Show Instructor Shook Shook- up in Great Quake Carol Kelly K-elly Contributor ENGLISH instructor Tiffany Rousculp was sound asleep in Los Los' Angeles when she began bouncing about a foot off he herb her b bed d. d As she was sl slammed down on her mattress the ending earthquake scene from the movie Shortcut flashed into her mind Rousculp heard someone yell Its an earthquake She came out of her her- semiconscious semiconscious semi emi conscious sleep p and heard what she described as incredibly loud crashing as three book shelves and their contents came crashing down on the h wood hard floors in the apartment directly above her bed I thought the ceiling was coming down on us she said In the room where I slept two tall bookshelves ejected all their shelves and a cassette case shot out its tapes The sound of the tapes and dishes and bottles that were flying out of the wooden floors was frightening When I finally woke up all the way I felt absolutely absolutely absolutely ab ab- ab- ab terrified You know how you wake up out of a nightmare and youre you're glad it was a nightmare and you have a s sense nse of relief This one was waking up out of a nightmare and realizing that that that-it it was actually actual actual- ly happening she said VI I Ic could uld see the windows windows' shaking up and down J I backed up and crowded against the wall to get away from the windows Then I heard my friend Chris yelling my rhy name and andin andin andin in the darkness I couldn't tell where he was I screamed his name and he grabbed me and pulled me underneath the door jamOne jamOne jam One second after it ended an aftershock started It seemed like one continuous earthquake that went on forever r like it was never going to stop I needed to get a robe to go outside and realized I didn't have my glasses on Groping in the dark I I tripped o on books and became confused because the floor wasn't what it was supposed to be THat's when I think I hurt my leg He had the presence of mind to go in inside inside inside in- in side and find our shoes While he was in inside inside inside in- in side the second and third aftershocks hit and I grabbed onto a street sign Rousculp said it was spooky and pitch- pitch black outside and completely silent except for barking dogs and the noise from every single car alarm going off Rousculp heard somebody's voice in the darkness say Look up you'll never see that again The stars were above Los Angeles When the airports reopened Rousculp's friend drove through the back streets so she could catch a plane By pm p.m. Rou Rousculp culp was on ori a plane Rousculp was not relieved to be back it Utah Theres no o one ne here that I Ican can talk to who understands what I went through she said What bothers me most is remembering the sound the sound is the worst Its hard to sleep to-sleep sleep ep with the lights off still I I have to have at least one light on and a flashlight o with me at all times times' Its hard to toke too take ke my glasses off when I go to bed Rous up plans to return to Los Angeles in iri a month fo for a rhetoric conference 0 I bought my plane ticket yet ticket yet she he said goshe j but Ill I'll probably go r-I r I |