Natures Alarm Clock

Click on the title of this blog entry to see what woke me up. It is a CNN report about the earthquake that hit northern Japan. I have felt a few minor quakes here before. Those feel odd themself. It seems like your head is shaking a bit, then you have a short headache. But this one was different. I was actually worried during this quake. (and yes, DURING). This lasted a long time (in my opinion). I was sleeping when the apartment started shaking. I work up and being tired I was in bed thinking what was going on. Then a few seconds later I figured it out and jumped out of bed and put on warmer clothes. I thought if I had to evacuate in a hurry, i better have some clothes on. I put on clothes and hurried to the living room to see if I could see things shaking. I also turned on the TV to see what the warnings were. The warnings are in Japanese but they have a map of Japan showing where the quake started. By that time, the quake ended, but it was freaky. This was my first quake that I felt a bit worried about. Oddly enough, I was just thinking last week that i have been here for 2 years and never felt a "powerful" quake. And then there is a good sized quake! Maybe if I think about the fact that I have been here for 2 years and never found a million US dollars!