We didn't feel yesterday's earthquake on the East Coast. When I heard about it I tried calling my friend Sue in Maryland, but it took almost two hours till I could get thru. She experienced some things bouncing around on tables and falling off shelves, but no real damage.
I've experienced two earthquakes myself. The first was when I lived in Syracuse on the third floor of a high rise apartment building. It happened early in the morning and I was asleep. Suddenly I woke up hearing the closet doors rattling and I felt sick, a lot like a case of car sickness. My dog Libby was scratching at the front door and whining to get out. It only lasted seconds and there was no damage to our area.
The second earthquake was when we lived in Maryland. Bentley, who was extremely sensitive to weather conditions, started barking and racing around from front door to back door and back again. I didn't feel anything, but the news came on that there had been an earthquake. Dogs can be excellent forecasters of earthquakes and tornadoes.
When we moved to Missouri we did our homework and learned that we live not far from the New Madrid fault. In 1811-12 there were three large earthquakes on that fault line that are the largest recorded in the US. Now I wasn't thrilled to be moving to tornado alley, but living near a fault line was just as bad. We carry earthquake insurance on our house and we aren't about to drop that coverage.
Now the East Coast is preparing for a hurricane. Mother Nature has sure been in a bad mood this year.
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