Yet another one
Puulllease...we've had more than our quota for the last fortnight. But Mother Earth isn't listening, methinks. So the bed went shake, shake, shake this morning, as though someone was holding on to the headboard and shaking it violently. About half past six, it was.
Deja vu..... I picked up the baby and ran under the doorway. Waited for another one, which didn't come.
Have become such an expert that I can approx judge quake intensity based on shaking. This must've surely been Richter 5 +.
Went online later and bingo, it was 5.4 Richter.
So is all this good or bad? Even the experts _ seismologists _ don't know. It is an unusually active seismological period. Small ones like these may take the stress out of the plates and delay the big one. But no one knows for sure....
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Same thing seems to be happening with Andaman Nicobar Islands as well :-(
So the tour ppl who proudly announced "Rocking New Zealand" weren't kidding!!
Is it scary?
Or do u get used to it like those slugs in the kitchen? :)
Ugh, does anybody ever get used to slugs???
Oh Laksh, it is really frightening. Truly hope the small ones ease out the stress from the plates and rule out the possibility of the big one itself. Sometimes life seems too fragile. It is nice that you are able to take these things in a lighter manner just like the intensity of the quakes.
Shyam & Rums,
Truth is, you do get used to the quakes _ you feel shaky for a few mts and then get on with it.
As for the slugs, nope, u don't get used to them. At least, I haven't yet.
Prabhu: It may so, as A & N are also on a faultline.
Hari: Well, this is part of life here, so what can I do? Except to take as much of it as I can in my stride!
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