@Linkat,
So there it was, I looked at the time at 1:49 and stood up. A few moments there stoold I and I had my hand against the wall when there was a strong force hitting the building. The building shook some. I glanced out the window, thinking maybe a strong burst of wind had slammed in...no, the tree was calm.
I noticed still there was still a gentle vibration in the place, thought maybe a truck had mounted the sidewalk and crashed into the building.
The radiator cover squeaked some (it's metal in a metal frame and it squeaks when it is jostled). I wondered briefly as suddenly that area and the windows were making late vibrating sounds, if
perhaps the boiler had exploded. No smoke maybe it that it wasn't that.
I heard sounds outside, the workman were still out there a few yards away, couldn't figure what they were saying but soon the buzzing of saws and hatchetry resumed.
I headed towards the kitchen, my ear alert for any approaching sirens or hollers to get out fast. Nothing. Opened the door to the hallway, no sounds there. Either Baldy or Prunella, my withered neighbors were or was in their 4th shower of the day. This one starts usually around 1 and lasts until at least 3.. I think it's him because with bivalves
I think it's him because she usually exits during that time, her trademark metal canisters crashing into each other. (her return is always filled with loud sighs.) It sometimes surprises me that they are so into water but yet after flushing their toilet they never seem to run the sink water.
A few minutes later, I decided to put the television on. There was a breaking story.
Oh, it was an earthquake. That explains it. I watched for a while, went through all the channels I could think of to get news on it. They weren't really offering anything major in the way of major damage and injury in the area.
It became tedious after the second hour. How many times are we supposed to listen to the putz from ABC talk about being in the truck and it was
"rocking back and forth."
interesting. He then told us:
I'm superbly great friends with all the cameramen so I thought it was the usual camaraderie, then realized the truck was still swaying. I'd been in every earthquake zone of the world and knew what it was. Right over here is my great good friend Diego Medina, he's a cameraman and we're all great friends us reporters and anchormen, right?"
the poor cameraman looked scared....of the clearly insane reporter.
Channels 9 and 5 are showing the same thing, they're both local spaces owned by Fox. There is a few seconds of time delay though from 1 to the other. I went to 47 and watched it in Spanish for a while. I checked the CNN feed on 133, and they weren't even talking about it, they were over in Libya showing what was happening there. I checked how the markets were doing....apparently earthquakes don't bother them.
I returned went to CBS, poor Pablo Guzman was sweating like the fatted pig just before the Super Bowl. Wiping sweat off his head, he gave his take on things. Then he disappeared. I'd like to see Guzman more often.
I went to the kitchen and prepared a veggie burger sandwich with too much Asiago cheese. Pissed off that I'd opened it before the mozzarella. Smoke filled the place, I'd managed to overcook the food again. I began cutting the sandwich (angled to make 2 triangles) and the phone rang. Someone checking on my well being. Oh I cut the sandwich in half.
Back to the television, they were still doing earthquake matters after 3 hours and nothing else. At least a couple of them had crawls on the bottom to give other news. 2 stations had crawls telling me there was an earthquake.
The madman on ABC was still babbling about being in the truck as it rocked back and forth. By now he was grabbing strangers passing by and introducing them as his good friends. The Mafia Don mumbled something about chopping off more than just fingers and ABC went to the weird looking fellow at Times Square. We didn't see the shaking truck man again....I wonder what 'other parts' the Mafia guy planned to chop off...
Seriously, I have never seen such a scared bunch of wimps in my life. Once it was clear what it was, it was time to move forward. No injuries or fatalities reported? Wonderful. Some damage? That's unfortunate, hopefully they can rebuild and repair quickly.
Nothing fell off any shelves, the wall clock is still in place, the paintings stayed as they were. No cracks in the wall, no windows falling out and shattering. No burst pipes. There was 1 positive out of it all. My rear left gas burner now seems to light immediately. It used to involve setting off the front as well. I guess the quake shook out some sort of debris.
I still wonder about Rocco though.
