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Oh, and, as you might expect, our cats were just as freaked out as we
were. Eyes like tea saucers, and all. The frustrating part of it is
that since we’re such earthquake neophytes, we didn’t have the presence
of mind to scoop up the cats when we sensed that something was wrong; I
guess we were trapped in the same two-second span of hindbrain
processing time.
Pretty freaky. Extremely sinusoidal — much more than I expected. Then
again, I Only Know What I See On TV™, so I was expecting a Star Trek
shake-the-camera kind of effect. Instead, it was more like sitting on a
wobbly chair than anything else I can imagine; you can sense that there’s a
point of equilibrium, but some external force has been introduced that starts
the system into lissajous motion.
Wiggle, wiggle. 5.2 Richter quake just southwest of Gilroy, just
after 10PM. Our first temblor.