I would never thought an event lasting 15 seconds would become a highlight of the year, but this year’s earthquake made a big impression on me!
Sure, my West Coast friends doubled over with laughter at the panic the quake caused on the East Coast. The truth is, though, that we don’t get earthquakes as strong as this, and certainly we don’t build our buildings to withstand them. When the photos came back of the damage at Mineral, Virginia there were a number of buildings that became rubble.
As I write this, word comes that a minor earthquake measuring 4.0 rocked the state of Ohio. I wonder if we’ll be seeing more of these with all the fracking that’s now going on.
We could be in for a bumpy ride.