So the other night, Chris and I were VERY abruptly woken up by an earthquake. We've had several here already, but smaller ones that just make everything rattle and creek in our apartment. This one was a little different though...
We jumped out of bed, only to feel the earthquake get stronger. We were in our bedroom and started to hear things crashing down and glass shattering. It was pretty scary! It didn't last too long, but it felt like forever. We knew it wasn't enough to bring down the apartment building, so Chris ran to grab his stuff and ran to grab the dog (who was petrified and threw up after the whole ordeal was over). Thankfully, except for a shattered glass picture frame), nothing broke that can't be fixed with some super-glue. Honestly, as hard as it was shaking, I'm surprised that a lot more didn't fall... but we're glad it didn't.
We found out that the earthquake was actually a 7.0 on the Richter scale (only a handful of them happen a year), and it was the same size of earthquake that hit Haiti... kinda scary. The difference is that it hit about 50 miles southeast of where we live, so we didn't get the brunt of it.
We've been feeling a lot of aftershocks yesterday and today (our place just feels like it's vibrating) and we're expected to get a tsunami with 6-foot waves sometime soon (so no hitting the beach for a few days!)
Anyways, that's about the most exciting thing that's happened in awhile here!!
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Hi Chris and Julie! I really enjoy stopping by your blog every now and then! That earthquake sounds pretty exciting, we don't have too many of them here in PA. My little sister, Rachel, came home from CU last week for spring break. She was telling me about a 10K she was running with a wonderful friend she made this year named Jenny. We started putting the pieces together and figured out that she is your little sister! Our sibs are hanging out at CU! Crazy! (Or crazy that they are running 10K together for fun?!)
Have a great day!
~Jackie
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