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July 16, 2010
Earthquake in Washington DC!
My mom called me a few minutes ago and asked "did you feel the earthquake last night?"
Then I remembered. "So that's what that was. This morning I thought maybe it was a dream"
At 5:04 this morning an earthquake registering 3.6 hit the D.C. area, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center.
I remember waking slightly and hearing and feeling shaking. "This sounds and feels like an earthquake," I thought as I lay there only half awake. "Nah, not here. We don't get those things around here. Must be blasting."
A few years ago they were doing some blasting a few miles away during road construction, and when they first started it was somewhat disconcerting to hear a bang and feel the rattle. Of course, this happened in the middle of the day, and the idea that anyone would do blasting at 5am was absurd. But these are the thoughts one has when you're drifting in and out of sleep.
At 3.6 it was a pretty minor affair as earthquakes go, and various news reports confirm that there were no reports of damage. It was interesting for me, though, because of the perceptions and thoughts one has while half asleep. My intuition told me it was an earthquake, but my logic dismissed it as not being possible. Intuition isn't always right, but if I had been fully awake, and it had been some sort of genuine emergency, would I have hesitated because my mind said "this can't really be happening?" This, I think, is often why people don't do the right thing in emergencies, not because they don't care or aren't brave, or whatever. When you can plan out your actions ahead of time you always do the right thing. Life doesn't work that way, of course. Perhaps, then, even a 3.6 earthquake can teach a lesson.
Posted by Tom at July 16, 2010 8:23 AM
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snake-hunter sez,
A 3.6 Earthquake? There's a much bigger trembler
in New York City, and another in Murfreesboro, Tennesssee..where Muslim fanatics hope to build
two more mosques & madrassa!
Enough! The people are enraged..waking up...
standing firm against these terrorists.
** Peace-Through Strength **
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Posted by: Ralph E at July 16, 2010 12:03 PM
About three months from now there will be another earthquake in DC and EVERYONE will feel it!
Posted by: Mike's America at July 19, 2010 2:15 PM
