Earthquake!

Around 6:50 AM, the whole house started shaking. A little at first, then getting stronger, peaking, and then falling off quickly. It was pretty cool actually. Moreso because I was already awake, having not gone to bed, and I started feeling it just as the bass kicks in during Chemical Brother's "Come With Us", which I've been listening way too much since finding an MP3 of it earlier in the evening. Or morning, now. Heh.

Since I was killing time on 13 IRC channels spread over three different servers, a friend in Montreal also piped up with the same line I did: "earthquake!". From there, it was a waiting game for one of the real-time seismic update sites to post something interesting about it and a lot of guess on duration, strength, and the location of the epicenter. Other IRC friends from Montreal and Toronto confirmed feeling something as well. And just before 8:00 AM, we have our answer: 15 miles southwest of Plattsburgh, NY. Wowza.

Personally, I thought the whole thing was plenty cool. Everyone else in the house were a bit freaked out. If I woke from sound sleep abruptly in an earthquake, I would probably think it was less cool.


[08:00] <jwz> damn terrorists!
[08:01] <ksandre> now what?
[08:01] <jwz> they blew up plattsburgh! those bastards!
[08:02] * ksandre blinks
[08:03] * ksandre was awakened by what seemed like a tiny earthquake [in New Hampshire]
[08:04] <jwz> it was those damned terrorists, I tell you
[08:04] <jwz> the plattsburgh liberation army


Heh.