What I Love About Twitter

Last night, we were having dinner with friends at a local Chinese restaurant. Toward the end of the meal, I thought I felt the table... shift... slightly. Maybe? Small quake?

I told myself to check the 'Net when I got home. Then I forgot all about it. Until I was reading my Twitter stream today, catching up.

(Starting a little before 2100 PDT)

• apenny: earthquake!
• caroline: i felt that. did you?
• Veronica: Whoa, that was an exciting one! Shaky shaky!
• stoweboyd: just felt an earthquake i think
• tedr: earthquakes are wicked
• alissa: Posting the obligitory earthquake tweet.
• stoweboyd: def a temblor
• moyalynne: Yes, I felt that earthquake. Though at first I did think it was wanda.
• bs: Am I the only one who didn't feel the damn earthquake?
• Scobleizer: Twitter and FriendFeed going earthquake crazy. Small one.
• moyalynne: Centered in Danville.
• ryankuder: We're in San Jose. Didn't feel the #quake.
• GeekMommy: Geez you guys... Twitter & Earthquakes seem to be going together like Peanut Butter & Chocolate ;) Stay safe SFO tweeps.
• moyalynne: 4.2 in Alamo, near Danville. Big enough!
• whitneyhess: Wow all my SF friends be safe in the earthquake!!
• Scobleizer: Lots of people have never been through a big quake.
• lwaldal: shake-ah, shake-ah, me and lucy under the table still watching toy story 2 waiting to see if there's more quake
• caroline: @bs i think you are.
• moyalynne: More like, I heard this earthquake. SFGate already reporting, some 4 mins later. They're reporting 4.1, not 4.2.
• apenny: Growing up in SF I was told that it was good to have non serious earthquakes because it released pressure and lowered chances of BIG one
• tedr: Since the earthquake both Google Analytics and Google Maps are showing incomplete pages. (Yes, I'm a loser tonight. Saving up for 2morrow)
• Veronica: If there's an earthquake, and no one is around to Twitter it, does it make a shake?
• ryankuder: Watching Twitter explode on news of the #quake is awesome.
• poshmama: Was that a baby earthquake or have I had too many margaritas?
• sfearthquakes: Damn. A 4.0 quake just happened 2 mi ENE of Alamo, CA. ( http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/nc51207740.htm )
• Scobleizer: Twitter survived a quake and my Playstation didn't stop playing the movie we are watching.
• loresjoberg: I was driving during the quake and didn't feel it. I am not complaining.
• lizhenry: dang it what earthquake! I didn't feel anything
• sacca: My last Tweet was actually an ancient Inuit expression for "earthquake" that I learned during a comparative poetry class in junior college.
• stoweboyd: Nothing fell down here. in Soma.
• CreativeSage:... Thanks, we're all fine. 4.1 is considered a fairly small earthquake. We hope no aftershocks.

I love Twitter. :)

What I Love About Twitter ( in category Special Interests ) - posted at Sat, 06 Sep, 23:47 Pacific | «e»