We made it back home in time to watch the end of the LSU-Alabama football game, then stayed tuned afterwards for the local news. That's when they announced there had been a magnitude 5.6 (?) earthquake east of Oklahoma City, and said it was felt as far south as Dallas. (I didn't feel a thing.) As things turned out my daughter Kristan and her husband Chris were in nearby Norman, OK to attend the Texas A&M-Oklahoma
They were back in their 6th floor hotel room when the earthquake hit. Chris was lying on the bed watching TV and Kristan was in the bathroom removing her makeup. She told me she had to brace her stance and hold on to the door frame to keep her balance, and Chris thought for a second he was on one of those vibrating beds. Chris said he was prepared to stay and try and get some sleep, but Kristan was nagging him mercilessly wanting to pack up and leave town. Naturally she won, so at 2 AM they checked out and headed back to the civilized side of the Red River. Everyone is home now safe and sound, thank goodness.
That was my weekend. Not the "same old" for sure. ;)
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I'm surprised that no one has written anything about it! I mentioned it in FB but didn't get many replies and no one has been blogging about it. I would understand if it was in California, but OKLAHOMA???
ReplyDeleteI, too, was surprised to hear about a quake in Oklahoma. Glad to hear that your loved ones are okay.
ReplyDeleteThey seem to be popping up everywhere these days.
ReplyDeleteEarthquakes scare me, or at least I think they would...never been in one.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the theory that I have been hearing about, that all those earthquakes that have been happening in OK are related to the fracking when drilling for gas? Wonder if there is anything to it.
True Peeper. We've had many small quakes just south of Dallas that geologists have studied and attributed to fracking. But OK is probably the last place I'd expect to have an earthquake. Who knew?
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