earthquake and hurricane

so, somehow we managed to have an earthquake and a hurricane in the same week!

henry and i were playing in his room on mon, 8/22 when his room started shaking violently. i thought a helicopter was landing on our house but was also very confused - henry didn't seem to notice - i tried to call steve but our cell phones didn't work - a minute later my aunt nan sent me a text "we had an earthquake - we are ok" - then got another one from my mom that she had an earthquake in williamsburg while in a shoe store - turns out that mineral, virginia was the epicenter for a 5.6 magnitude earthquake - first one i have ever felt - very odd feeling!

then 5 days later, hurricane irene hit the outer banks, nc....we lost power for 2 full days and people in our area are STILL waiting for electricity - it damaged our corn maze and pumpkin crop but overall, we faired ok