Shake Rattle and Roll
At 4:36 this morning I awoke to my bed shaking and bed posts swaying. I just laid there. The last Earthquake I experienced was about 7-8 years ago and it felt like a sonic boom. SO I laid there this morning to REALLY experience this Earthquake. Scott hit me saying Jen.....it's an earthquake...Madison came running into our room....and I just laid there.....what a crazy feeling. The earth under us moving and grumbling like a hungry stomach. It was so quiet...and felt as if the earth could swallow us up at any moment. Yet I lay there feeling it and listening. 5.4 and located about 2-3 hours from my home. And from a fault I'd never even heard of.
I grew up in this region taught about the New Madrid Fault.....back in the early 1800's it rocked our area....and I have always been told this Madrid would hit us again. So as I lay there this morning I felt the earth move....and it wasn't for like 5 seconds...it lasted a good 30- 60 seconds.....how amazing. Something God only has the power to do.
Today is grocery day. And I need to do laundry and straighten through the house. I have had such a crazy week. Gone almost everyday.
Yesterday was MOPS...it was alot of fun...we learned how to make Creative Activities for our pre schoolers....this should be alot of fun for the summer.
Tonight....we are going to dinner with old friends of ours....L and I have been friends since middle school so this will be alot of fun.
This weekend....we have a Sunday School Potluck Saturday night. Sunday is supposed to be nice out...Scott is playing golf and well...I may just lay out in the sun.
I hope you all have a great weekend.
I grew up in this region taught about the New Madrid Fault.....back in the early 1800's it rocked our area....and I have always been told this Madrid would hit us again. So as I lay there this morning I felt the earth move....and it wasn't for like 5 seconds...it lasted a good 30- 60 seconds.....how amazing. Something God only has the power to do.
Today is grocery day. And I need to do laundry and straighten through the house. I have had such a crazy week. Gone almost everyday.
Yesterday was MOPS...it was alot of fun...we learned how to make Creative Activities for our pre schoolers....this should be alot of fun for the summer.
Tonight....we are going to dinner with old friends of ours....L and I have been friends since middle school so this will be alot of fun.
This weekend....we have a Sunday School Potluck Saturday night. Sunday is supposed to be nice out...Scott is playing golf and well...I may just lay out in the sun.
I hope you all have a great weekend.
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I need to go get some groceries today too, but it's supposed to rain here soon. I don't like schlepping groceries in the rain, so I will have to hold off a bit.
Hope you guys have a great weekend!
Have a great weekend!
Hope you have a good day :)
I have never experienced an Earthquake so I was confused terrified pretty much all of the above LoL!
We've only felt very tiny little shakes before and only a couple of times. When the bridge fell a little ways from our house, we felt that.
Do you expect any kind of aftershocks? Did they know this was coming?
Crazy about the earthquake! We had a few when we were living in Alaska - scared the pants off me every time!
-Andrea
Happy Monday Jen!
Funny, I never think of your part of the country as being earthquake territory, but I have heard of that fault.
I remember the St Louis earthquake in November 1968. That one was off the New Madrid Fault. My youngest daughter was not born yet. My two older daughters were sitting in the back seat of the car. This quake happened during daytime. I felt the car move...without looking around I told the girls to sit still. When I turned to look at them their eyes were huge and their mouths wide open. As if to say...wow Mom, we didn't do that!
Pat
Glad to hear you are all safe and sound.
;-)
Hugs,
Kelli