Tuesday, January 05, 2010

I'M ALL SHOOK UP--No, I'm not ELVIS!

TUESDAY, JANUARY 05, 2010 At 1:08 last night there was an earthquake just two miles from our house registering 2.9 on the Richter Scale. Judy and I jumped out of bed and Jim came running up from downstairs. Following is an e-mail exchange between Cousin Sherilyn and me. It starts out with her response to a joke e-mail I sent her about why women can’t sleep: (Sherilyn) “This explains a lot. (The joke) Thank you very much! Speaking of not being able to sleep, did you feel the earthquake last night? The radio said it was felt in Lehi and Eagle Mountain, but it sure woke Marlon and me up. Exciting stuff!” (Me) “Wasn't that a humdinger? It was on the west side of Redwood Road maybe a 1/4 to 1/2 mile south of Smith’s (Market). We shot out of bed and our son Jim came running up from downstairs. Judy wondered if someone had run into our house. Jim was able to look it up on the internet within minutes of its happening at earthquakes.gov if I'm not mistaken. Interesting how fast they could do that.” (Sherilyn) “And Angie slept clear through it! Innocent child! It's amazing how quickly the information can get out! Even faster than ‘tell a woman’!”