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Tremors

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7.20pm
This just in. Naomi thought the cat was under the sofa rocking it, causing her to feel a little dizzy. Then we found the cat on his perch, and so she asked me to sit on the sofa to feel it swaying a bit.

“Why ah?”, she asked. Being the professional bullshitter that I am, I said, “I think the seat of the sofa sits on the base in an unstable way.”

I sat on the other sofa, which didn’t “sit on a base in an unstable way”, and said, “No, this one don’t have”, and then, “eh? Got”.

For confirmation, we stared at a glass of water on the coffee table, and saw ripples.

Oops, there it comes again!

There are no thundering sounds, so Jurassic Park III is ruled out, and I don’t think our neighbours have bought their 5:1 Dolby home theatre system yet.

Just switched on CNA on the telly, and they say there’s been a quake near Bengkulu, Sumatra at 7.9M.

USGS says its preliminary magnitude is 8.0 and a tsunami warning has been issued.

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11 responses to “Tremors”

  1. Global Voices 日本語

    30分前に、うちのアパートの棟が揺れたのを感じたよ！ 午後7時14分頃、2分くらい続いたかな？今回は前の地震の時よりも激しかった！どこの国で地震があったんだろう？シンガポールのMr. Miyagiは、以下のように書いている。

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  2. Global Voices Online » Indonesia: Quake Hits Indonesia, Felt in Singapore and Bangkok

    […] Mr. Miyagi in Singapore writes This just in. Naomi thought the cat was under the sofa rocking it, causing her to feel a little dizzy. Then we found the cat on his perch, and so she asked me to sit on the sofa to feel it swaying a bit. “Why ah?”, she asked. Being the professional bullshitter that I am, I said, “I think the seat of the sofa sits on the base in an unstable way.” I sat on the other sofa, which didn’t “sit on a base in an unstable way”, and said, “No, this one don’t have”, and then, “eh? Got”. For confirmation, we stared at a glass of water on the coffee table, and saw ripples. […]

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  3. Health Nut Avatar
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    Darn, I didn’t feel a thing. I felt the last one though- but not this one. I thought a friend was feeling dizzy indeed. Better call her back!

    http://www.goodforyou.com.sg

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  4. Health Nut Avatar
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    Darn, I didn’t feel a thing. I felt the last one though- but not this one. I thought a friend was feeling dizzy indeed. Better call her back!

    http://www.goodforyou.com.sg

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  5. lancerlord: of did anyone feel any tremors? i felt groggy all of a sudden.

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  6. Readers Edition » Facebook als Kündigungsgrund, Qassam-Raketen und Videos vom Kampfgeschehen – Bürgerjournalismus weltweit

    […] spüren. Wie man sich dort vergewissern kann, dass es sich um eine Erdbeben handelt, schreibt Mr. Miyagi: Man stelle ein Glas Wasser auf den Tisch – wenn sich gleichmäßige Wellen im Glas […]

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  7. Global Voices em Português » Blog Archive » Terremoto na Indonésia é sentido em Cingapura e Bangcoc

    […] Mr. Miyagi [en] em Cingapura escreve “A Naomi achou que o gato estava embaixo do sofá, balançando ele, fazendo ela se sentir um pouco tonta. Então a gente achou o gato em outro lugar, e ela me pediu para sentar no sofá para sentir ele balançando um pouco. “Por quê”?, ela perguntou. Sendo o mentiroso profissional que sou, eu disse, “Eu acho que o assento do sofá está apoiado na base de modo instável”. Sentei no outro sofá, que não estava “apoiado na base de modo instável”, e disse, “Não, este não tem”, e então, “ei? Entendi”. Para confirmar, a gente olhou fixamente para um copo de água em cima da mesa e viu ondulações”. […]

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    […] 新加坡的Mr. Miyagi提到： 地震剛發生，Naomi原以為是貓在沙發下鑽動讓她有些暈眩，後來發現貓原來坐在其他地方，所以她要我也坐在沙發上感覺搖晃，卻不知道為什麼，因為我向來喜歡胡說八道，於是我回答：「也許只是沙發站的地方不穩吧！」，結果卻發現不是這麼回事，為了確定情況，我們盯著桌上的水杯，結果在水面上看見漣漪。 […]

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    […] zu spüren. Wie man sich dort vergewissern kann, dass es sich um eine Erdbeben handelt, schreibt Mr. Miyagi: Man stelle ein Glas Wasser auf den Tisch – wenn sich gleichmäßige Wellen im Glas zeigten, […]

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