O my loving friends! ([info]prema) wrote,
@ 2004-12-26 13:29:00
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Current mood: moved
Current music:Neutral Milk Hotel - Two-Headed Boy, Pt. 2

Earthquake! (sorta)
I initially felt my bed moving - yes I'm in bed [online] at 9 am on Sunday, shoot me - and thought that I was triggering the movement by tapping my foot unconsciously. I tried tapping my foot again, and the bed kept up a steady vibrato. It lasted for about a minute, several waves of tremors, at least three that I consciously felt.

It didn't occur to me at the time that it was odd the wind chimes in my room were ringing despite the lack of breeze due to closed windows. I honestly thought that I was making my bed do the shakes by tapping my foot - madness. Ever seen Bedknobs and Broomsticks?

"The earthquake measured 8.1 8.5 (as reported on AP) on the Richter Scale. Its epicentre was located off the coast of western Sumatra at latitude 3.4 north and 9.5 east.

Indonesia, a country of 17,000 islands, is prone to seismic upheaval because of its location on the margins of tectonic plates that make up the so-called the "Ring of Fire'' around the Pacific Ocean basin."
~Earthquake hits Indonesia, tremors in Malaysia, Singapore, Bangkok

On BBC - Tidal waves and tremors hit Asia

So yeah, the earth moved for me today - in more ways than one.

EDIT: It's raining crazy heavy here - six hours after the tremors. Heavy overcast sky; Thor playing with fire again. I don't know if it's a result of the consequential tsunami, because tropical rainstorms are relatively common round these parts.

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earhtquake
(Anonymous)
2004-12-25 09:45 pm UTC (link)
where were you? KL?

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Re: earhtquake
[info]prema
2004-12-25 09:47 pm UTC (link)
yup - PJ actually.

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[info]euqsam
2004-12-25 10:07 pm UTC (link)
What were the other ways?

I remember the earthquake in Oregon a few years ago. I thought my father was really angry and shaking the upstairs table. And then the wall. And then the house. And then, as I watched the light fixture above me shake and the wall crack, I realized it might be time to get off the phone and find a new place to be, since "under a light fixture" seemed suddenly a poor choice.

Heck of a way to end a conversation, that was....

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[info]divabat
2004-12-25 11:01 pm UTC (link)
that's odd; johor people didn't feel anything o_O

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[info]i_am_mia
2004-12-25 11:02 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, my first earthquake, I thought someone was shaking a table as well. Until the window of the internet cafe I was in suddenly cracked and people started to scream.

The second one was even stranger. It lasted only 10 seconds or so, but nothing seemed to really happen. Then the next day as I was calmly sitting in the kitchen of my "home" (I was living with the Auxilary Board Member for southern Ecuador while on my year of service there) when the entire western wall of the little home behind their house (in which lived a couple, and the man was 98 years old) suddenly gave way. No one was hurt amazingly. But it was rather frustrating for the family. They were ok in the end at least.

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[info]ex_xavierism85
2004-12-26 12:07 am UTC (link)
I just read about this earthquake just now. Glad to know you're okay. Those in Indonesia and Asia will be in my prayers.

Isn't it a terrible feeling when you actually feel the earth move? I'm so glad i'm not in California!!!!


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[info]sharemyworld
2004-12-26 12:46 am UTC (link)
wow thats crazy
glad u ok though and capable of typing online ;)

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[info]bullywug
2004-12-26 01:31 am UTC (link)
Am very glad to know you're OK, PL.

And that funny wasn't intentional. |-:

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[info]neilhist
2004-12-26 02:26 am UTC (link)
Yipes. I did think of you when I saw the news this morning. Sky News were reporting it hit 8.9 on the Richter scale, and that it was the biggest one since 1900 anywhere in the world.

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[info]fyerewitch
2004-12-26 07:18 am UTC (link)
we got a call early this morning from a family friend that saw it on the news and thought it hit malaysia, peyeng i think he said, but after further investigation, it was sri lanka that got the biggest hit. whew, but it's still very sad, so many dead :(

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:(
[info]harryroberts
2004-12-26 07:40 am UTC (link)
6,000 killed. :(

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[info]thoughtnwonder
2004-12-26 04:15 pm UTC (link)
Last time I checked... 11,000.

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Wow
[info]harryroberts
2004-12-26 04:26 pm UTC (link)
Wow it gets worse.

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Re: Wow
[info]prema
2004-12-27 08:13 am UTC (link)
and worse.. :-\
And most of the death toll were due to the tsunami(s) - i just can't help but imagine if the epicenter had been smack in the middle of a chunk of land.. just trying not to read the news anymore, just keeps getting worse.

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Know
[info]harryroberts
2004-12-27 08:20 am UTC (link)
I know what you mean, i'm a news junkie but most of the pages i look at have the "latest" death count so it's pretty grim reading.

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[info]lorelei_aisling
2004-12-26 08:16 am UTC (link)
I'm glad you're okay Prema. I was sooooooooooooooooooo worried about you!!!! *HUGS*

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[info]myrch
2004-12-26 08:21 am UTC (link)
Glad you're OK.

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[info]grover173
2004-12-26 08:48 am UTC (link)
Prema, I'm so relieved to hear you're okay. I heard about the earthquake and, worse yet, the tsunamis about 20 minutes ago and my first thoughts were of your safety. Thank God that you are all right.

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[info]shadybrat
2004-12-26 10:01 am UTC (link)
I just got online to read/watch the news, and my heart sank to find out about this amazing quake and the tsunami resulting. The latest I read was the "world's most powerful earthquake in 40 years" of 8.9... but 8.5 versus 8.9... Either way, it's such a powerful monster. :-(

I really am glad you're alright. Take care!!!

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[info]co_techie
2004-12-26 10:59 am UTC (link)
*thinking of you and your loved ones*
Hope you all pull through this safely! *hug*

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glad your alright
[info]rsattar
2004-12-26 09:44 pm UTC (link)
Glad you are alright :)

my prayers to you and everyone there....

*my first earthquake experience was when I was bend over and thought someone pushed me over and looked around and nobody was there* ok ok maybe it was a ghost but ended up being an earthquake

glad ur good

take care....

Ronny

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Account Reconciliation
(Anonymous)
2004-12-27 06:06 am UTC (link)
It's the end of FY04, and God is balancing accounts, that's all. While the those appalled by the death toll and those personally affected will not think so, these sort of things happen.

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Vanessa & Siobhan from Hannover
(Anonymous)
2004-12-27 07:51 am UTC (link)
Phew :) you're fine :)

We saw the news yesterday, and i immediately thought of you.. and there was no computer working in the house :/

Take care.. there could be replicas, too..

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Re: Vanessa & Siobhan from Hannover
[info]prema
2004-12-27 08:11 am UTC (link)
I just couldn't place those names for a moment :)
Thanks so much for the thoughts - yup, I'm safe - ensconced in the mainland.
Apparently there've been aftershocks in places like the Andaman Islands, but nothing that I've felt myself.

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[info]fundabonka
2004-12-28 12:41 am UTC (link)
Came here through Tv Smith's blog.
I still can't believe something like this has just happened. Still shaken and speechless. When I first heard it hit Penang and Kedah, I thought just minor tremors. Never thought it would be so big. 22,000 lives and still rising. My heart goes out to them. May they rest in peace

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[info]ndr
2005-01-02 06:12 pm UTC (link)
LiveJournal singer/songwriter [info]davidrovics just published a song about a "lucky" local Tsunami survivor.

Click the link and let me know what you think.

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