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April 18, 2008
Shaken, not stirred
I was jolted out of a sound sleep around 5:30 am today by the now famous Illinois based 5.2 earth quake. The bed shook like a train was passing through the bedroom, the knick knacks on the shelves clicked and clacked and to top it off, I could hear the water in the toilet sloshing around for more than a few seconds after the bed stopped shaking!! It was a feeling not soon to be forgotten! Then, around 11:15 am we had a 4.3 aftershock that shook the computer screen, the desk and the chair I was sitting on. We owe all of this to the shifting of the rock 7.2 miles below the Earth’s surface along the Wabash fault line, an extension of the New Madrid fault that includes Indiana. Steve was driving to work and didn't feel a thing!
Posted by Carol at April 18, 2008 6:58 PM
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