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Originally posted by AGDee
I was working as a campus operator in '85 or '86. Our switchboard was underground and it was a slow day when suddenly the phones starting ringing off the hook. People were asking ME if we'd just had an earthquake. I was totally clueless, hadn't felt a thing and why did they think that a sophomore working in a basement would have any clue about what was happening seismologically? It did turn out that there had been a small earthquake, but boy that was a weird day at work! If you think you've had an earthquake, don't call the campus switchboard to ask about it!
Dee
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I know what you mean. I was a switchboard operator at my school, and I was at work the morning of 9/11/01. I was clueless about what had happened since I had a class at 9 that morning and then went straight to work, so I hadn't seen the news. The phone was ringing off the hook with people asking me if classes were going to be cancelled, and people crying to me because they couldn't get through to their family in the DC area (like I was in charge of the phone lines
). People seem to call the poor switchboard operator anytime anything happens!
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As for the earthquake yesterday, I did not feel it. But then I was driving from Rockville, MD to Sterling, VA at the time, and I've been told it's not likely to feel a 4.5 when you're driving (especially so far from the epicenter). Besides, I think whether people felt it or not was pretty hit-or-miss. People in Bethesda, MD were telling me they felt it! I'm a little disappointed that I didn't feel it though!