Body Shakers

Zara Si Aahat Hoti Hai To Dil Sochta Hai...
kahin Yeh Woh To Nahin...
kahin Yeh Woh To Nahin...
kahin Yeh Woh To Nahin...

This is a classic song from bollywood movie, sung by Lata Mangeshkar. This song became very much famous in January 2001 when there was a earthquake in Gujarat. After earthquake, there was a series of aftershocks which made people think there is a tremor even if its not there.

I recalled this song two weeks back when we felt tremor in Mexico. It was not very high magnitude earthquake but still.. earthquake is a earthquake..

The one which we felt two weeks back was the second experience after coming in Mexico. We had one before in the month of April when swine flu had just started spreading in Mexico. At the time of first earthquake, I was in bus, on way to my hotel from the office. I saw many people gathered together on the roads and thought, may be they have gathered to pray to god for this epidemic !!! But when I arrived at hotel, guys from our hotel were on the road and told me about the earthquake. As I was in bus, I didn't realize there was a earthquake.

But this time, it was written in destiny to recall those memories of Gujarat earthquake. I was in a lunch with a friend on the first floor of a roadside restaurant. We were enjoying our lunch and suddenly everything started shaking. The first thought came in my mind is my friend is moving our table :D After few second, I saw many people on the road and realize.. oho.. this is something which you have felt before... yes.. its earthquake. Before we thought to go downstairs, it stopped and people started coming back. One of the person in the restaurant reacted like its a daily routine for him. He went downstairs without panic on the face. When it stopped shaking, he returned and continued his lunch without any fear on his face !!

I have heard people saying that its normal in Mexico to feel this so no need to worry !!! Just be calm and go downstairs whenever there is a shock. But some people have something different in mind. This happend to one of my friend at time of Gujarat earthquake. He was living on 6th floor in his building. As you might know, there were many aftershocks after Gujarat earthquake and most of them used to be there in night. These aftershocks were not very high in intensity so used to stop in few seconds. Now, whenever there is a shock, my friend used to go down. Few times it happened that he reached at 3rd or 4th floor and it stopped shaking. He got bored of coming down every other night and finally, stopped going down !!! His argument was also valid. If I can't reach down, what's point in running. So rather than running down at midnight, its better to enjoy the sleep.Yes, you might be correct but you never know what's the intensity of the shock. It could be your last sleep in the bed if you don't run.

Overall it was good that both the earthquakes were of low to medium intensity otherwise it could have created a big damage. Lets hope we dont have anymore bodyshakers in the future.

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