The midwest felt something very strange Friday morning, there was an earthquake. I have heard so much about the quake of ’87 or the quake of ’02, but I didn’t feel or just don’t remember them.
I’m only writing this so my own personal account of what happened is out there.
It was about 5:30am and I had just woken up to use the restroom. I had made it back to bed and just started getting comfortable. That’s when the bed started shaking like it never had before. Rachel thought I was going into a seizure, or our cats were fighting underneath the bed. It’s intensity was about the same as my wife and I making love, not enough to scare, but strong.
I was still trying to figure out what the hell was going on by the time it stopped. It lasted a total of about 30 seconds. It’s been recorded as a 5.2 on the richter scale.
I tried to get some sleep afterwards but really couldn’t. Rachel called her mom and started watching TV. Her office view is directly looking at the Geology building, and all of the major Indianapolis TV stations showed up with their satellite trucks. It was kind of funny because each stations’ truck was a different size small, medium and large.
I guess this is a 15 or 20 year event. In the end, I’m glad I’m not anywhere near the San Andreas fault.
I don’t think it was as long as 30 seconds. It certainly seemed that long, but it was more like 10 or 15 seconds :-). I’m glad everyone was safe afterwards. It could have been much worse. Something we won’t forget soon – that’s for sure.