When will it end?

So, to top off all the crazy shit that happened yesterday, today we have a fucking 7.0 earthquake.

I was at work, and all of a sudden, I start to feel things shake. Then things really start to shake. So I got under my desk and rode it out. Freaked me the fuck out. They got us all out of the building and onto 4th Avenue. After awhile, I went back upstairs and called my Dad. He's ok. I came home (I'm here now). So far, 12 people injured, one building on fire, and plenty of damage. Now there's been a mudslide somewhere. My apartment is ok. Some stuff fell off of the top of my TV, but outside of that, everything is OK. I hear that it was felt all the way from Vancouver BC to Salt Lake City. 17,000 are without power.


Fuckity fuckity fuck fuck fuck.

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Home now. We fuckin got lucky. It could have been so much worse. I haven't heard of any deaths. FEMA is on its way. The governor has declared a state of emergency for Washington State. Zoinks. When I was sitting there under my desk, I was thinking "Oh shit - this is the big one". The scary thing is that this earthquake wasn't on the Seattle fault, which is much shallower. A quake along that line would fuck us up bad. Ack.

Jim Foreman is a bleedin' eejit.

He's at it again. Why do I watch channel 5 news? Someone needs to beat him like the red-headed stepchild he is.

Anyway, I salved my psychological wounds with copious amounts of vodka tonight at Machiavelli. Anna joined me at about 8:30, and we shared tales of today's madness and mayhem. There was some guy at the bar from Calgary who was supposed to only have a layover at Sea-Tac. That layover is gonna be a little bit longer than expected. The El Capitan apartments down the road from Bauhaus lost a decent amount of brick and masonry, which is now sitting in a pile in front of the building.

Seeing as how there's not supposed to be any aftershocks, I think I'll be sleeping rather well tonight. I hope.

So I'm a little skittish. So sue me.

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Confirmed report that a 21-year old man died as a result of injuries sustained during the Fat Tuesday riot last night.

Fuck all you motherfuckers that were out there acting stupid last night. Feel free to die horrible deaths.