And of course....

....we had two, count 'em, two minor-but-perceptible earthquakes in my area. Last night at 11:36 PM, inconveniently jarring me awake as I was trying to drop off to sleep,  and this morning at 9:57 AM while I was at my desk, a mere three miles from the epicenter.  According to the USGS, there were several smaller local shocks recorded in the past 24 hours here, none of which were perceptible. And worldwide, they recorded 30 incidents in the past 24 hours. Isn't science cool?


I've done a little e-hand-holding in the past 24 hours. Note from Mom (residing 150 miles NE of the epicenter of yesterday's quake in Virginia) :

"I don't know how you stand it...I thought I had snapped out of it yesterday afternoon but I hardly slept last nite the sight of the swinging chandelier got to me.and I worried about damage to my new house...leaking roof etc with a hurricane on the way YIKES !!!!!"



In response to my sister's comment that I was probably laughing at them, I assured them I was NOT. They're not used to this sort of thing, of course, it's normal to be disconcerted!  I also sent them the link to the USGS and said to show it to my nephews. It's interesting stuff, to me at least, and I remember drawing volcanoes endlessly with Nicky when he was little.