Zuzu's First Earthquake

Zuzu's first several months were spent in Northern California.  So, where's her first earthquake?  Virginia!

I wasn't home with her, but Tressa was.  Just like all of the stories, Tressa said that Zuzu felt it long before she did, and began running around and barking like a crazy dog.

Tressa tried to calm her down and then the house began to shake.  She said the walls were shaking and the little chandelier in the dining room and the pot rack in the kitchen were swinging, and it was loud. Tressa was scared.

But, Tressa spent a year doing earthquake drills in California, so unlike the rest of Virginia that immediately ran outside, she knew what to do.  Unlike most people though, rather than get herself to a doorway, she was worried about the animals and decided that they should be in doorways too. Tressa was able to catch Zu, but not Koshka.  She held Zuzu under a doorway until the shakes stopped, and could hear Koshka crying and running into things upstairs.

When it all calmed down, she comforted the animals and waited for me to come home.  She said even Koshka let herself be held, which shows how frightened she was.  Koshka never lets Tressa hold her!

I never felt a thing, but heard about it on the radio on the way home from the grocery store.  When I got home, there were a few things on the ground, but nothing broken, and after some hugs around the house, everything was back to normal.

Now, time to prepare for the hurricane this weekend?!