Everybody on the East Coast made it safely? I didn't even feel the earthquake... which, to me, is a disappointment. Dad thinks I didn't feel it because where I live, it was very slight, so you could pretty much only feel it if you were sitting down. Here are the stories of those in my family who did feel it:
Dad - he was somewhere on his way, or doing, his work. He felt his truck moving, and thought, at first, that the peope helping him were playing a trick. But, no, no one was. Then he thought it was a very strong wind... but when he got out of his truck, he didn't even feel the rocking. It didn't even occur to him that it was an earthquake until my Grandmother texted!
Mom - she had an appointment for her teeth. She was sitting in the chair in a position where she couldn't see anyone. All of a sudden her chair started shaking. What in the world?! Maybe the students (she went to a dentistry school thing) were playing a trick on her? She got up and looked around. No, no tricks. Latter she found out what it really was!
Jess - she was at home sitting at her computer. Then she felt the shaking. She also heard the house creak. Again, she thought it was probably the wind. But that would be one strong wind to shake the house like that! And she was sure it wasn't her imagination, either - she could see things shaking. When it was over, she came and told me about it. The thought occurred to me that it might be an earthquake... but here??? Nah. hahah!
Did any of my readers feel the earthquake? I am really disappointed. I lived through an earthquake and wouldn't have even known it if nobody else told me!
The hurricane hit us Saturday night. I woke up at about 4:00 a.m. - just in time to watch the power go out. It was very interesting. It was pitch black. I could hardly see my hand in front of my face! And that's when all the lights are out... kinda scarry.
All in all, we got about 5 inches of rain, the wind went up to probably somewhere around 40 or 50 mph, and the power went out for 38 hours. We do have a generator, which was definately a blessing... we didn't lose any food. Oh, and there was a lot of debris (not sure of spelling). We had an interesting few weeks. But thank God, we were kept safe!
In Christ Alone,
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I felt the earthquake while sitting upstairs in a rocking chair--the chair starting shaking and the lamp beside me started swaying! It was so strange! Just like you, I thought, "Was that an earthquake? Oh, no of course not, we don't get them here." :)
or fish!
Amelia - that's funny!
Jess - Umm... fish????
Our fish didn't die! My tank kept getting cold since the heater was off, and I had to keep taking cold water out & putting warm water in--you knew that. =D
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