"...the sofa's shaking"EARTHQUAKE!!!

Yups!Today I want to share what I felt as I came across this feeling of earthquake!!!yes, there was an earthquake indeed the night before yesterday.

As i do manage doing stuffs at the late hours of the night,it was about 1 a.m. and i was feeling quite jaded..the bed beckoned me and i quited what was doing at that moment.With long yawns I moved towards my bed.With arduous eyes and my body gasping for the comfort of the soft bed,...I was in no time there on my bed!! All of a sudden,as I just closed my weary eyes,a jerk shook me!!..but the feeling was quite unusual as i felt never before!I bacame a bit warned..did my head had a spin??

Am I OK??...I really am low on pressure and that may be sumthing is the case right then..but no. I again sensed the same!!Now that was going to be exceptionally bizarre...i was all right the very moment before...Why the hell should I be having headspin at the late hours and that too whem my BMR is so stable...my metabolism is ok??I felt as if am on a boat and thats swaying across the unperturbed waters ...a feeling as calm as anyhting but yet so poignant!!!suddenly..the thing came up to my mind.."is it an earthquake??"Wearyness bid a good bye to me.I better had goosebumps on my cheeks than having an earthquake..as I was goin about the possible circumstances what to du next if it really hit hard in the next few moments, in my mind...i realised that its ok..now u dont have to bother nymore..its over!!..it did really stop!!!

But the most terrible part was waiting for me the next day..that was..the authorities concerned gave a damn to this "utter silly stuff"..and were quite relaxed for the fact that the quake didnot take up lives ..at least!!...I ran out of comments after knowing this thing..God!!where am I residing in this pretty damn place..where the people who have been bestowed with the responsibility to take care of us are really not bothered about us at all!!

Now you folks out there may have a read through the daily "The Telegraph":-

Quake response primitive: Minister - Government agencies left unshaken by tremors in the city; Twitter users on the button

OUR BUREAU

Calcuttans only have their lucky stars to bank on if a calamity like an earthquake strikes the city. The disaster preparedness of the city, to quote the minister responsible for coordinating rescue and relief work, is “primitive”. “Our disaster management is at a primitive stage. There is hardly any coordination among the agencies that are supposed to jump into action immediately after a disaster strikes. A system like a hot line integrating the civil defence headquarters, police, fire services and hospitals should immediately be in place,” civil defence minister Srikumar Mukherjee said. Lack of coordination among government agencies was evident in the description of the intensity of Monday night’s quake — “intense,” according to the Alipore Met office, and “mild”, if the police are to be believed. As as soon as tremors are felt, the Met office should get in touch with the civil defence department which, in turn, should alert its volunteers as well as the police, fire brigade and hospitals. But Mukherjee’s men did not stir on Monday night as there was no word from the Met office. “We did not send out any alert as it was apparent that the tremors could not cause any damage to the city,” said an official in the Regional Meteorological Centre. With the Met and civil defence experts sitting tight, the other key arms of the government had no clue to what was happening on the ground. When Metro called the police control room 15 minutes after the quake, which struck at 1.26am, the response was: “There were a few calls but we didn’t feel any tremor here. Was there really an earthquake?” Calls to the Met office around 1.40am went unanswered. Director G.C. Debnath said: “Officials were busy recording the tremors.” While the men who matter were in the dark during an emergency, Calcuttans on Twitter were exchanging updates on the button. “... the sofa’s shaking! EARTHQUAKE!!,” twitted Burbleon almost in real time. Rungs quipped: “It was like Waves, not what I thought earthquakes were. As if I was on a vessel at Sea.” Yet I too came to know, the earthquake had hit parts of India and Japan..and the conditions were stiffer out there.In India. parts affected were parts of Kolkata and some of its adjoining areas,Orissa,Vijaywada...no injuries or casualities had yet been reported.But in Japan,1 death and 60 injury cases was on the list. Was not much sure bout the epicentre..I tried to find out but could not!! Thats all for now!!