BURP: earthquake in the East, earthquake in the West.
Okay, okay… so it was kind of funny to see how people in the East Coast reacted to - what was for most of them - their first earthquake. I’ve seen a couple of humorous status updates and tumblr posts from West coasters digging at East coasters (guilty) for reacting so big to something that is so normal for us in California. It was all in good fun, but now that everyone has settled down, I realize we were being so stupid. Seriously, the people in Japan were probably reading our tweets and wishing they could tell us to shut the fuck up.
We have a ton of earthquakes in California all the time, so we tend to ignore them and continue on like nothing happened. But maybe we shouldn’t. Maybe we should take these little earthquakes as a reminder to be prepared for something bigger. Maybe people in the East coast should look at their extremely rare earthquake as a wake up call; anything could happen.
Bottom line: be prepared. Have emergency kits/bags handy and have an evacuation plan set up with your family or whomever you live with.
Stay safe peeps. God bless. xoxo
