SHAKE, RATTLE, AND ROLL

So as everybody seems to be aware, we got hit with an earthquake here on the East Coast.  It certainly can't compare to the type of quakes that commonly plague the West Coast and other parts of the world, but it was still pretty startling.  Though it only lasted a mater of seconds, if you have never experienced one before, it can be pretty horrifying.

I was in my basement at the time it struck.  With earthquakes being such a rarity in Pennsylvania, at least the kind you would actually be able to feel, I had surmised four different scenarios in my head before determining it was a quake.  My first inkling was just one of unease, like the feeling you get when someone is sneaking up behind you.  Then it moved from a feeling to an actual belief that someone or something was in the house, be it an intruder or something supernatural.  (LOL, now I know how it must feel to think you've been paid a visit by something from outer space.)  Once I realized that an invader was not possible, I jumped to the next scenario.  Everything from, had my deck collapsed to did a gas leak cause an explosion somewhere close by??! When the shake, rattle, and roll continued, I soon figured out it was an earthquake.  I watched my plasma TV rock back and forth on its pedestal, my barware cling, and my heavy sectional sofa bounce around like it was apart of the seating at the IMAX theater at Universal Studios.

I have lived in Pennsylvania my entire life and can only recall one other earthquake which was so mild, that most didn't know it had occurred until they read about it in the newspaper.  So it was pretty unnerving.  Especially following my discussion yesterday about the push we are feeling.  Even if you are not someone who believes we are headed on the path of destruction, I don't know how you could be alive today and not recognize the extreme changes in our weather and atmosphere.  I am absolutely baffled when I hear people dispute the legitimacy of theories like Global Warming.  I am stultified that anyone could believe that we could continue to deforest our land, erode our ozone layer, eliminate native plants, animals, and insets, pollute our airways, pollute our waterways, multiply are population at an alarming rate with no regard for the availability of necessary resources, and practically spit in the face of God and all his creations, and not suffer any consequences!!

All I can say is that today's events reinforced the notion that we are all being pushed toward something.  I am not typically one who runs around screaming "the sky is falling, the sky is falling!" but I definitely believe the Earth is trying to grab our attention.  I know this.  What a shame that so many people are too busy texting on their phones and blogging ;-) to also notice!

"Someday perhaps change will occur when times are ready for it instead of always when it is too late..." -Shirley MacLaine