I feel the earth..move..under my feet...

yeah, i know, entire east coast, not special here.  but still.......
my first nano-thought was that bucky, who is planted next to me in the cubicle farm, was messing with me.

working with the big cranes, and having r&d literally 20 feet away from the wall behind me, and also with a history of them running into the building......

my second nano-thought was SHIT!  they really hit hard this time!

the next actual thought was WTF?, the building is still shaking, why is this not stopping?

EARTHQUAKE!!!!!!

we're under 100 miles from where they said the epi-center of the quake was, and the rumble just kept going, and going.  as about a kabillion people on the east coast experienced, the building shook, i mean SHOOK.  ceiling tiles rattled, crap on the walls fell,  it was wild.  when the floor finally stopped moving, everyone was standing looking at each other and had the dazed looks of east coasters whom had never been through an earthquake.  one of our tech writers is from california, and i called down to him---was that what i think it was?  and he said it sure was, but it was just a baby one.  spoken like a true californian.

k3 works in downtown b'more in the deutch bank building on the 18th floor.  she had a great view of the block when it caught on fire a couple of months ago.  however, evacuating the building at 100mph when your on the 18th floor is apparently not too fun.  she thinks she'll start to feel her legs again in a week or so.  see, heels are bad for you.  AND her man, bmr, the one who cares so much about her........ran.  if she'd been in his way, he'd have probably taken her out.  i'm not saying i'd have done differently, but, well, you know, i'd have at least acted like i was concerned for her.

EDITED to add-per bmr, he only went to the stair case to stand in the stairs until some big chick pushed him and screamed run, bmr, run!   um, yeah, okay-----LMAO!!!