On Apr 19, 1:08=A0pm, "Don's Turkey Neck" <Sum...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Many felt the earth move under their feet
> By TOM LOEWY
> The Register-Mail
> Posted Apr 18, 2008 @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
10:06 PM
>
> GALESBURG =97 Max is a well-feed Pekingese who vociferously barks at
other=
> dogs and any people walking the sidewalks around Anne Moody=92s house at
> 290 Ohio St.
>
> But the little dog who should be smaller didn=92t budge at around 4:40
> a.m. Friday.
>
> > =93I was on the couch watching the controversial Don Imus and the
couch
> > started to shake,=94 Moody said. =93Max never made a peep. But the
couch=
> > was moving and all I could think was =91What else is wrong with me?=92
>
> =93I thought I was having some sort of attack or something.=94
>
> Moody=92s strange experience was shared by others.
>
> Those up early felt the earth move and more than a few folks had sleep
> interrupted when a 5.2 magnitude earthquake rattled tall buildings as
> far away as Chicago and Milwaukee, but appeared to cause no major
> injuries or damage.
>
> The quake stated just before 4:37 a.m. was centered six miles from West
> Salem in southeastern Illinois. It caused no major damage, but was felt
> from Des Moines, Iowa, to Atlanta.
>
> Moody had reason to suspect her health. She is a three-time cancer
> survivor who is still battling the disease in her thyroid.
>
> =93The cancer is not gone yet,=94 she said. =93The radiation has
suppresse=
d
> it. The key is to keep it in my neck.=94
>
> Moody never suspected moving plates.
>
> > =93I just kept watching the show =97 I=92m new to DirectTV and I like
to=
watch
> > Imus in the morning. I just figured I was having some weird reaction.
I
> > have some hearing issues, so I didn=92t hear anything shaking.
>
> =93I didn=92t find out that it was a earthquake until around 11
o=92clock,=
> when I read it on The Register-Mail=92s Website. I was glad it didn=92t
do=
> any damage, then I was glad the whole thing wasn=92t just me.=94
>
> People who contacted The Register-Mail said they at first laid blame for
> the shaking on any number of unusual suspects, including ghosts and
> misbehaving pets.
>
> Karen Kraft immediately suspected a quake when she woke up early Friday
> morning.
>
> =93The first thing I heard was the rattling of the handles on my chest
of
> drawers. Then I felt my bed move,=94 Kraft said. =93My husband had
already=
> gone to work, so I knew I was the only one in the house.
>
> =93I thought it was an earthquake and then I thought to myself =91No
way.=
=92 =94
>
> Kraft lives two blocks from the railroad tracks in East Galesburg. In
> what she called a =93sleep-befuddled state,=94 Kraft thought a train
might=
> have caused the shaking.
>
> =93Or worse yet, I thought maybe one derailed. My house was shaking
pretty=
> good and I got up to look out the windows to see if a train had
> derailed.=94
>
> The 44-year-old Kraft said she remembers the quake of 1988.
>
> =93It happened probably between 6 and 8 p.m. and it seems like it was
> summer, because I remember it was still light out. I remember my husband
> and I were watching TV. I was in a chair and he was laying on the floor
> and when the shaking started we looked at each other like =91What are
you
> doing?=92
>
> =93Then my husband got up and said =91What the heck was that?=92 When I
fe=
lt
> the house move again this time, I knew deep down that it was an
> earthquake. That was a rude awakening.=94
>
> People from all over Knox County =97 and a few from points beyond =97
> contacted The Register-Mail via e-mail. A person who signed as Pat T.
> said the quake offered a welcome shake.
>
> =93I felt (it) in Abingdon and I loved it, reminded me of being back
home
> in Los Angeles =96 I like earthquakes much better than your tornados.=94
>
> Like Moody, more than a few people were relieved to learn the culprit
> behind the shake wasn=92t a supernatural presence or an altered state of
> consciousness.
>
> http://www.galesburg.com/columnists/x317097451?view=3Dprint
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Examine this:
http://quake.ualr.edu/public/nmfz.htm
and shudder. Perhaps the largest and most dangerous fault does not
run through California. Note in particular how close the re****ted
area is to this thing!
http://www.eas.slu.edu/Earthquake_Center/SEISMICITY/newmadrid1975-1995.html
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