Elves should have mathematicians, too

The top floor of an old building with cracks down its middle (with little plastic things to keep track of how big they are) can't be the optimal earthquake hangout. I mean, it's not going to do anyone much good to be hiding under a desk if half the building's falling down the hill, is it?

None of these things happened; the whole place shook for a while, sort of like when people use the whiteboard next door only louder and longer, and my calendar fell off the wall (and a ladybug wing fell down from somewhere, possibly the overhead light). And then it stopped, and a whole bunch of mathematicians went downstairs to agree that yes, that was an earthquake. One wonders what things off campus will be like.

Glad I wasn't teaching when it happened.

For anyone who's interested, official data.

Edit: The school website says they're assessing buildings for possible damage, they're continuing to operate on a normal schedule, and (via Twitter) the local emergency lines are down.

Edit 2:47: Pretty sure that was just an aftershock. Vibration for a few seconds.

. . . Wasn't I supposed to be writing lecture notes or something, an hour ago?

Apparently this was in the newspaper. Who knew that superpowered children were becoming so mainstream?

Algebra is amazing. This is all.

My Victorian underwear patterns have arrived. (Unfortunately my external hard-drive hasn't, since apparently somebody took the pre-sign for delivery sheet off the door after I left this morning, and put it on the table. The tracking website says they came around noon, when I was in class, and apparently no one else was home, either. And then when I went out just now to check the mail, it was back on the door. I don't know what's going on. Maybe I'll just put it on the door tomorrow morning, and leave a note for my roommates saying it's there for a reason?) Of course, I still don't have a chair, so I can't really use the sewing machine, but there clearly needs to be a large amount of collecting materials before I can even think about sewing.

And the book I've had on hold since August or sometime came into the library, so I think I'm going to go get that. (I don't have any more homework due until Monday, so I'm taking the afternoon off math. In case you were wondering.)