This is a new story:   My wife Linda (IMMG Museum) came upstairs from =
our basement last night and said she was sure she felt the earth move!  =
I was standing in front of the fridge, looking at the last two cupcakes, =
 "Should I eat the two cupcakes, or have some nice carrots?  Let's see, =
if I choose the cupcakes, I could eat just one, at 250 calories=3D30 =
mins on the treadmill, or I could eat 20 carrots, and save that 30 =
mins?"  Just as I was pouring a glass of milk to go with the two =
cupcakes, she grabbed my arm, nearly spilling my milk, and proclaimed, =
"I just felt what I thought was an earthquake!"

Here it is in her own words:

But first, the timeline, and these are fairly accurate and true:
01:12:00 Linda felt the earth move.
01:12:15 Linda got up and walked up to the helicorder and noted the =
time, but saw no earthquake signal.
01:14:00 Linda walked upstairs to tell me.
01:16:12 I put down my cupcakes and walked downstairs and saw the =
earthquake begin; about 12 seconds of the signal were already traced on =
the screen.
01:16:01 The P wave arrived in Boise Idaho.

Linda writing:  "I was sitting on the couch in the basement when I felt =
ever so slightly lightheaded and the couch felt as if the ground swelled =
a tiny bit underneath it about 5 or 6 times.  The movement was nearly =
undetectable (I'm sure if I had been standing or moving around, I would =
not have felt it), and the ground swells passed at about the same rate =
as a heartbeat.  I am confident I really felt something because I =
thought to myself, "Huh, how strange this sensation is . . . I wonder =
whether that was an earthquake . . . weird, I thought there would be =
more distance between waves . . . they are actually pretty close =
together, exactly like ripples spreading out in a pond when a stone is =
thrown in; it kind of feels like when we used to sit in our sailboat =
when the wind was quiet and feel the water gently rock the boat."=20

Is there any kind of wave I would have felt before the P wave actually =
arrived?  Yes, I was awake, not dreaming!








This is a new story:   My =
wife Linda=20
(IMMG Museum) came upstairs from our basement last night and said she =
was sure=20
she felt the earth move!  I was standing in front of the fridge, =
looking at=20
the last two cupcakes,  "Should I eat the two cupcakes, or have =
some nice=20
carrots?  Let's see, if I choose the cupcakes, I could eat just =
one, at 250=20
calories=3D30 mins on the treadmill, or I could eat 20 carrots, and save =
that 30=20
mins?"  Just as I was pouring a glass of milk to go with the =
two=20
cupcakes, she grabbed my arm, nearly spilling my milk, and =
proclaimed, "I=20
just felt what I thought was an earthquake!"
 
Here it is in her own =
words:
 
But first, the timeline, and these are =
fairly=20
accurate and true:
01:12:00 Linda felt the earth =
move.
01:12:15 Linda got up and =
walked up to the=20
helicorder and noted the time, but saw no earthquake =
signal.
01:14:00 Linda walked upstairs to tell=20
me.
01:16:12 I put down my cupcakes and =
walked=20
downstairs and saw the earthquake begin; about 12 seconds of the signal =
were=20
already traced on the screen.
01:16:01 The P wave arrived =
in Boise=20
Idaho.
 
Linda writing:  "I was sitting on =
the couch in=20
the basement when I felt ever so slightly lightheaded and the =
couch felt as=20
if the ground swelled a tiny bit underneath it about 5 or 6 =
times. =20
The movement was nearly undetectable (I'm sure if I had been standing or =
moving=20
around, I would not have felt it), and the ground swells passed at about =
the=20
same rate as a heartbeat.  I am confident I really felt something =
because I=20
thought to myself, "Huh, how strange this sensation is . . . I wonder =
whether=20
that was an earthquake . . . weird, I thought there would be more =
distance=20
between waves . . . they are actually pretty close together, =
exactly like=20
ripples spreading out in a pond when a stone is thrown in; it kind of =
feels like=20
when we used to sit in our sailboat when the wind was quiet and =
feel the=20
water gently rock the boat." 
 
Is there any kind of wave I would have =
felt before=20
the P wave actually arrived?  Yes, I was awake, not =
dreaming!
 
Linda and =
Ted