Andy D'Agorne

If all else fails, pray to St Emidius, patron saint of earthquake protection

Last night we were woken to what at first I thought was an extremely strong gust of wind (it was very windy yesterday afternoon) but soon realised it was a bit more than that as the wardrobe shook and rattled and it felt like the whole room was shaking slightly. After it stopped, I said 'Ive never been in an earthquake before'. However I had to put the radio on first thing this morning to find out whether it was local to just us, our street or wider than that. It was reassuring to find out that it was an earthquake measuring 5.2 on the richter scale, not the Russian, N Koreans or Americans launching Armageddon. 

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