I was sitting at my desk overlooking the patio of our Casa when I first noticed a very, very gentle rolling motion.  I said to Leslie “Earthquake”!  It gently got stronger and frankly – I was fascinated by the experience.  It seemed to last for a couple of minutes but time becomes meaningless in an earthquake.  To me, it felt like I was riding on top of a bowl of Jello.

During my Jello ride, I continued listening to a very interesting ESL teaching video off the internet…

A couple minutes later Leslie called to me and said “Come – look at this”.  I took off my headphones, followed her to the lounge room (we’re on the second floor) and looked down at the street.  Everybody from all the buildings on the street (plus all the guests at the Casa) were outside milling around on our narrow, one way street!  I guess we were the only ones who stayed put in our room!

After living in southern California for 30+ years, I guess it’s been ingrained in me – don’t run outside during an earthquake!  Stuff will fall on you!

So I’ve just finished my 30+ minute internet teaching video (excellent teaching on controlled practice!), googled the earthquake and found out it was a big 7.5 earthquake near Acapulco.  That’s big.  Don’t know yet about damages, but from what I experienced here, I wouldn’t think Mexico City had any substantial damage.