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All good,man. The painter who finished my office last weekend, and who's stopping by today to pick up his check, is going to be confused when he steps into my office and I complain about his poor work product.

Yeah, glad y'all are OK.
Got a text from our engineer, who was in Philadelphia for a training class, saying that they had a quake and were having to evacuate via the stairs from the 32 floor.

I'm glad it all worked out for you and the entire region.

Does casualty insurance in the area include earthquake coverage? We can't get it here.

You know,that's a good question. I have no idea if it's covered or one of those "acts of God" disqualifiers.

I have renter's insurance for my office and I don't know if I'm covered. I only have drywall repair and paint to worry about and I'm certain I could get the job done for less than whatever deductible I may or may not have,if it's covered.

I'd love to hear the conversation when the National Cathedral is told they're not covered because of a "act of God" exclusion.

Ahhh, the joys of having an indoor dog. Mine pissed on one of my BMW magazines one time!.... little fart.


BTW, that sounds like quite an adventure you had yesterday, Bob.
Is your building going to be OK, for the most part? A shame to see something with that much history get trashed.

Thanks Tim. It looks more a wall repair and paint job but with what happened to the water fountain,maybe there's a problem in the guts of the building. They'll have a structural engineer come out and have a look being that it enjoys a historical museum designation by the city.

I gotta know Bob, did you take the ghetto blaster into work today and play Jerry Lee Lewis "whole lotta shakin going on" at full volume?

btw last good earthquake we had in these parts was years ago. On a Sunday and mom and I had gone to work to give a class on front desk performance.

bad feeling to have stuff coming down off the walls and shelves and know the kids were 7 miles away home alone.

it really is a bit disquieting when something you take for granted everyday terra firma, becomes terra wiggly

The New Madrid fault may wake up from its nearly silent 200 year sleep one of these day, that one caused the mighty Mississippi River to change course in a matter of minutes at the beginning of the 19th Century around 1811 in Mid- Missouri.

That could do a LOT more damage than this east coast one of even some of the bigger west coast one have.

Use you googlefu to check it out

This made me smile like heck.

I can see you chasing those damn dogs all over the house.

Glad you and yours are fine.

The New Madrid and be kind of fun. I must have been around 15 when I felt the last quake from the New Madrid. Widows were shaking, pictures were falling off walls. I went to the kitchen to see my mother holding one set of cabinet doors closed while my sister was keeping the other side closed. The dishes were rattling on the shelves and all my mother could say was, "It's out fault"

Now if you want an earth shaking experience, try being under a Trident in drydock when a nice roller puts waves over the end of the drydock and you can see light between the blocks the sub is sitting on and the sub. That one stayed with me a while.


I am glad all you guys got was a little excitement and no one was hurt. It quits getting fun when someone gets hurt.

Wasn't that quake one of the strongest(if not the strongest) in this country? Of course, in 1811 how would you tell how strong the quake was??

It rang church bells in Boston. The Mississippi flowed backwards for a couple of days. Yep, it was a goon one.

Glad you're okay. Scary.

When it knocks horses & cattle off their feet!