Reflections on The East Coast Earthquake

Posted on 23 August 2011 by DanielA

That was my first New York earthquake. It was my first earthquake ever, actually, which I’m ashamed to say, especially since I used to live on the West Coast, earthquake central. People would always be like, hey did you feel that earthquake last night? And I’d be like, no. I didn’t.

Unfortunately I was right in the middle of urinating and so it wasn’t as much fun for me as it was for you. At first I was like, why is the train rumbling so loudly? Then I realized there is no train in this part of Brooklyn. But still it was pretty cool thinking about what was happening underneath the floor I stood on, deep in the earth’s molten core.

Now I want to be a professional earthquake wrestler. That was a baby earthquake but what about a big one? How cool would that be, if I traveled the world waiting for the next big earthquake. I’d be like the Bear Grylls of earthquakes.

But at least I was part of the Great American Earthquake. It’s been a long time since the East Coast has had an earthquake. And it will probably be a long time till the next one. At least I can say I remember when.

 

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