I have to be honest, when Dominic first told me we'd be moving to Los Angeles my first thought was "oh my god, we're going to die in an earthquake". I immediately began researching earthquakes but it hardly quelled my fears since all the experts say that the next "Big One" is going to hit in the next 10 years. When I pointed this fact out to my husband his response was "Awesome!"
So here we are approaching our anniversary in earthquake country and I'm actually enjoying the ride. My first earthquake experience was ideal, as it happened I was sitting outside on the ground. Only once did I feel one while inside a building, which is a bit more terrifying as you never know how structurally sound a place is until it actually fails. Now every little bump I feel I run to the USGS's earthquake center, first to check if it was actually a quake and second to proudly add my experience to the site's "did you feel it?" statistics.
Sadly many little quakes go un-felt. Last night a sizable earthquake hit the area and we didn't even know about it until our friends mentioned it at dinner. Its safe to say my fear of earthquakes has subsided, since I actually feel envious if my friends feel a quake and I don't.