Rock me, baby

At 3:55 p.m. today, by my Mac’s clock, Reno rocked and rolled through a respectable earthquake.

It’s no fun riding through a ’quaker alone. Everybody’s reaction is subjective, and an earthquake gets the ol’ heart a-pumpin’.

It's silly ... everybody knows it was an earthquake. Unless the building fell on top of you, there's not that much to discuss, but people will discuss how it sounded, if they were seated or standing, what fell or didn't fall.

The 100,000 or so people who felt the 4.4 temblor will chatter about it for days, unlike the 5,000 or so residents of the Mogul-Verdi-Somersett area (between Reno and the California state line), who have rocked and rolled multiple times daily for weeks now.

For them, the thrill is gone, but the danger lingers on. Stress rises.

Today, meanwhile, there were upward of 30 temblors in a two-hour period, including the biggies at at 3:47 p.m. (3.0), 3:51 p.m. (4.1), and 3:55 p.m. (4.4). I felt only the 4.4. Dang this solid ground I sit on.

Not reassuring was a geologist quoted on KUNR FM 88.7 an hour after the 4.4; he said it's unusual for a good-size quake to be followed by larger and larger quakes. Usually the aftershocks are smaller.

Swell.

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