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Friday, July 26, 2024

Another big one

About 9:28 a.m., there was another strong quake. USGS graded it as a 4.8, but it felt stronger than the one on Monday. I was outside in the chicken coop and ran into the open because the ceiling in that old upside-down cotton trailer is rusty and could easily fall. The barbed wire on the fence was jumping up and down, and that stuff is pretty tight, normally. There was a long rumble after the shaking subsided, loud enough to override the sound of distant planes and vehicles.

I went inside and the cabinets were open, items had fallen off shelves, one little doll broken, and books were knocked over, pictures askew.  I'm going to have to give up straightening them, in light of present circumstances.

Update: USGS had upgraded the quake to a 5. 

Update: upgraded to 5.1. There was a 3.2 right after that one.

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