I received a phone call from my wife in San Jose while I was walking the puppy around the neighborhood. She asked me if I was alright. I said yea. She then realized I had no idea why she asked me, that I did not feel the 5.6-magnitude earthquake. She concluded that the temblor must not have reached the northern part of the bay area (it was centered around the south bay city of San Jose). I agreed.

By the time I reached home from the walk (just a few minutes ago), I had bumped into our neighbors an hour after my brief phone conversation with my wife, and they had asked if I felt the earthquake. I said no. They told me it was a pretty big one, and that it lasted a long time. Maybe it was the fact that I was outside, in the cold air with a breeze, or maybe I didn't feel the good-sized earthquake because my puppy was pulling on her leash a bit too hard. Either way, I missed it and I have mixed feelings about that.

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