# EARTHQUAKE !  Oh, no, forget it, false alarm

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-oh-no-forget-it-false-alarm/57832>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 13, 2001, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-oh-no-forget-it-false-alarm/57832 "2001-03-13T19:45:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kakkerlak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bb73d2/32.png) [@Kakkerlak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kakkerlak)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-oh-no-forget-it-false-alarm/57832/1 "2001-03-13T19:45:18Z")

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Mundane: Yup  
Pointless: Uh-huh.  
Shared: Not yet, get with it, boyo.

My office building (one of six siblings here in the park) is a 3-story steel frame with corrugated steel/concrete floors. The beams are pretty far apart, and the floor shakes a little whenever anyone of any size walks by my desk, or the roll equipment around upstairs.

I was sitting right here at this computer when the Ash Wednesday quake hit two weeks ago, and I remember the shaking, the rumbling, and then the “I got my wish, I’m not at home in my brick apartment when the Big One comes” feeling.

IT’S MAKING ME NUTS ! Every time somebody walks by on my floor or the one above, the desk starts shimmying again and my adrenal glands start revving for a sprint.

I was at a meeting in Spokane last week when a big truck rolled by outside the conference room. The customer looked curiously at the Seattle reps, all of whom were suddenly clenching the table and looking for the exit.

I wasn’t a nervous guy before, but man, it’s going to take a while before the quake isn’t on everybody’s mind. Or wired directly into my autonomous nervous system.

There, I shared, I feel better.