One hundred years ago today.

[angledge]

It's far past time for me to get a disaster kit assembled at le Chateau.

0947 Edit: And the celebrations continue! We just had an earthquake drill at work. I predict a fire drill any moment now.
1057 Edit: Just back from the fire drill. This concludes today's disaster preparedness shenanigans.
1339 Edit: Not so fast! I arrived at EPA just in time to participate in their earthquake drill. Oooh, the underside of someone else's desk!

Comments

[angledge.livejournal.com]

I can't drink alcohol while I'm on my new medication. If the boys want Emergency Liquor, they'll have to stow it themselves.

[angledge.livejournal.com]

And why aren't you at this conference?

[sskipstress.livejournal.com]

There were mild earthquakes in Sinking Spring, PA this past week. And my grandmother is completely freaked out about it.

[angledge.livejournal.com]

So there were! (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/) Two incredibly tiny microquakes.

[sskipstress.livejournal.com]

It doesn't take much to freak out my grandmother, and the poor woman got caught in the flooding in Austria this year, too.

[love2loveher.livejournal.com]

No time better than the present!

When June 1 gets closer, Matt and I are making our evacuation kit and planning our route out of town. God knows that if I stay through the summer (which, hey, why not!?) I'll get to evacuate a few times...

[angledge.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear you're planning to stay! Des is still trying to find more people....

[love2loveher.livejournal.com]

I know one that's ready to fill a position any day now...
I don't think I know anybody else that's able to drop everything and come at the moment.

[angledge.livejournal.com]

What is Matt's situation? Any change?

[love2loveher.livejournal.com]

He's all cleared up. It's just a matter of having it correctly on file with the FBI as far as I understand things. I've seen the paperwork in his hands with all the happy signatures :)

[angledge.livejournal.com]

Awesome!! I look forward to having him on board & I hope he stays for a good long time (to make it worth all the hassle).

[love2loveher.livejournal.com]

He's in love with this town in so many ways. I wouldn't be surprised if he stayed with FEMA until they ewre completely done then stayed here permanently. Well... We have tossed around the idea of working a disaster in West Palm Beach for a little while for a change.

[love2loveher.livejournal.com]

oh, but I also wouldn't be surprised if the "FEMA flexible" workplace drives him crazy in the first week and he begrudgingly works the whole 90 days just to pay the bills.

[agntprovocateur.livejournal.com]

for homework, my kid's teacher required that every kid in class be woken up at 5:12am this morning. at exactly 5:12 am this morning, i shook her bed. hahaha!

[agntprovocateur.livejournal.com]

all the kids were excited about it. though it must be because it feels almost like being able to stay up late. :)

[angledge.livejournal.com]

Nice! So what did kidmonkey learn from this experience?

[agntprovocateur.livejournal.com]

thst it was WAY too early!!!

[richcsigs.livejournal.com]

I'm just curious as to why this assignment was given.

[agntprovocateur.livejournal.com]

the kid says: to see how tired you were and what it would feel like to be jolted out of bed that early. and honestly, going from momentary disorientation ato seeing half a city being leveled can be pretty weird.