Well, we have survived the deluge of earthquakes so far with the largest being measured at 4.7 on the Richter Scale.

There was a lot of shaking going on, but the damage has thus far been limited to two broken cereal bowls, one broken picture frame, two sets of picture glass broken and several cracks in the paint on the upper corners of the archway into our study.

Several neighbors about two blocks away lost much more with major damage to window glass and cracks in the concrete slab.

The strange thing is that we are several blocks closer to the epicenter of the quake. Go figure.

It has been relatively quiet for the past twelve hours. The dogs are great for-casters, barking or growling several minutes before we can feel the quake and they have been silent for about twelve hours now.

The folks who seemed to have lost the most had lots of "stuff." The worst losses being to those people who had fancy glass fronted hutches with expensive china and glassware inside.

We have stone walls here in this Webb development and the quakes have done some damage to the ones that are lower in height.

The walls are used for terracing, helping prevent erosion and slides. The smaller ones seem to be no big deal, but if not repaired, some folks could have dirt in their back yards or even in their front room when wet weather approaches.

It has been an interesting ride this far.

Y'all take care hear?

Comments:

We have had several here in So. Illinois--5.2 then followed by aftershocks. I'm glad to here that you are fine.

Scary stuff. Glad you're OK.