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To: Bella_Bru; error99
Howdy, Bella- all's quiet here in Brunswick- the dog got me up to go rat hunting at 3:00, and we didn't even hear a rumble... FWIW, about a year ago there was a small quake in another state, and we did hear what sounded like a very heavy steel plate being dropped on concrete when it happened. The windows rattled then, like they do when a sonic boom passes over the house.
138 posted on 04/29/2003 3:17:46 AM PDT by backhoe (Just an old keyboard cowboy, ridin' the trackball into the sunset...)
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To: backhoe
Hi, Backhoe!
It woke me (and Mrs. error99)up right at 5:00 a.m.
It was not anything major, it was more surprising than anything else.
It took a few seconds to even realize what was going on.
The bed was shaking, kind of like when someone climbs in or out.
All of the pull-handles on the bed room furniture were rattling.
I was (from slumber) trying to figure what was going on.
I got out of bed and stood up, and the floor was shaking slightly - kind of like a slight bouncing up and down.
I was on the 3rd floor of a wood-framed structure.
It is built with long wooden trusses.
There is quite a bit of 'bounce' built in.
It was most like what happens when someone runs through the house.
We did not 'hear' any roar or anything like that.
Two kids are home and they both slept through it.
Dogs and cat did not seem to care, either
(except for wondering why I was up and did that mean it was time to eat?).
The whole thing lasted maybe 30 seconds - hard to tell for sure.
Quite a novelty event.
Local news does not report any damage or injury or anything like that.
Quake was on the Alabama Georgia line, something like maybe 75 miles south of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Thats maybe 100 or so miles away from me.
150 posted on 04/29/2003 3:30:39 AM PDT by error99
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