What were you doing when the earthquake struck?
There I was stretching my hand into a cabinet containing Ramein Noodles when suddenly the cabinet started to move in a swaying motion and I found myself asking "why is the cabinet shaking?" I then thought It was a large vehicle passing but then I realized it was an earthquake.
I knew what it was (yes it did take me a second) since I had experienced an earthquake before. Who can remember the one in 1988? In the late hours one night in 1988 all were asleep except for those of us who were gaming junkies having a hit on our Nintendo (yes I'm old) crack pipe one last time before bed.
I remember three large boxes stack one on top of the other started to rock, but back then I wasn't thinking earthquake I was thinking more like Poltergeist.
Anyway, the part that got to me yesterday was when the two storied full concrete building I was standing in (my home) started to gently sway from side to side with me standing on the veranda watching my neighbors move from the right to the left.
So thats my experience, what was yours?
For those who live under a rock:
On November 29th. there was an earthquake off the northern cost of Martinique. On November 29th. there was an earthquake off the northern cost of Martinique. The quake's epicentre was 40km from Fort-de-France, Martinique. The effects of the quake were felt as far away as South America.
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Re: What were you doing when the earthquake stuck?
I was actually doing the dirty..hehe
And my only thoughts were, 'damn I'm so goood, the earth shook' & 'am i going to do this again'
hahahaha... damn.. no body else but sheena!
Re: What were you doing when the earthquake stuck?
i was in my office on the phone...when i looked up and saw my monitor moving (..more like swaying)..so here i was on d phone...the person on d othe line was yapping away and d only thought that came to mind was....f**k is this d after effect of all d booze i had d nite b4???
...then my boss came out his office and both of us looked thru the window waitin to c which heavy machinery coming thru...realised it was not...i thought to myself shud i unplug my PC and head for the hills...hhmmm...WTF im outta here..left all behind...so we all standin on d bridge watching the boss land crusier sway from side to side...my thoughts...i hope it falls in d drain....
Re: What were you doing when the earthquake struck?
 I had a few glasses of wine...listening to music while setting up my christmas tree and decided to take a break...so im laying on my couch and i noticed the christmas tree(which i jus put together) doing a little dance...so i'm thinking " dats sum damn good wine!" then it hit me....i was moving too lol. Hey .... i can honestly say i've never been moved like dat before
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Re: What were you doing when the earthquake struck?
Well i had just come off the road and was heading back into the office. Parked my car, headed up the stairs and into my office. Some co-workers from Canada were there waiting for me to join a conference call. We were about to dial in when it happened... I thought i was getting a hang over relapse since we were out drinking the night before (somebody had to give them the royal tour of GT :)), then i realised the time and said nahhhhhh cant be...
We looked outside the windows and saw the poles and trees swaying in one direction and the building going in the other :(. I then realise it was an earthquake and told them. Have you guys ever seen white ppl get even whiter? Well i did LOL. The shaking lasted a couple of seconds but all i could think of was "oh fuk, where did I park my car again?" I ran to the window overlooking the parking lot and had a sigh of relief, I was not parked near a tree or pole :)
I then tried calling my family to see if all was well but as i had anticipated GT&T was down, nothing ever works in Guyana eh. I headed back to the office and found my guests chatting with their collegues in Toronto informing them of what just happened, one guy even said he wasnt paid enough for this kind of mental strain LOL. Then they all looked at me and said "SOOOOO SHOULD WE EXPECT A TSUNAMI NOW?"
The rest is panic history ....
Re: What were you doing when the earthquake struck?
It wasn't an earthquake morons, it was a termor.....what we felt was a fricking tremor........damn Guyanese people can be so clueless.
Re: What were you doing when the earthquake struck?
It an error - calm down or try decafinated coffee.
Thankyou for pointing the error out.
Re: What were you doing when the earthquake struck?
ahhmmm - i was in a bank here in barbados - did not notice a THING. some other people did though and caused a stampede - seriously. they bruk up all the ppl partitioning thing in the bank - it was like they were all expecting doomsday. i guess the bajans soo wutliss, they know they gun have to pay for it some time - heehee