I have never been afraid of earthquakes. When I was a kid I thought they were the most exciting thing ever, and you could probably even say I looked forward to them because the ones I had experienced had never threatened my safety.
About two or three weeks before the Alum Rock earthquake of October 2007, I suddenty became terrified of earthquakes. I would note to friends that it was "earthquake weather," I stressed over what I could do to be safe on the seventh floor of an ancient concrete building, and I woke up almost every night in between 3 and 4 A.M. unable to sleep because I was so scared that an earthquake was coming.
About a week before the earthquake, I walked past a machine selling the Mercury news with a headline that read: "TECTONIC TIME BOMB." This scared me even more. I was a wreck; I dreamed about earthquakes almost every night. I feel sorry for my boyfriend at the time, because by this point I was waking him up at all hours to be reassured that I was safe, no matter how irrational it was to assume that he held some magical earthquake-blocking power.
When the earthquake hit, I was relieved. My fear of earthquakes was gone again. I promised everyone I would tell them when the next earthquake was coming. So far, nothing. I'll let you know.
Anyway, my new earthquake fear is not the earthquakes themselves, but the weird shit happening before major quakes in other parts of the world. Have you seen this?
http://current.com/items/89008559/phenomenon_before_earthquake.htm
http://forgetomori.com/2007/science/earthlights-on-perus-earthquake/
Shit, now I'll be afraid of UFOs, sickness-inducing-meteors, & earthquakes happening simultaneously.
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