It is just before 5 am and I was just rattled out of bed. For some reason, I had been up for 15 minutes and catching an "I Love Lucy" rerun. I ran to the window to check to see if the wind was blowing but it was calm. The rattling intensified and Amy woke up. We had two decorative candles fall off the wall and the pictures were swaying a bit. We ran down the stairs to check on the glasses and china. They were rattling but secure. This went on for 15 seconds or so. It seemed longer. Our dog Sadie was freaked out. About 2 minutes later there was a little more rattling. Much less intense. Must have been an aftershock. It was probably a very small quake in comparison to what is experienced in other parts of the world but I've never felt one like that here. I'm waiting to hear news if we're crazy or not.
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It woke me up 4:47am. Could feel it when I stood up. Wow, got the adrenaline going! Items on shelf were rattling. Well, I guess I lived through the "big" one of 2008.
I woke up to a creaking sound of my house and my bed was shaking for a good solid 20 seconds. It was the most eerie feeling... as if some stranger had entered my room and began gently rocking my bed left to right, silently.
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Kudos on the I Love Lucy rerun. I love that show.
I slept through the whole thing, although I just felt an aftershock a while ago.
That thing woke me up from my dreams of having a pet lion! Gretchen said that it was pretty intense down in Edwardsville, and I can only imagine what it was like by Evansville. Crazy freakin times.
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