A Real Earthquake!
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/nc51177042.htm
I felt it, it hit hard here in Berkeley! It was only a few miles away, so I'm guessing it was 4.0 or less.
Two years ago, it was earthquake season, and we felt three, four, five earthquakes in one month. Super exciting! And they prompted the story of Hayden and his girlfriend, about to break up, but instead Hayden stops spanking her and says, "Let's head to California for the earthquakes." Out they come, his little car pulling a big trailer.
He loses the trailer on a steep hill. They sleep on the beach. He gets a job at NASA. They live in San Francisco awhile. For Hayden, thrse are wonderful years of adventure.
Earthquakes!
Tonight's was the strongest I've felt since the "big one" during Baseball's World Series, A's vs. Giants in, what, 1989? Tonight, the earthly rumble dies away before I recover from surprise and move to a safer doorway. Wow, an Earthquake!
Omens and portents.