Earthquake.

We have just experienced our first substantial quake. I wondered why my chair was wobbling and it felt as if we were at sea. I felt a bit queasy and the pictures onthe wall and the ski passes were swinging. We all looked at each other and realised at the same time what it was. Meg dived on her father, and Robbi got the kids under the table and then Meg changed her mind and shot under a counter. I looked outside and heard Tony shouting to us to get out the house. Our house is so insubstantial that I wasn't worried about anything heavy falling on our heads. Outside, the washing line was swaying. It was pretty weird. No noise came with it.