I wouldn’t say I was traumatized by the big Ottawa Earthquake on the 23rd – in fact I found it really rad – but ever since we had a good shake I’ve become hyper-aware of ground tremors.

You’d think stuff stays pretty stationary most of the time, but that doesn’t seem to be the case at all. I sit near a stairwell on the 3rd floor, over a flexible steel beam that bounces whenever anyone walks past. Big trucks idling next to the building cause a good shake. As do people carting crates around through the back tunnels of the mall. Queensway traffic thunders along and vibrates us too.

Natasha and I gave eachother a questioning look while we were touring the Catherdrale De Notre Dame in Ottawa Sunday afternoon – the floor started rumbling while we were admiring the stained glass and stone columns – probably just construction equipment rolling by on Sussex, but in the back of my head I was evaluating the structural integrity of a building put together in 1841.

I’m sure it’ll wear off, but I’d be back to normal a little faster if everything st-st-stopped sh-sh-shaking for a while. Meanwhile… enjoy the live Seismogram viewer from the Ottawa ground station! *rumble rumble rumble*