NJ Earthquake: It turns out that's what the bang and boom here was.

[NNadir]

6. Well, you were more sensible than I was during my wife's first Earthquake in California.

I ran toward the window to see if there were waves in the pool in the apartment complex we were in. It wasn't that big of a quake; we lost some dishes and an overhead light fixture.

My wife correctly informed me that I was being an idiot by running toward the window. (I was young and stupid.)

Later on, while in bed, during the 1992 Landers earthquake which certainly felt like a "big one" in San Diego, mostly because it didn't stop for what seemed a long time, she woke up to suggest we pull the blankets over our heads.

After the quake was over I asked her what exactly the blankets might have done if the ceiling fell on us. She didn't have a good answer.

This one was interesting, but only a little scary compared to those I've known in the past, only because it was so unexpected.

More fun in the nirvana that is New Jersey!!