Thursday, November 29, 2007

Rocking and Rolling!

Here is our latest headlines:




Caribbean Hit by Earthquake Felt as Far as Venezuela (Update1)
By Kelly Riddell and Steven Bodzin

Nov. 29 (Bloomberg) -- The most powerful earthquake to rock the eastern Caribbean in 33 years struck near the island of Martinique, sending shock waves felt from Puerto Rico to Venezuela. Minor damage and injuries were reported, the Associated Press said.

The magnitude-7.4 temblor occurred at 3 p.m. local time (2 p.m. New York time) 14 miles (23 kilometers) north-northwest of Saint-Pierre, Martinique, in the Windward Islands, the U.S. Geological Survey said on its Web site. The center was about 90 miles deep, the agency said. No tsunami alert was issued.

``The quake was felt widely throughout northern South America,'' Geological Survey seismologist Rafael Abreu said in an interview. ``We're getting tremor reports from Venezuela to San Juan, Puerto Rico.''




Heck yes we felt it! The tile floor beneath our feet moved in a wave motion and the walls of our concrete apt did a little rumbling. We were just hoping the pool above wouldn't crack and flood us out of our place.... luckily it didn't.... I guess we should stop praying for water... we might just get it hee hee!

You never know what is going to happen in a day on St Maarten!!!!!!

7 comments:

Heather B said...

Wow, the adventures you have in the Caribbean! Glad all is well.

Spencer and Mindy said...

Holy Cow! I'm glad that you guys didn't have much damage done to your place....seriously What else could go wrong!
I hope your writing your script for your movie: A day in the Life of Jill....

good luck with all that stuff down there... :)

luv ya! KEEP SAFE and HYDRATED!! :)
SOAKING in the TUB for ya...and you better be soaking in the SUN for me!!

Jamey said...

That's crazy! I haven't been in many earthquakes - that would be kind of crazy knowing there is a swimming pool above you! Glad everyone is safe!

Emma said...

Oh my gosh you guys have quite the stories lately.. I think it'd be okay to have a quiet and normal life for a little while!
Here's to things getting better for you all!!!

Sara :) said...

I saw that on the news the other night and was wondering if you guys felt it where you were at. That's kinda freaky having the pool above you. Im glad you guys are ok.

Julie said...

Wow! Talk about scary! I am glad you are ok. We will pray for you guys! Take care!

Julie

Nadine said...

that would be enough to cause an anxiety attack for me. i'm sorry that i didn't send you an invite to my blog. i didn't give a warning, i just did it and e mailed everyone in my address book. but, apparently i didn't have your address saved. don't worry, you didn't miss much. congrats on the new baby and lucky you, not getting sick. i'm pretty jealous. hope it continues to be a good pregnancy