24 August 2011

I feel the earth move under my feet.....

In case you haven't heard?  That's unlikely unless you live in the west and don't own a TV.  We had an earthquake yesterday.  5.9 baby!  We live just 56 miles from the epicenter (yes I looked it up on the GPS). 

All joking aside, perhaps one of the most frightening things I've been through.  I have felt earthquakes before, small ones of course.  Nothing like this.  There was no doubt in my mind it was an earthquake.  Then I thought, "maybe I am crazy?"  but sure enough everyone in the eastern United States felt it. 

I won't regale you with the whole story, of being on the phone with my mom, then yelling for my kids....oh wait...sorry.  After about a dozen phone calls from friends, neighbors, my mother-in-law, Chief, and a return call to my mom....we are back to our afternoon activities....that don't include huddling in a doorway.

Anyway, we are fine.  No damage.

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