Aaaarrrggghhhhh !

I bet NONE of you can beat this for news ?

This morning - we had an earthquake.

How scary is that ?

It was a very windy & stormy night & that was bad enough cos
there are massive trees everywhere & the house is made of
wood, I kept expecting to see an old lady pedalling a bike
very fast past the window with a cairn terrier in the shopping
basket.

Then this morning, as I was contemplating getting up at 0600
there was THE most almighty rumbling, grumbling, crashing & banging.
Imagine when you drive under a bridge which a train is going over
& multiply tenfold.

It went on for about 7 or 8 seconds.

At first I thought Ginger Tom as locked in the tack room which
is adjacent to my room & I lay there thinking 'Stupid cat' imagining him
lumbering around knocking things off shelves & stuff.

When the noise went on a bit I realised there was more to it.

It wasn't until I got up & saw Chris who said to me

'Has anyone actually told you what to do in a quake ?'

that it dawned on me.

'Quake ?' I asked, in a very small voice.

'Yes - that's what it was this morning.

Next time it happens & you are in the house, you need to stand
in a doorway' (strongest part of the house apparently)'

'So-hiding under my duvet is not effective then ?'

'No' he said - kindly.

I knew that earthquakes occurred in NZ cos there are adverts for what to
do every now & then on TV but I had kind of thought they were 100's of
years apart. The last one to do any serious damage near here was in 1930.

Today's was a 5 on the Richter scale, apparently they start 'doing damage' at
7/8.

Mummy.

This week, I will be mostly having earthquakes :)

Cx