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Laurie Niles

When the earth shakes

April 18, 2008 at 5:45 PM

Here I am, a visitor from Los Angeles, enjoying the peace and quiet of my sister's home, nestled in the rolling hills of Northern Kentucky, by Cincinnati.

All week long, I've been taking credit for the beautiful spring weather: "I brought you some California sunshine!" I informed my five-month-old baby niece with a smile.

This morning, as I was rolling over in bed, I awakened with a start. For some inexplicable reason, the windows were rattling softly, but insistently. Then, my bed shook, then the entire house shook!

"Rolling hills," indeed.

"You know," I said, as I held my sister's little girl later this morning, "Nobody can control Mother Nature!"

From Jim W. Miller
Posted on April 18, 2008 at 6:50 PM
Today's also the anniversary of the 1906 great San Francisco earthquake. Strange, huh? That's how it goes around here.
From Neil Cameron
Posted on April 18, 2008 at 7:19 PM
Geez Laurie, you were just s'posed to give 'em California sunshine. You were not supposed to give them California geology as well. I think you should apologise to them.

:)

Neil

From Anne Horvath
Posted on April 18, 2008 at 11:06 PM
My Aged P's home in Louisville shook this morning. I called to check up. My Dad missed all the excitement though, as he was on the treadmill, and didn't feel it.

That is what is so awesome about Kentucky:
Earthquakes, tornadoes, plus floods. AND the grass is blue...

From Tara S.
Posted on April 19, 2008 at 12:25 AM
We wanted you to feel right at home, Laurie. :)
From Drew Lecher
Posted on April 19, 2008 at 5:48 AM
Laurie,
I knew you were in a position of power, but you even brought your sunny earthquake up to Chicago.

Now that's a tremelo!!!

From Eileen Geriak
Posted on April 19, 2008 at 1:38 PM
I LOVE tremelos ! ;D
From Ray Randall
Posted on April 19, 2008 at 4:15 PM
Just for you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VUhm9Tggr0

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