I love earthquakes. Seriously. I just think they are the coolest thing in the world. If you could buy a ticket to be in the next big one, I would do it. Something to do with my obsession with physical power (battlebots, drag races) Just too bad people get hurt in them.

I was in Loma Prieta and here in SD for Northridge. This would have been a nice addition to my portfolio but I was out of town and missed it. I’m sooooo bummed.

Loma Prieta lasted about 30 seconds. I was in a basement classroom (which sucks – I wish I was outside in the middle of a large flat field so I could see the movement of the ground.) Anyway – I had time to gather my books, go outside, run up the steps and look around. The steps were going right and left as I went up them. The engineering building there had a seismograph in it. It was busy for days afterward.

By the way – running out of the building is a bad idea. Things can fall off of buildings and hit you.