A Yawner of an Earthquake

Posted on January 9, 2009 in Earthquakes

The buzzing in the wooden stairs that lead up to our deck was the first sign that there was a happening — an earthquake. The sound worked its way through the doorframe and into the living room where Lynn and I were watching a DVD. I noticed the gentlest of tips of the overhead lamp. For thirty seconds, I heard it moving about the condo, but saw very little. Lynn said that one of the cats bounced about beneath her chair, but I didn’t see it. All in all it was a yawner of a quake, only 4.5.