Earthquake
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Re: Earthquake
Chris M wrote:Mark B wrote:Dave-O wrote:Chris M wrote:I was in Trader Joe's (Falls Church, VA) walking through the wine section when it hit. About 100 bottles fell off the shelves and hit the ground so there was wine and glass shooting around everywhere but everyone I saw was fine and unharmed. Scary. I think I mostly slept through a small one in San Jose, CA years ago but this one seemed pretty big although I don't have experience with what earthquakes are like. Back here at work, everyone wants to use it as an excuse to call it a day. Hope everyone is OK out there.
You dropped to the ground and started drinking as much of the spilled wine as possible, didn't you?
It just struck me. He saw this, and DIDN'T TAKE A PHOTO? Egad, man! Were you too busy looking for a straw?
Didn't take a photo and didn't take a bunch of wine! I regretted both moves after being out of there.
Truthfully, I had no idea what was happening. I don't have experience with earthquakes so my initial thought was it was something specific to that building or even that wall where all the wine was. I thought a generator had blown up or a truck crashed into the wall. Obviously that makes no sense since it went on for like 10 seconds but "earthquake" is just not something that pops into mind around here. It was pretty wild with the bottles exploding. A few were champagne so they are under pressure and shooting glass and cork around. It wasn't super crowded in there at that time of day but its still kind of surprising and lucky nobody got hit with glass. I really did manage to be in the craziest place for an earthquake at that exact moment - in the middle of a wine section in a supermarket! I had gone to the running store next door BEFORE going into TJ's. Had I reversed the visits and been in PotomacRunning when it hit, I would have had the much less exciting experience of some wicking shirts moving around on their hangers.
Chris, you just have to work on those reflexes, buddy. There shouldn't have been any spilt wine, well except maybe Yellow Tail and Gallo. Catch those bottles next time. You probably could have walked out with some Caymus as a reward.
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Re: Earthquake
Didn't feel a thing here in Georgia and we have had earthquakes before.
On a sad note though, we drove through the tornado ravaged area of north Georgia on Sunday afternoon and it looks like a war zone. WE were very lucky here in Georgia and most especially Tuscaloosa with regards to those storms.
My daughter graduates high school this year, and their motto is "It Ends With Us".
On a sad note though, we drove through the tornado ravaged area of north Georgia on Sunday afternoon and it looks like a war zone. WE were very lucky here in Georgia and most especially Tuscaloosa with regards to those storms.
My daughter graduates high school this year, and their motto is "It Ends With Us".
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Michele "1L" Keane wrote:
My daughter graduates high school this year, and their motto is "It Ends With Us".
Wow!
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People were stating here in Wisconsin that they could feel the earthquake, but I just think that they are nuts.
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