earthquake!

as everyone has heard, we got rocked pretty hard with a 5.8 magnitude earthquake today!  i've only over felt one other earthquake down in richmond when i was in college.  that one was a mere 2.something.  a baby if you will.  i know california people are probably laughing at us east coasters, but for us....this was BIG!  

the whole quake lasted about 30 seconds.  the first ten seconds my coworkers and i were puzzled as to what was happening, but then when my line of sight was bouncing up and down i realized it was an earthquake.  once the floor stopped moving i headed right for the doorway.  i at least remembered that's what you were supposed to do from elementary school i think!

the lines were nuts and we couldn't get through to anyone.  we were all okay though.  i finally got through to school to check on all the little ones.  graham, in classic dude style, was sleeping during the whole thing.  ha!  it was actually nap time for all the kids, so only a few were awake and playing to feel the quake.  probably a good thing!

this will definitely go down in our history book as the biggest earthquake we've ever felt!