E is also for … Earthquake
New Yorkers are not accustomed to having earthquakes. Today’s 4.8 quake had an epicenter in New Jersey. I’m on Long Island. My whole house shook.
I was more shocked than scared,
We are fine, no injuries or property damage.
It’s all coming back to me now
So you should know that I am not a “shopper”. I live in shopping mall heaven — I’m ten minutes from the Broadway Mall, 15 from Roosevelt Field and 25 from Whitman Shoppes — but I seldom go to the mall. I prefer to shop on line. And when I do venture into a store, I usually know what I want and buy it as quickly as possible. I’m not one to browse through stores just to see what’s for sale. There’s a local chain, Baked By Melissa , that specializes in mini cupcakes. They’re primarily in Manhattan. A few years ago Becca introduced me to their product - delicate little cakes, exquisitely decorated, very tasty. I walk past their shop on 7th Avenue whenever we go to the theater. Well, last week I remembered that they used to have a second shop on 7th, right next to the original shop, but selling gluten-free versions of all their cupcakes. The gluten-free shop closed, but the company continues to make a gluten-free version of their product. So I thought that gluten-free cupcakes wou
I was exercise walking in our local mall and neither of us felt it. That was unlike the 2011 earthquake that had its epicenter in Virginia. My desk and monitors were swaying - it was scary. Oh, by the way - we got a notification on our cell phones at 12:05 pm. Not exactly timely! Happy you escaped without injury/property damage.
ReplyDeleteI wondered if either you or Alana felt anything. I'm from CA. I'm used to them! A dog I had would start acting odd (more odd than her usual Border collie odd) before one hit. We'd say, "Anna's acting strange, there's gonna be an earthquake." Houses there always had cracks in the ceiling.
ReplyDeleteI've experienced a few tremors but have never been in an earthquake. Cyclone? Yes. Earthquake? No. I'm glad you're okay.
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it is a bit of a shock when it hits. And then it's good for two days of conversations. "Did you feel it?" "What were you doing?" And if anything of note occurred during it, you'll have something interesting to talk about.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you are ok. supposedly people in MA/RI/CT could also feel it, but I live in one of those three and never felt a thing. Idea-ist@GetLostInLit
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All around me people felt the earthquake, not me.
All my life I wanted to feel an earthquake, but nope not one shake, not one rattle. A friend on the other side of town wrote that she felt it! Me nothing!
My sympathies. There was an earthquake here in 2011 and I was in Florida so I missed it.
DeleteBy noontime, when the Yankees game started, I guess it was already a non-event. I kept waiting for John and Suzyn to tell us where they were and how they reacted, but they barely mentioned it. Too many home opener activities, I guess. PS Glad you're OK.
ReplyDeleteThe sportscasters on WNBC spent a lot of time interviewing players about the quake
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