I have often said, Schenectady Rocks, and today it actually did!
As a single woman, I have to tell you it has been years since I felt the earth move under my feet…so imagine my surprise when I felt it today and more surprising that I was alone in my cubicle at GE when it happened!
As a single woman, I have to tell you it has been years since I felt the earth move under my feet…so imagine my surprise when I felt it today and more surprising that I was alone in my cubicle at GE when it happened!
So today at approximately 2:00 pm, an earthquake hit the east coast near Richmond, Virginia and the tremors were felt in more than 20 states including my little area in Schenectady. The funny thing was that I am sure my family on the west coast is use to such things but here I just thought I was having a bit of vertigo until several people came around asking if that was just them or if I felt it as well.
As a disaster preparedness instructor for the Red Cross, you would think I would have known what to do but honestly, as I sat there we all discussed whether we should leave the building, stand in a doorway, hide under desks, etc. I truly had no idea but one gentleman that I work with came out and with this simple little statement “folks, I am from California, this is nothing”, we all went back to work.
Where were you when the earth moved under your feet?
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