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| Look at the damage the Earthquake caused! |
Chelsea and I had gone to lunch at the caffeteria because we are getting free meals from the football team during preseason camp. I had just finished eating and was getting up to put my dishes away and Chelsea asks if I can feel that. I placed my hand on the table, "yep", I can feel that. The table was shaking like it would if heavy equipment was being moved around outside. Thinking nothing of this shaking I continue to walk away to get rid of my dishes. Half way across the room, the BUILDING shakes! I stop dead in my tracks look around then turn to look at Chelsea. I had NO idea what to do. I literally stared at her for a good 15 seconds and then look around at everyone else to see what they were doing. Two guys that were next to us didn't know either so we stared back and forth at each other. We didn't figure out that we needed to go outside until the staff at the Caff started going outside.
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Well after you go outside the Caff you are standing on a PARKING GARAGE. Ya, Chelsea and I decided that wasn't a good idea so we made it down to the street and stood there with the majority of the people that were in the dorms. While I was standing there I looked around and realized that this was no safer because there are buildings surrounding us. If a bigger shake happened and pieces of the building started falling off we would be screwed. I told Chelsea that the safest place was actually the football field because there was nothing around it.
We stayed on the street for a while because thats what the majority of people were doing and we are new to the whole Earthquake thing. Eventually the herd of people moved to the field and we found the football team. The football team had been inside having their daily meetings so they had evacuated to the field. It was great to see them because they are kind of like our family now and if I had to be going through a natural disaster in DC I would rather be around people I know.
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We sat at the football field for something like two and a half hours. All the fire alarms were going off in the buildings and we weren't allowed inside any where until all the buildings had been inspected to make sure they were still safe. So we sat in the hot DC sun. Eventually the department of public safety (DPS) or some administrators, or just someone higher up at GU had to get water and snacks for people. And also some weird star shaped sunglasses (ya I don't know but a lot of the football players had them on).
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| Fixing a building on campus |
Sitting on the field was actually pretty nice besides the dehydrating part. A couple of the guys that we have been becoming close with sat around with us and talked (they are hearing so we don't have to really sign). That part wasn't so bad. Chelsea though was wasting her 7 hour break time by sitting at the football field instead of preparing for her sister's arrival the next day. I was okay with sitting there because my shift to work had already started by this time.
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OOHHH, and during an announcement from the DPS, he announced that if anyone is hurt to please seek out one of the athletic trainers!!!! I was having one of the guys interpret for me because I couldn't hear him and they had people signing. I really thought he made that part up until the guys came over and raised our hands in the air. I couldn't believe it the DPS guy totally called us out to help the injured. Well no one was truly injured except the guys thought it was hilarious and decided they were all hurt and needed care.
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I was glad I had my phone and iPod with me so I was connected to the world. It really surprised me how far the Earthquake went. My cousin was in Grand Rapids, MI and said he felt it. That's crazy! There was some damage on our campus to one of the older dorms. Some of the windows broke and there's a crack in the wall. The Washington Monument was damage though along with the Cathedral on the Mall that's in Night at the Museum Two.
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I can tell ya that Earthquakes are very scary and I would be really happy if that didn't happen again. Well we are not preparing for our second natural disaster of the week: HURRICANE IRENE
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