yes, yet another one. It didn't seem too bad here but just reading the news on the internet I saw there are 38 people dead and many more unaccounted for. The main thing with this one, at least for us, was the rain. It started in the early hours of Tuesday morning and rained on and off for most of the day. Then on Wednesday the "real" rain started!!! The winds got up early in the afternoon and didn't subside until the early hours of this morning. The rain actually died down in the early evening. And, as I mentioned, this storm didn't seem as powerful as the last one that hit us when we got hit by 2 in short succession, late August early September (along with the earthquakes.)
We've had a few little shakes recently too - the latest being about 10 minutes ago. But they see to be the short sharp shock local ones. I would guess about 4.0 or less with the epicentre below the house!!! ha ha ha. Ok, not quite below the house but not far. Tell you something I've noticed about the quakes here - they are really noisy. You can hear them coming!!
I remember reading about a quake that hit Mexico in the early 20th Century. The narrator was in El Oro, the then-flourishing mining town not far from Atlacomulco, and he spoke of the noise. I'd never experienced that with Mexican quakes, I've only felt the motion. But here the noise is quite incredible.
But anyway. Just thought you'd like to know we are fine.We're keeping an eye on the typhoon that's heading for Taiwan, because this one (and the last big one that hit Tokyo) were both heading there and took a huge detour. Fingers crossed this one actually decides to go see Taiwan. We've honestly had enough!
Thursday, 21 October 2004
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