Friday, September 9, 2011

Bomb blasts and earthquakes

So during my first 24 hrs in Delhi there has been a bombing and an earthquake... I think that's good luck? Right?
I didn't mention the earthquake in my post this morning because I didn't actually know that there was one for sure.
Last night at 11:35 I was lying in bed reading when I felt the building shake. My initial thoughts were, ok this is either another bombing or an earthquake. I went downstairs to the reception expecting everyone to be moving outside or something but when I went down the men were all just sitting around watching TV.
"Earthquake?"
"What?"
"Earthquake?"
"I no understand..."
"Earthquake. Like, shake. Building move.."

With another puzzled look I then began to enact an earthquake by grabbing onto a wall and shaking.
Still nothing.
I went upstairs and wrote in my diary: "11:35. Just felt the building shake. No one else seemed to notice. I think I'm going nuts."
It wasn't until I met up with my friends today that they told me it was actually on the news and they felt it too. Originally reported to be a 6.6 but downgraded to a 4.2. My first earthquake!

1 comment:

  1. "Just felt the building shake. No one else seemed to notice. I think I'm going nuts." - made me laugh out loud. :-)

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