Today was one of those strange days in the cosmos of the world. An actual earth quake hit the east coast today. The epicenter was somewhere in VA, but the tremors were felt as far south as SC and north as MA. I, either because i was chatting too much or driving, felt nothing. I had not even heard about it until my dad (555 miles away from me) called to see if i had felt anything. I honestly thought he was lying as he described what he (and his dogs) felt, and then as he relayed the news stories. I instantly checked in with home, where my husband and eldest both felt it in the house, and it woke the baby! My mother and grandmother both felt it, too!
When i got home and checked my e-mail, i had about 40 new messages (unheard of in a two hour time frame)- ALL from the neighborhood moms sending messages out to see if anyone else had felt, "IT"? Everyone in my area described it similarly- as if a huge vehicle was driving by outside and rattling everything inside. But there couldn't be a vehicle large enough to make that kind of rattling. My daughter told me that she heard the dishes moving. And, of course, this is something she has now become fascinated with.
Like i said, i missed it all. But that's okay. of all the things that appear on my list of "things to do before i die", experiencing an earthquake has never been one of them. But thankfully, it all appears to have ended all right, and everyone seems to be okay.
Now, hopefully the hurricane that's scheduled for this weekend doesn't turn into a tsunami... we shall see!
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