We just had an earthquake. Early reports are a 6.5 centered in the backwoods of central Idaho. It shook our house in the Boise area, and made the chandelier over the dining table rock.
We also have a bell on a stand out back and it was ringing. I immediately contacted our daughter, and she felt it in Sun Valley.
The west has many fault lines, but in nearly sixty years, I’ve never felt one. There really wasn’t any danger out here in suburbia. We aren’t near any tall buildings or anything. Honestly, I thought it was kind of cool.
Guess I can check that one off my list. I’ve been trapped in Alaska by a volcano, so I don’t need to repeat that one. I feel like I ought to make a trip to see the Northern Lights now. Either that or a tropical storm, but the Northern Lights sound like more fun.
Believe me, the Northern Lights would be much better.
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I wound up on the wrong side of an airplane as we escaped the volcano. The Northern Lights were visible on the off side of our flight.
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Aw too bad. I think escaping the volcano trumps sightseeing the Northern Lights
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Escaping was the good part. It grounded planes all over the north country.
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I can imagine.
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I just saw a headline about that and wondered if you felt it. Was there any damage?
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No damage. It was kind of cool, to be honest. We’re in a single family subdivision so there isn’t any risk from high buildings or anything.
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That’s good. Nice way to look at it too.
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I’ll be happy to never experience a volcano, or most disasters. When we were visiting HH’s brother in San Francisco, we woke up to an earthquake that made pictures crooked on the wall. Wouldn’t want to feel anything much bigger.
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Yeah, this was big enough, but it was an interesting experience.
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Groovy 🙂
We’ve had an earthquake here, can’t remember what it registered, but I was in high school and in the garage. I thought I was about to faint and it took me a moment to realize that it wasn’t me! I also experienced an earthquake in San Francisco when I was maybe 11 or 12. My father told me it was a passing train, but it wasn’t. We later saw it on the news.
Several times, I have been far north enough to see Northern Lights and not once seen them. It’s something I’d really like to see!
See tornadoes plenty. Been in the outside belt of a hurricane.
I’ll pass on the volcano (and mudslides and sink holes) if I have the choice, thanks!
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You’ve had some interesting experiences. I’ve seen some funnel clouds, but none of them ever touched down. It was kind of exciting, then I checked the house over to see if anything fell. After that I told my wife I had something to blog about.
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I had a walking holiday in Iceland many years ago. We saw the Northern Lights many times, they’re worth the effort 🙂
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I’ve been in the right places many times, but never had that experience. Sounds like a fun trip, Jim.
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It was. Thirty years after I went, my daughter went and she loved it as well. I suggest you make it your first holiday when civilisation returns 🙂
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Sounds like a good time.
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It was 🙂
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I would love to see the Northern Lights. Never been in a major earthquake but a few years ago we had some small ones in this area. I was at work one day and felt a little tremor. Turns out it was a small earthquake in a town about 50 miles away.
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There was one that flattened an old part of town about 50 miles from where I grew up. They said we could feel it in Idaho, but I didn’t. We have a lot of fault lines out west, but they’re small. Utah is one place that gets real ones.
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The Northern Lights would be much more fun. I would love to see them in person. We had an earth quake about ten years ago. I felt the building shake, but luckily no damage and no one was hurt.
Glad that everyone is okay.
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Nothing happened here either. The news showed a huge boulder in the middle of a back country road.
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Thought about you when I saw the headlines, Craig – glad everyone’s okay!
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Everyone’s good out here. Just one of those strange things that happens.
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I’ve felt earthquakes and they were kind of cool. But that’s because I was nowhere near the epicenter. I wouldn’t mind seeing the Northern Lights, though. Even managed to work them into a WIP recently.
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That is a neat phenomenon for a story. It can be almost a bit of forewarning because it’s so rare.
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I would love to do something like that with them. Nothing quite so clever this time, I’m afraid.
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Glad you got to experience the earthquake, but without any damage to deal with afterwards.
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That part was fortunate. Thanks.
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Wow! That’s just crazy. I’m glad it was a cool experience and not a devastating one!
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Nothing more than an experience. Fortunately.
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They say it was felt here in Spokane, but I didn’t notice it. I felt quite a few of them when I was a kid in LA County, though.
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You’ve probably had your quota.
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Glad you are okay! Yes, Northern Lights much safer.
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And pretty.
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I can assure you the tropical storms are NOT fun. I’m so glad you’re okay and nothing in the house was damaged.
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Apparently it broke a granite cross atop the Catholic Church. That’s the only thing I’ve heard of.
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Thanks for the link.
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Okay, glad you’re safe but, I’m sorry, you what now? In Alaska? That is chilling (not in a good way). The Northern Lights sound much more enjoyable. I’ve always wanted to see them.
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I’ve done some colorful things in my life. We didn’t even get to see the volcano. It was just beyond the horizon and so cloudy we couldn’t make out much. There was so much ash in the air it grounded planes from coast to coast for about a week. Yesterday was all about earthquakes, and I can claim that experience.
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Truly. Horrible. I would not want to be somewhere with that much ash in the air.
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