And The Earth Shook

We had an earthquake here tonight---a 5.6. Not enormous but definitely enough to feel. It was the first one that any of my kids had felt--the youngest was a bit freaked out but the two older ones thought it was quite cool. Um...I don't know if cool is really the word that comes to my mind but it's a bit awe-inspiring. You think that surely it's done now but no...keeps going. Anyway. No reports of injuries anywhere or damage. Wasn't the big one....but a little reminder that it could come someday.

Which brings me to survival methods. There's a theory called "Triangle of Life" which is interesting and possibly life-saving. Unfortunately, it's been discredited by the American Red Cross. They strongly hold to the "Drop, Cover, and Hold On" method. It's a mystery for sure. When the big one hits we're going to be running back and forth underneath stuff, beside it, in the fetal position, under a doorway....who knows. I just hope when it hits I'm visiting the east coast or something (where I'll likely be caught in a tornado or blizzard or some such thing). Most of us prefer the catastrophe we know, I guess.

At any rate, a little reminder that life is unpredictable and uncertain and that we're definitely not in charge--no matter how much we might like to think we are.