So, gentle readers, were you jolted out of your bed at 4:37 this morning? We were. And I can assure you, I do not like earth quakes.
Husband thought it was a tornado. We both stumbled out of bed, I grabbed Bitsy & he ran to the boys' room. There's still debate about who got to BabyGirl first, but I know I did. The kids & I hunkered down in the bathroom until the shaking stopped. Then I thought I might vomit. Honestly.
I'm hearing the quake was a 5.4 on the Richter scale. It was centered VERY near to us, so we had a good deal of shaking. No damage yet that we can see. Husband will get under the house once the kids are off to school to check the foundation better. A few pictures fell, some toys, a bottle from the top of my cabinets, and a bottle of cinnamon from my spice rack, but that's all.
The kids are thrilled with the idea of being up "in the middle of the night." All except for Bitsy, who just wants to go back to sleep, but can't stand to miss the excitement.
Truth be told, we were all pretty terrified for a minute or two. Now that the adrenaline has passed, we're just shaky. Aftershocks are still being felt.
Now that I've lived through an earth quake, I'd rather not experience one again. Guess that means I won't be moving to LA to pursue my film career anytime soon. Sorry to all my fans out there.
I hope you are all safe, sound, and still asleep. We will just stay awake & keep an eye on things.
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We were shaking in our boots here also, it shook us out of bed and to our feet.
This is your 2nd earth quake.
I think the first one was in 77. I remember it was warm and daddy was out side and I must have been on the back porch because I can remember asking him if he felt the shaking. Then I went to make sure you were still asleep.
Just after daddy and I were married we were at G&G's talking to grandpa up in the sewing room.
The windows rattled and the floor seemed to move. We all looked at each other then grandpa said I think we should go downstairs.
I remember thinking, that's was a earthquake I don't ever want to feel another one.
I didn't realize you are that close to the fault, though it makes sense no that I think about it.
Glad you are safe!
Yes Farm Wife we were shaken out of our beds. We too had a few things fall. Nothing major. Of course everyone was excited and had a hard time falling back to sleep. My DH couldn't so got ready and went in to work. He gets overly excited when things like that happen. I'm sure it will be the talk of my boys' school today. LOL We lived in California for a year and a half right on one of the major falt lines. We shook a little bit at least every couple of weeks. ;0)
YIKES! Yet another reason I have no desire to return to the midwest...who knew there was a fault in the middle of the freaking continent?!??!?!
I have no problems with California shaking itself loose and becoming another island, but to be "West America" and "East America" because of this could be fatal!
In all seriousness, I'm glad you're ok, and we'll be tuned into the news this morning to make sure there aren't any more...in the meantime, you can now blame the 5.4 shake, rattle, and roll, for the messy house...small comfort I know...
Lots of hugs, and just remember that an earthquake, while odder to feel, is actually less damaging and scary than that tornado we had while we were in school up the road...
I haven't been online in awhile but after I heard the news this morning I wanted to check on you and Ragged. I'm glad to hear everyone's fine. Sure gets the adrenaline pumping doesn't it?
I was worried about you guys. It scared me too. Rudy was at work. I thought it was a tornado, too. I grabbed the kiddos and we waited in the hall.
I am glad that you guys are okay!
My adrenaline was really going.
I heard about your area this morning..welcome to my world..Yes here in the Pacific Northwest we have some doosies too..My last earthquake experience..I was coming down in an elevator when it struck..I was pregnant with Bugaboo and trapped in an elevator for over an hour before the fire department could evacuate me. No cell service to call my family. Was a block and a half from my father and step-mother's office. They saw my vehicle but couldn't find me. It's a story that lives on in my family.
I read about it this morning! Yikes. So glad you're all ok.
Sounds fun! Not. Geez. Wonder what is happening with out world. You have an earthquake, and I wake up to snow!
My first earthquake happened in chemistry class. I'd just turned off the bunson burner and was gathering my notes together to go back to my seat when it happened. After that, everyone in town started putting earthquake kits together - boxes of food, water, flashlights, first aid, etc. for their cars, and big trash cans full of the same for their homes. One day, years later, my family accidentally threw their earthquake kit away. It was in a trashcan.
There's a million dollar subdivision in our town that has these huge boulder walls supporting streets. It really makes me wonder how well they engineered it since this area is known for earthquakes. I can just see the boulders breaking free and rolling on top of the houses just below them. Scary stuff. And then there's the mountain just north of us that actually slid into the ground, over the highway, burying cars and people not too many years ago. Now that could motivate a person to live in Kansas. =)
Stay safe!
I knew you would be talking about this!
We felt it here too! But, of course living a skip away you knew that! I let the girls sleep through it, and oldest woke up! My parents have a bit of damage, but not bad. We just had things fall like you! I really think it is a good learning experience for the kiddos.Especially since nothing major was damaged!
I called Mom and Dad to see if they felt it. They did. Mom said she couldn't figure out what was going on, but Dad said it was an earthquake and rolled over to go back to sleep like it was an everyday thing. She had been awake since it happened. I remember back when I was in middle school, we had a small one during the summer.
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