Did you guys feel the earth quake? Heres a copy of an e-mail my sister sent me. She lives in Concord New Hampshire.
Hi!
>
> Did you guys feel this thing? Here's a link to a CNN
> report:
>
http://
http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/04/20/new...ors/index.html
>
> It woke me up at 7am this morning and scared me! My
> bed felt like a boat in
> choppy water, and the closet doors were shaking and
> banging. At first, I
> thought it was a gust of wind, but it lasted for a
> good 30 seconds. I still
> have a stomach ache. One of the cats, Vera, was in
> the basement already, but
> Spanky was sleeping on the pillow next to me. He
> watched me bolt upright in
> bed, then he got scared as the closet doors got
> louder. He didn't have time
> to run and hide because it ended. Then, he went back
> to purring.
>
> Of course I can't purr, and I wasn't sure what to do
> -- run outside? stop,
> drop, and roll? No, that's if you catch on fire.
> Boil water? I thought I
> would run outside, but I decided to brush my teeth
> first -- just in case I
> ran into any neighbors. I looked outside, and no one
> else was there. Well,
> one of my neighbors was doing yard work. Then, I
> looked for huge cracks in
> the middle of road. Isn't that what the news tells
> you? Roads split apart
> during earthquakes, right?
>
> There were no cracks in sight, so I decided to call
> a co-worker who lived in
> CA for most of his life. Of course, he was half
> asleep, and he mumbled
> something like, "Yeah. That was an earthquake. You
> know the rolling kind.
> Cool." Then, he woke up. "Hey! We live in New
> Hampshire! That was an
> earthquake!"
>
> Finally, at 7:30, the news confirmed that most of
> New England felt it.
>
> It's 2 1/2 hours later, and all is quiet, and the
> house is intact. I don't
> think I'd like to experience another one of those.
>
> Am I the first in the family to experience an
> earthquake? Craig, did you
> ever experience one?
>
>
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