Little earthquake in SE Illinois

[Brandi]

What a weird way to wake up! I was thinking "why is my honey jumping up and down on the bed in the middle of the night?".

Here is calfornia it seems like most quakes are in the early morning. I swear that is what is going to kill me. My heart races like crazy when I get woken up like that.
Once when we had a 6.8 I was on my bike. Talk about strange...I thought I had a flat tire at first, then I thought I was sick or something cause everything was swaying. Then dh grabed me to pull me to a dirt road with no power lines and told me it it was an earthquake. That would explain the lady screaming!
It was a big one but thankfully only one person was killed. There are still buildings here that need retrofitting and have warning signs on the front doors telling you you are entering an unsafe building. scarey

I am very glad you are all safe and no one was hurt! Tired but not hurt! Think of it as mother's natures way of letting us know just how small we really are here.

[HoosierGiant]

Think of it as mother's natures way of letting us know just how small we really are here.

Absolutely! The enormity and power of Earth's natural forces are truly awe-inspiring -- and a great lead-in for our homeschool science lesson today!

[Brandi]

Absolutely! The enormity and power of Earth's natural forces are truly awe-inspiring -- and a great lead-in for our homeschool science lesson today!

Definatly a good lesson!

[Trek420]

-- and a great lead-in for our homeschool science lesson today!

And history. I don't know what grade your kid/kids are but I was fascinated by:

Quake

It's the aftermath of the '06 quake. I've got it somewhere here in the remodel zone, packed? On the one bookshelf? Who's the author? Hmmmm. But I do know where the earthquake supplies are.

[Flybye]

Absolutely! The enormity and power of Earth's natural forces are truly awe-inspiring -- and a great lead-in for our homeschool science lesson today!

Thread drift - my apologies - My hats off to you - I homeschooled for 1 1/2 years!

I am glad to hear that all is well with everyone. The only quake I was in was over 15 years ago. I thought a huge delivery van was coming down the street.

[HoosierGiant]

Thread drift - my apologies - My hats off to you - I homeschooled for 1 1/2 years!

And we continue to drift... This is my sixth year. Love it!! But, I have very motivated learners who devour every book in sight and who are constantly adding work to their assignment sheets. Makes it tough to keep up with them, but I wouldn't have it any other way!