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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Emma Brockes

Digested week: dull quake anecdotes and a boring eclipse of the sun

People in New York City wearing protective glasses look up at the solar eclipse
In New York, the light dimmed and everyone said ‘is that it?’ Photograph: Carlos Chiossone/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

Monday

Two days out from the earthquake that rocked New York City and the aftershocks continue in the form of everyone’s incredibly boring anecdotes about where they were and what they thought was going on when it happened. Was it a washing machine? Was it construction? Would you like to hear from a woman who didn’t feel it at all?! “Oh, boy, I was in the parking lot and …” says a man from a storage facility in New Jersey when I call for a quote. Per advice from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in the face of catastrophically dull earthquake stories you should drop, cover, and hold your hands over your ears.

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