You would have almost thought that we lived in California by the 5.2 earthquake that we experienced this morning. Much to my consternation, I slept through it and didn't even know what had happened. At 4:30 in the morning both of my parents awoke to their bed shaking and the glass candles on my mom's dresser clinking together. My parents got up and turned on the TV and the computer to find out what happened, only to discover that an earthquake had hit the Midwest. When mom told Chris what had happened he said that "he had been woken up early this morning to his bed shaking, and he called to Si thinking that Si was shaking his bed!" Soph and Lil share a bed and Soph said that she woke up about the time of the tremor to Lil bumping her. Anyway, the rest of us slept through the whole thing, but Si and I wished we could have been awake during the earthquake!
The following site shows a map of the US and where earthquakes have hit in the past hour, day, and week.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/
Take care and God bless!
Friday, April 18, 2008
Is this California?
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Hey Hanna,
I talked with Uncle Seth. He said he had fallen asleep on the couch when the earthquake shook. He thought it was Uncle Peter running down the steps.
Then he thought it was the wind or something outside, but when he went outside he didn't see anything.
I guess we just aren't conditioned to think about earthquakes in this part of the country.
Love you,
Grandma H
my mom thought that at first it was somebody downstairs using the bathroom...but her bed was shaking and it was totally silent outside. We learned earthquake safety just in case!
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