Here`s what`s shakin

There was an earthquake in Honduras. It registered 7.1 on the Richter scale with the epicenter around one of the islands right off the coast of my town, El Porvenir. I woke up right before it happened, about 2:30 a.m. The the whole house started to shake and the windows rattled like I was in between two sets of railroad tracks, at one point I thought for sure something was going to bust through the wall. Anyone who knows me knows of my in between sleep and consciousness escapades so just imagine me sitting there half in and half out of what is happening around me saying the whole time, Is this seriously happening? I sometimes hallucinate right as I am waking up and so at one point I was convinced that a wrecking ball was going to come through the wall, I still hadn`t realized it was an earthquke. This was probably lucky for me, I sat there calm as could be, hypnotized by the deafening hum of the earth. It lasted for what seemed like a solid couple of minutes, I didn`t know when or if it was going to stop. Some small aftershocks followed and I came fully to. I felt so alone. I wasn`t quite sure what to do or who to call. The phones were jammed up immediately so I just sat in my bed and listened to the crowds come together in the street. I don`t think many went back to sleep after that, I managed to doze a bit (for those of you who know me well, not a surprise). At sunrise I went through the house to inspect the damage. No damage, just some tousled objects, things fallen off the shelf. At 5:30 a friend from the states texted me to see if I was Ok. When I called him back he told me it was a 7.1! We were without power until a couple hours ago so I had no access to the news to know the extent the earthquake or it`s damage. Luckily, considering the magnitude there was little substantial damages and casualties have been reported as only being a few. Lots of you have called, texted, emailed and such to inquire as to my well being. Thank you for caring that much. I am alive and well and thankful that this natural disaster didn`t cause more damage.