Week 3 Earthquake

So we're settling in. Feels good, then why do we feel like we're on a ship in choppy waters? Oh, I guess that would be the 6.8 EARTHQUAKE!!! Actually, the center was about 60 miles south, so what we felt was a 5.2 for 40 seconds. More than anything I'd like to experience again. You might wonder how we handled it all. Well, the kids would have slept right through it if it wasn't for all the screaming Roxanna was doing and the efforts Mark was making to calm her down. They might have slept threw that too, maybe, if they hadn't been yanked out of bed and out onto the sidewalk by their hysterical mother and their accommodating father. After the kids were settled in bed again, Roxanna researched emergency preparedness tactics suggested by the American Red Cross. What she discovered were similar to Mark's seemingly useless suggestions: "stay calm, stay inside, and take cover." Her favorite was, "if you're in bed, stay there and cover your head with a pillow." What it boils down to is that there is not a whole lot you can do to save yourself from an earthquake. We've decided to pray more ;-)