EARTHQUAKE!

So Sam and I were awoken at 7:08 on Sunday morning, not by the sound of our alarm clock but by our bed shaking violently. We both just looked at each other and were like, "Is this an earthquake?" Well, it stopped shaking and we went back to bed! Hey, I'm not very bright in the mornings! Well, then we experienced another one, and this time Sam got up and went outside to investigate, and when he returned inside the power went out. So we just kinda sat there and I got up and started making some calls. I was supposed to sing that morning, so I wanted to know if we were still having Church. Ok how ironic is this... the song that I picked out 2 weeks ago was Till the Storm Passes Over. I kid you not! Anyway, we found out that we were still going to have Church, despite the lack of power, so I started to "get ready". Do you know how hard it is to tame curly, poofy hair with no electrical products! So I opted to a headband, and threw the rest of it up. I figured, Hey the power's out, no one will really see me. :-) By this time it was raining tons, and we make it to Church fine even with no working traffic lights. So, we had church, both morning and evening services, by flashlight and candle light. Sounds fun huh... well it would have been if it wasn't so incredibly HOT and MUGGY! I don't think anyone read the bulletin; they were just used as fans! Now I know some of you have to deal with snow already, well we had the opposite. Extreme heat, and no AC! Anyway we survived, nothing of ours was damaged, and we finally got power, and AC (PTL!), at 3AM! Needless to say I did not sleep well, I'm a snuggler (with the blankets!) and that was totally out of the question last night. :-) I know some of you tried to call, but all the phone lines were packed and it was hard for people to get through, so I'm letting you know we're ok! I got some pictures for our local newspaper, and I thought you guys might want to see them. Enjoy!

"THE 6.6-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE RATTLED HAWAII JUST BEFORE 7:08 A.M. YESTERDAY, FOLLOWED BY A SECOND, 5.8 TEMBLOR AND DOZENS OF AFTERSHOCKS. THIS SEISMOGRAM WAS TAKEN AT THE "STEAM CRACKS" SEISMOMETER AT HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK"

~The Honolulu Star Bulletin

Some of the major damage included a 10- by 30-foot section of a highway that collapsed

And combined with all the rain, it also caused some land slides