Tuesday, August 23, 2011

5.9 Earthquake in Virginia

Wow!!  Just experienced a REAL earthquake here in Northern Virginia.  Walls shook, pictures fell, lamps broke, doors to small cabinets open, and two cats still hiding 1.5 hours later.  I've lost a few knick-knacks and plates, but things are fine.

Quite a bit different than the 4.5 earthquake 2003 which I would not have noticed if I had not been sitting at the piano.  During the rumbles then I saw my hand bouncing up and down and knew that it wasn't me. 

This quake seemed to be loud and I thought it was an explosion at first, except that it kept going and going.  Time to clean up the broken glass (and jade, and wooden figures, etc).

Wonder when I will see those two scared kitty-cats.  Musette on the other hand can't seem to get enough pets, she's all over me.  :)

7 comments:

  1. I'm glad you are okay, Lisa, thanks for reporting. Of all the bloggers I've read so far, you are the closest to the epicenter.

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  2. A little excitement is good for you, don't you think?

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  3. Excitement is good. But I still have a cat hiding/missing. He missed supper. Really hoping that he didn't get hit, hurt, or trapped.

    Cat #1 was out immediately. Cat #2 came out of hiding after two hours. Really hoping to see Cat #3 before the morning.

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  4. Ah, finally, only 9.5 hours later Pippin peaks out briefly before crawling back into his hiding place (a new one to me).

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  5. Glad you and your cats are fine. But do you get the impression Earth is restless? What a year!
    Judy

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