Last night around 8:00, Beth, Jacob (our friend from Peace Corps. staying the night with us) and I were hanging out watching an episode of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" when suddenly the apartment began to sway. We all looked at each other startled, waited for it to die down, and then it go worse! So we all ran over to the laundry room, which, conveniently, had a doorway for each of us! It only lasted probably 20-30 seconds and the most it did was shake our sliding doors, but it definitely freaked us out.
We immediately got online to look for news and check out our favorite seismology web sites ; ). It took probably 15 minutes before anything was reported, but then we learned that there was a 5.6 quake about three hours from us near Quetzaltenango. From what we read it didn't seem severe, but it certainly got our hearts racing. That, coupled with having to land against 40 m.p.h. winds Wednesday, made for an exciting first week back.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
"5.6 on the Richter Sca-ale!"
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What a strong woman I will be at the end of these 2 years! My children 60 feet below the surface of the ocean? Landing in 40 mph winds? Earthquakes & mudslides? Safe zones and muchos not safe zones?? Ho hum . . . I take it all in stride. And pray like crazy! God is good!
Whoohoo! Maybe you should keep some hardhats nearby.
uhh, I painted my bedroom this weekend. take that for action.
that's crazy!
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