I was awakened this morning @ 4:39 am central time by an earthquake! The house was rolling, shaking and pitching, and I couldn't figure out what was going on at first. In my sleepy stupor, I thought ds was jumping and somehow shaking the house, so I looked and he was still asleep. I tried to figure out what animal could possible be shaking my bedroom like that. The shaking got less severe as time passed, and I figured it had to be a buck deer ramming into my room or something. I know this all sounds weird, but that's what was going through my head. I was sleeping light, but had only been asleep for a couple hrs. It was not until the shaking stopped completely that I was awake enough to figure out that it must have been an earthquake. I got up immediately (ds was awakened by that time, too), and looked online and on tv for info. Sure enough there were reports on CNN that one had hit Illinois. And OMGosh, I was sooo stunned by the news that it was a 5.2 on the Richter scale! I had been researching info a couple months ago on the New Madrid Fault Line that follows through Memphis, Paducah and just west of the LBL area where we live. I'm still not believing that it happened. I sure hope everyone in those areas near the epicenter are okay.
I'd love to do Friday's Feast today, but will refrain until another day when I'm not so rattled (pun intended). ;-)
Hugs! Here's to hoping for earthquake-free Fridays from now on!
~Neece
April 18, 2008
That must have been so scary, Neece! I've never experienced one and I don't want to.
Best wishes for earthquake free Fridays!!
Posted by: mamichelle | April 21, 2008 at 09:45 AM