to be getting some significant and lesser south swells later this-coming week.
Posted at 9:02 PM