Historic Earthquake among other things..

1. In case you missed it - 4.8 Magnitude Earthquake hit the Northeastern US today. It's epicenter, according to the US Government Earthquake Center was Whitehouse, NJ. It was, however, felt all the way out to the tip of Long Island, to Baltimore, MD, and up towards Burlington, Vermont. And there were after-shocks. (I didn't feel any after shocks as far as I know, but the quake itself was the biggest I've felt. The last one was way back in 2010 - I think, and it was just 2.05 or 3. And we left the building that time - mainly because we didn't know any better, and we thought it was a gas explosion. I remember standing on the sidewalk a block away from the building for a solid hour waiting with my co-workers until they told us what it was.

The Air Train Building in Jamaica, Queens shook for about five minutes, or maybe it was one minute? It felt like five. I was in the middle of a pre-negotiation MS Teams Meeting, when it felt like someone was shaking my chair. I looked around. Then realized the floor and walls and desk top appeared to be moving.

I pulled down my ear phones and asked my cubical mates if their cubicles were also moving or if it was just me?
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This is kind of historic. NYC has not had an earthquake of this magnitude in 130 years.

2. Crazy Workplace

The Port Authority vs. the Homeless Population of NYC

Apparently they've decided to close the Air Train Building (where I work) between the hours of 12 am and 5 am, except to ticketed airline passengers, employees, and railroad employees (basically those of us who work in the building). There were signs stating that starting on Monday, the building would be closed between the hours of 12 AM and 5 AM to anyone but ticketed airline passengers and employees. And it was a violation to enter without either a ticket or an employee id. And violators would be fined, and taken away. No loitering etc.

Basically this is the latest in the Port Authority's on-going battle with the Homeless population and Meth Addicts that are camping out in the Air Train Building.

I asked my co-workers about it. They pretty much had the same response that I did..."eh, good luck with that."
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3. Very happy it is Friday.

But I wish the World would stop telling me that my mental and physical health is at risk because I live alone. Bugger off world. I live in an apartment complex. I'm not that alone.