Earthquake '08: Day One

At 4:37 this morning the entire St. Louis area was engulfed in shaking. It was as if the metropolitan area went to the Broookstone store at the mall, sat in the demo massaging chair, and hit the "medium" button. This pre-dawn tremor was centered in Southeast Illinois measured 5.2 on the "shakability ranking" and could be felt as far away as Michigan and Florida. The last time a quake this strong hit the Midwest was in 1968. Incidentally that was the same year the Cardinals were jobbed out of a World Series title. I was, of course, sleeping when the quake hit and continued to sleep until the asshole alarm clock woke me up. The terror I felt once I learned about the quake when I turned on the car radio was non-existent although I was hoping FEMA would swoop in and give me $2,000 and a trailer. As this story develops (which it won't) I will keep you informed because I promise to have the best Earthquake '08 coverage on the internet.

UPDATE: I am still in class.

UPDATE 2: This undate's title was not in bold because I didn't feel like it. As one really on the ball poster has already mentioned, there was an aftershock to this morning's earthquake. I was sitting at home and actually felt it. I guess it could have been the can of beans I had just eaten though.