Tuesday, August 23, 2011

All Shook Up!

With the epicenter of Virginia's 5.8 earthquake just a few miles away from my home, I am still shaking. The thunderous sound was long and rumbling. Thankfully, except to numerous historic chimneys, there was minimal damage across the region which hasn't had such an event since a 5.9 quake in 1897. It did leave a souvenir of its visit on my studio wall!

2 comments:

Linda Popple said...

Glad all is ok, but I've been in an earthquake and it's scary and very unsettling!

Sarah F. Jayne said...

Sadly too true. After the 1985 earthquake in Mexico City I went there as a translator for ham radio operators. Seeing that extent of devastation and suffering was incomprehensible tempered only by the extreme courage of its survivors.