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I hope everyone is having a great Sunday!
First things first, did you all hear about the CRAZY earthquakes we’ve been having in Oklahoma this weekend? Yeah – in OKLAHOMA! So bizarre! Actually, they say we get about 50/year on average, and 2010 was a big year with 1,047, but most of the time we don’t feel anything. This weekend was different…
Early Saturday morning we had a 4.7 earthquake. It didn’t wake us up, but I know several people who felt it from Tulsa to Oklahoma City. They say we had about 10 aftershocks throughout the day – all very small. Then, last night just before 11 we had another HUGE (for Oklahoma) earthquake – a 5.6! Eric and I had a friend over, and suddenly there was a deep rumble and the entire house started shaking really hard back and forth. Our apartment is in an old house – my guess is from the 1920s – and the thing is not very secure. I swear every time there is a strong wind I think the walls are going to pull apart (and we have a lot of wind here!). When it started shaking, Ella flipped out and jumped off the cat tree. I caught her and ran to a doorway, but the house was shaking so violently someone suggested we run outside. I think the quake lasted about a minute and was felt from Texas to Kansas. SO WEIRD! Apparently there was another large aftershock – 4.0 – this morning, and probably a ton of small ones since, but that was the only one I felt. So, now we have tornadoes AND earthquakes to think about?!
Anyway … moving on…
We’ve had a nice, relaxing weekend (other than, you know, the ground shaking). The highlight today for me was definitely taking an hour-long walk in perfect 60-70° weather with Eric. So beautiful! And I love our neighborhood. It’s really walkable and has some beautiful trees.
this picture doesn't do the tree-lined-i-ness of our streets justice
Which leads me to…
Day 6: Today I am grateful for the opportunity to slow down, enjoy the trees and crisp fall air, and take a walk with Eric. Sometimes it’s the simple things, you know?
Your turn!
Scary! I’m in SoCal so of course, we’re used to earthquakes… but we’re SO used to them that our buildings are made to sway. I was watching news reports from OK showing so much damage to the all-brick buildings and… yikes!
I’m very glad to have never experienced a tornado though…
Crazy, right?! The friend we had over lived in Portland for 7 years, so she wasn’t that impressed (although she grew up in Oklahoma so she knew how strange it was). Our house definitely did not sway – at least not gracefully the way a building in California hopefully would. No, it pretty much shook violently back and forth. Luckily we were about 45 miles from the epicenter, or we would probably have had some damage. I have to say, though, being an Okie, there is a part of me that likes tornadoes. I know it sounds weird (and of course I don’t want anyone to get hurt or lose their home), but growing up here I am more of the “let’s go look at it” variety. I would love to go storm chasing someday!
Oh yeah – and tonight we are under a tornado watch! Saturday – earthquake, Monday – tornado, Wednesday … locusts?
Okay – as I typed that, we had a pretty big aftershock. WTF
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