Melinda Morley

Yesterday morning while I was still in bed sleeping being inspired by President Hinckley’s recent talk on anger. (A topic which I have NO problem with, but just read about to help those who do.) Well, anyway, while I was reading, my bed started to move. It jiggled for several seconds. Because I have five children, three of which are boys who tend to enjoy WWFing on  my bed,  a shaking bed is a common occurence. But I was ALONE in my room AND the pull chains on the ceiling fan started to sway and they are not connected in anyway to my bed. (Ceiling vs. floor. Got it?)

 I just knew it was an earthquake. My mom called me thirty minutes later and excitedly asked, “Did you feel the earthquake?”

I smuggly calmly replied, “Yes, I did.”

I know. That is not a very exciting story, but it gets better. Wait’ll I tell you Sassy’s story.

Sassy’s Earthquake Story

So Sassy was sitting at the kitchen table eating a bowl of Captain Crunch, perusing the pages of The Guinness Book of World Records, particularly the page that told the statistics of the world’s largest earthquake. And the table started to shake a little and her cereal bowl moved. Guess what? Earthquake.

She’d better read that book with caution from now on, it seems a little Jumanji to me.

So, have you ever felt an earthquake?

Note: The earthquake took place just over the Nevada border near the city of Wells and registered at a 6.0. It caused a lot of damage there and the folks were really shook up. Supposedly the Wasatch front is due for “the big one” any day now.