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I’ve now arrived in Cupertino California, where I’m staying at temporary corporate housing while I search for a suitable apartment where I’ll make this move permanent. In addition to the ominous coverage of the tragic southern California wildfires, I’ve just been introduced to another natural phenomenon of this region:
Earthquakes.
At around 8pm on October 30th, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck north of San Jose, shaking the area and prompting an earthquake warning on local radio. It was a strange, scary feeling: at first I thought the noise and vibration was from residents of an apartment above me running and jumping around.
I realized what was actually happening when the shaking got severe enough to rattle dishes and knock a box of cereal off the refrigerator. Strangest of all though is after the worst shaking passes: what’s left is a bizarre swaying motion that feels remarkably like you’re standing on the deck of a boat in calm seas.
Fortunately there aren’t any reports of injuries, and damage seems to be minor. Here’s to hoping this doesn’t happen very often!
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maybe you should swith to breakfast bars, they probably have better defense against the forces of the earthquakes.
keep the posts coming.
Man, you don’t take long to start living the Cali life, do ya?
Rock and roll, man, rock and roll! So, have you booked the first flight back?
Calm seas today, sounds like the last time a quake hit that was this bad was 1989. Just my luck that it hits a day after I arrive. :-p
All part of the adventure, man. Hit the beach yet? Is there even a beach nearby?
To get to the beach you need to cross the foothills out of the valley I think. Probably an hour or two to get anyplace cool.
“Probably an hour or two to get anyplace cool.”
Says the guy who just moved to Silicon Valley!!
Well, an hour or two to get to a beach I mean, there’s plenty of cool stuff around that’s not ocean-related!