quake...

I realised that I never really did write much about my earthquake experience... Here's the link for the actual quake info . It was a 6.2 on the Richter scale. What I've also learnt from a friend of mine is that the scale is exponential (i.e. 7.0 is TEN TIMES stronger than 6.0)... and thats why the 7.6 Richter scale earthquake in 2005 in Pakistan was so deadly.

I was sleeping in the 4th floor apartment of a friend's house iin Islamabad when I thought I was dreaming that the bed was banging against the wall... turns out it was the wall that was banging against the bed! It felt as if I was in a dream as my legs shifted under me as I attempted to walk. The feeling on not standing on a surface that we take for granted to be "solid" is a feeling I cannot forget nor can I fully imagine what it must've been like when the 7.6 earthquake hit.