Earthquake 2011

We had an exciting day Tuesday when we all experienced our first earthquake. If you asked me, I would have said the entire thing lasted about 90 seconds but on the news they are saying less, so maybe it just seemed longer. It began with a rumbling noise and slight shaking that was like standing next to an out of balance washing machine. I decided it must be a tornado hovering over the house and made the kids run to the basement. (I have a completely irrational fear of tornadoes...) It soon stopped and we came back upstairs to call Casey and couldn't get through. At that point, I noticed some of our neighbors outside, so I went out to find out what had happened. Finally, someone mentioned earthquake and I realized that must be what it was. We were pretty panicked, not knowing if it was going to start up again and not being able to get through to anyone on the phone, but eventually texts started coming in and Casey was able to call and say he was okay. As you can see from the pictures, the damage at our house was extensive (kidding), but in all seriousness the kid's school just 1 mile away did have enough structural damage to delay the start of school by 2 weeks!

Now to prepare for our second natural disaster of the week.... The hurricane! I must admit this is not the nesting I expected to be doing in anticipation of the arrival of our daughter.