I was sitting around minding my business when suddenly things started shaking, almost as if a large truck was driving by the building. The vibration became stronger, then suddenly the entire building started to jerk and my coffee spilled everywhere. I decided to get out of this old apartment and take a walk with my camera. I am definitely going to be sleeping in pyjamas with my bags packed tonight.
Courthouses in Ottawa after the earthquake.
City Hall appears to have been evacuated.
Although it's hard to tell from this picture, the streets were packed with cars and the sidewalks overflowing with people.
Ottawa actually felt like a real city for once, people were outside, the city felt bustling.
I took this opportunity to grab lunch from this pulled pork stand on Sparks Street...
Yum a delicious pulled pork sandwich!
I took my sandwich to Parliament Hill and found it had been evacuated as well.
There was a mixture of tourists, locals, and senators all trying to figure out what to do.
I waited around on Parliament Hill- my canary in the coal mine was security letting the parliamentarians back to work. Cell/3G service was spotty, making it hard to get information. The perks sitting on Parliament Hill were: an abundance of security, and no chance of anything falling on me sitting in the grass.
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I noticed my house was shaking after showering. I first thought it was some atypical psychosomatic affect of my physiological condition after jogging, but then I realized it was not just my surrounding area that was shaking: the entire ecosystem and habitat around our place was dancing to the rhythm too.
Good thing you were smart and took off before the going got tough. Imagine having to fight your way through obese persons to seek flatter and ceiling-less areas as a higher scaled earthquake strikes.
Were you just sitting around downtown or were you near campus?
Note to your self: Do not drink coffee during an earthquake; that is to say, unless you wish to be upset. ^_^
By the way, we should do something for Canada Day.