We've had a tiring day. Art did his marathon run training this morning at 5:00 AM. I was in the garage painting the tool closet. We both ended up needing an afternoon nap. I was lying down reading when Art got up from his nap, joined me and was just saying I should rest until we were ready to leave for a graduation party this evening.That's when the bed started to shake! What the heck!
"It's an earthquake," Art informed me. He grew up on the Big Island. He's used to earthquakes. I'm not. I'm thinking the house better not fall down when I've just finished priming the closet.
And then it stopped. I just checked the US Geological Survey and they'd already reported it.
Good grief! I hope that's it! How come I don't ever remember feeling earthquakes when I was a kid. This seems to be a recent development or maybe I just wasn't paying attention.
It was only a 3.5 earthquake; just enough to shake the bed.
As we got up to clean and put away our painting equipment I asked Art, "Hey, we were just lying on the bed when the earthquake struck. I should have asked, Did the earth move for you?"
There's always strong predictions of earthquakes for Portland, Oregon. I try not to think about it. Of course I lived all my life in Texas where we fear tornados, hurricanes, and hail storms. Every place has something.
ReplyDeleteThere have been so many earthquakes lately. Maybe it's no more than usual and just more being reported nationally, but it's creepy. Glad you are okay.
ReplyDeleteI used to live in california where the earthquakes were stronger and often. Not fun. I hear the safest place is by the side of your bed. We have occasional earthquakes in Utah but no tornadoes!
ReplyDeleteso it moved.. reminded me of the song.. "I feel the earth moved under my feet.."
ReplyDeleteyes, i experienced that too when I was in a hotel KL.. i tot there was something wrong with the air con ventilator.. it kept shaking for a few seconds.. :)
Funny, an earthquake on Oahu. This is typical earthquake weather, though, isn't it. Overcast and humid.
ReplyDeleteI've been really tired in the afternoon, too and even using my A.C. for a couple hours a day. Sticky sticky.
LOL. I'm so glad your post has a happy (and funny) ending.
ReplyDeleteI've felt little earthquakes in Switzerland and here in Israel. They say Israel is due for another big one someday soon.
Somehow it seems different to look at your map and think of how islands would be affected by a big quake.
Wishing you stability.
Glad yours was a small one. We had one of a similar measure two or three days ago here in Northern Virginia. The epicenter was about 20 miles away. We didn't feel a thing or if we did we slept right through it but it startled a lot of people. It was around 5.00 a.m. Absolutely unheard of around here.
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There was a huge earthquake on Oct 15, 2006. Shook our whole house and lasted quite a bit. There were after shocks, also. No damage to my house, though.
ReplyDeleteThe one this afternoon I did not experience. There was no shaking in our house at all. We were watching a movie on Netflix and were blissfully unaware of an earthquake.
Holy cow, and I was thinking how perfect Hawaii was -- an earthquake would unnerve me I think! There was one nearby, in Southern Maryland, just a while ago. I agree with Janie -- it's a bit unsettling!
ReplyDelete(I laughed at your not wanting the house to fall down just when you'd painted! WOULDN'T that just figure!)
yea, what was that all about.
ReplyDeleteHow strange it must be to live in a place where earthquakes are normal things. Apparently we get them quite frequently here in the UK, but they're so small that no-one ever feels them.
ReplyDeleteI had my fill of earthquakes when I lived in LA. I am glad this was a small one and all is well.
ReplyDeleteit must be a little frightening!
ReplyDeleteI hate earthquakes, though we had only minor ones in Indonesia. We cannot avoid the catastrophies of mother nature, but like you said in your comment, we should be now be able to avoid war and hatred. If all good people in this world united and created an atmosphere of peace and understanding, the world would be paradise.
ReplyDeleteAt least you couldn't fall down while you were lying down - nasty experience, I imagine!
ReplyDeleteOoo scary but kind of funny. The California girl gets to experience earthquakes quite often. She prefers them over our tornados here.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad it was only a 3.5 on the scale and not a big one! Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteI probably already told you when I was in Japan seated on an old but nice oak chair that the earthquake came and my chair bumped up and down, with me on it, and we scooted that way clear across the room.
ReplyDeleteWas also in bed in a hotel in Tokyo and we had one and I felt stuff hitting my face and heads and the ceiling plaster was coming down. I looked out the window and saw a nearby greenhouse chimney go down.
I don't remember how large these were but I remembered them.