Earthquakes: a 5-year FLASHBACK blog!

(Originally posted May 15, 2008)

If there's one thing everyone is terrified about these days it is earthquakes.  No one is quite sure where earthquakes come from.  Some believe they are caused by seismic waves underneath the Earth's surface.  Others think they are caused by all the dinosaur bones that are buried under there.

The most recent earthquake in history was in China.  China has a lot of earthquakes because it is so big (do the math).  Chinese people are known for being very smart, but even they have no answers for the earthquake crisis.  Even if they did it would be hard for them to explain it because not too many people speak Chinese.


Some earthquake tips:

- Don't try to call the police during an earthquake.  They most likely already know about it, and by the time you get them on the line it will probably be over anyway.

- Some pets are affected by earthquakes too.  If you have dogs or cats they may need to be consoled.  Frogs and turtles will be fine as earthquakes do not bother them.

- Be sure to loot through your own rubble before other people do.  You wouldn't want someone else recovering your diary, they might read it.

- Think positive!  Even if you suffer a lot of property damage, you still have your health and loved ones (*unless your legs or family got crushed).

- If your earthquake survival kit has canned goods in it, don't forget the can opener!


When an earthquake happens, all the news channels rush to the scene to interview the victims, which is stupid because they never find anybody with anything interesting to say.  It's always, "Well we were in the living room, and we heard a rumble, then some plates rattled in the kitchen, and then it just stopped."  Wow how captivating, you should turn that into a novel.  Earthquakes are usually felt by thousands of people, there must be some better stories.  Like a fat guy that fell out of a tree moments before the earthquake happened and thought he caused it, or someone that was about to lose at bowling but then didn't.


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