quaking

[threeplusfire]

I want to write about my day, but it feels strange in light of the events in Japan.

This situation with the nuclear reactors is nerve wracking.

I can't imagine a worse sensation than an earthquake. There's nowhere to get away, nothing to do about it. I'll take every scary tornado season over that. At least with the tornado, there are places to hide. The sight of the skyscrapers in Tokyo swaying make me feel a little faint. (I know they were doing what they were supposed to and fuck yeah for engineers and building codes that save so many lives. Still, seeing something that large and supposedly solid moving like a tree in a strong wind...)

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[halfacork.livejournal.com]

My MiL spent hours and hours watching coverage today. I made her change back to HGTV before she'd get even more paranoid and she's a natural born Californian, not an import like me. She keeps wanting to be "prepared" and I'm just, "No."

Yes we can keep shoes by the bed, meds in one place, extra water in the house but so much of the preparedness crap is just gimmicks meant to reassure because you are so right. There's nothing to be done. If it happens, it happens.

I find that kinda freeing though, but maybe I'm just weird=)

ETA: Oh dear god, she turned it back on again. I am going to need to find her xanax at this rate.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

For me that sort of inescapable inevitability is horrifying.

[halfacork.livejournal.com]

I think that's how my MiL feels which is why I'm slightly confused why she chose to live here. I mean, in the ten years I've been here there were very minor quakes but she's experienced some decent sized ones over her many years and stayed. She keeps talking about putting new locks on the cabinets so we don't lose dishware but I'm just, "If the quake is that big, we're not going to HAVE cabinets anymore. Or walls."

I am perhaps not the most reassuring person on this subject.

ETA: On the plus side, maybe I can get her in the "Let's move to Austin camp" now!

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

I think the tsunami caused the most devastation there. The images on the the news sites is just mind boggling. Horrifying.

But I also think you should feel free to talk about your day too. You're still here and have stuff going on.

[eclipsedeyes.livejournal.com]

I feel the same, especially since Christchurch. I can't think of anything worse than an earthquake. Even while saving people from the rubble, you're insecure, waiting on an aftershock. It's absolutely horrifying.