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title: "There was an earthquake?"
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published: "2004-02-11T10:01:00"
updated: "2004-02-11T10:01:00"
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author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Apparently, while I was sleeping this morning, Israel experienced an earthquake (5 on the Richter scale). no casualties, but suddenly all the media and the government are all “We don't have any emergency plans! what…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
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# There was an earthquake?

By Roy Osherove February 11, 2004

**Historical article** · Originally published February 11, 2004; technical details may be outdated.

Apparently, while I was sleeping this morning, Israel experienced an earthquake (5 on the Richter scale). no casualties, but suddenly all the media and the government  are all “We don't have any emergency plans! what happens if this gets worse?” and all that crap. You know. Stuff that , in the usual Israeli manner, it takes casualties to consider.

And I slept through all that very peacefully. Go figure.


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