Of all the bits on the East Coast earthquake so far, this tape is the most fascinating. An auto dealer is filming a commercial when the earthquake strikes:
For years those of us in California have talked to worried relatives on the East Coast about living out here, or heard jokes about the unstable ground in the West. Now it’s both coasts..
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.