Discombobulated By Earthquakes

April 25, 2008

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More earthquakes and I am having trouble getting a grip and am really discombobulated. There were several largish ones late afternoon yesterday. Largish, if you are as close to the epicenters as I am. There were 4.1, 3.0, 1.8, 2.9 and then 4.2 in less than 10 minutes, since then there have been well over 100 aftershocks. There has been minor damage, broken windows, cracked roof tiles and lots of artwork falling of the walls. I already had taken down all my pictures, mask collection etc.

The problem is no one has any idea if we are building to a really big one, which is overdue, or this last round has relieved the pressure. The local seismological lab says that the pattern is atypical, so they have no idea.

When the house keeps shaking and you get woken up multiple times in the night it gets quite stressful. It is really hard to concentrate on anything else. Additionally it is so uncertain, you are constantly wondering if, when and how big. It seems to be constantly in your mind. I think we all check the USGS sites more frequently than is healthy.

I guess it is like having temporary (I hope) obsessive-compulsive disorder.

photo credit: pokpok313