Earthquake!

On Tuesday, we had a "moderate" 5.6 earthquake that shook our house for about 30 seconds, an eternity when you're grabbing onto the door jamb, waiting for the ceiling to cave in. There was thankfully no damage, but Chris and I were worried about Kate at school so I picked her up immediately afterwards. As soon as she saw me, she ran up to me and exclaimed, "We had a quake! The ground was shaking!" Kate seemed completely fine, as did the other kids, but their teacher, Ms. Candice, was very shaken up. She said the children didn't really understand what was happening, but they knew it was serious and did as they were told. They hid under the tables and then quickly evacuated the building once the shaking stopped. Ms. Candice said that Kate even helped her keep all the kids in one area. When we got home, Kate wanted to re-enact the earthquake drill, so Chris and I practiced hiding under tables and holding on. Our 13-year old neighbor said that Kate must've been really scared. Kate overheard her and said, "No, I wasn't scared. I was just SURPRISED. The ground was shaking, and I was SURPRISED." I'm grateful that Kate was too young to be scared. Needless to say, we were very lucky.