It's Like Something Paranormal Just Happened to the House...

In the wee hours of Friday morning, Ben and I awoke to the rattling of a picture on our bedroom wall. The continuous banging was definitely out of the ordinary and it made both of us sit up and take notice. We first assumed it was one of the low-flying military helicopters that so frequently pass overhead. Their arrival is preceded by a low rumble and when they fly by the windows rattle. But as we laid there with the picture shaking and the house rumbling no loud helicopter engine noise followed. My first thought was earthquake and Ben matter-of-factly stated "oh just an earthquake". Curious, but more tired... we both immediately fell back to sleep.

When waking up a few hours later, it was the first thing on my mind. Did we really have an earthquake? And sure enough we did! It's interesting and exciting when you live over 150 miles away from the epicenter and you only feel the vibrations. Holden has been searching the internet for earthquake facts. He's bummed he didn't feel it and is hoping for an aftershock.

News coverage has been abundant on this story. As usual the news media blows things up and creates more drama than necessary. As a person who "lived through" the Earthquake '08, I can testify to the fact that it was not as dramatic here in Middle Tennessee as they are playing out. But I have to share this video clip of a news story ran on a television station out of Nashville. The good part comes at the end when a quintessential Tennessean calls into the 911 dispatch to report the earthquake.

Paranormal activity or earthquake... it was all pretty exciting!