Earthquake in Montreal

[mcgillianaire]

Yesterday morning as I was lying on the ground having just woken up for the umpteenth time thanks to jet lag and its after effects I thought I felt my building rumble and shake a significant amount. I dismissed it as a scary dream and remember feeling quite scared/worried because for a second I thought the building was gonna fall apart with me just lying there, half-asleep and helpless.

I've just discovered thanks to somebody's MsN nickname that there indeed was an earthquake measuring 4.2 @ 10:30am yesterday morning. The epicenter was close to the US Border.

Scary shit...

Comments

[brinker.livejournal.com]

Wow, interesting.

Being from Washington state (we're on the same fault line that produced Mt. St. Helens and all the California quakes) I've been in a couple small ones. So long as they aren't big enough to be dangerous, they're kinda fun. The problem is, you don't really know how big they're going to be.

Hope you guys don't have any ill effects from it.

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

Oh wow! That's quite something else. Luckily the two I've been "involved in" here in Montreal have been fairly insignificant. But it makes you think, is there a bigger one around the corner?

Inshallah, by that time I'll be far, far away... but who knows, maybe in a place with a greater earthquake threat.

Thanks for the best wishes. For now I think we're fine. I'm only worried because my building is so weirdly built, it might not withstand another substantial shake up... many refer to it as a "cheese wedge" or "pizza slice" :P

[brinker.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it does make you wonder if there's anything else coming.

Good luck to the building. And hey, triangles are one of (if not the) strongest shapes out there, so you should hopefully be fine. :)

[hystericalrealm.livejournal.com]

HOLY SHIT! I felt it, and it freaked me out a bit, and I looked at the time, 10:30 AM. Then I thought to myself, "This feels like an earthquake..." but I dismissed it by assuming it was a large truck on Rue Ontario or something... but I was right! This is the first earthquake that I've actually felt... the past two I've been in I've slept through.

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

Hehe... exactly, i dismissed it as well! It's pretty scary indeed!

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you are a survivor :))!

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

hehe, i am indeed! ;)