Earthquakes

I've got earthquakes on the brain the past several days. First, I've been reading the "Left Behind" series, in which one of the seals opened is a massive world-wide earthquake. Not even two weeks ago, we had a moderate earthquake here, which is rare. I've only felt one other one, back when I was a teenager. Then my brother tells me his area has been having literally hundreds of small quakes per day. Every so often they have a moderate one, but they all feel strong to him because he is two miles away from the epicenter. I've been worrying for him, and have been checking out the USGS website several times per day to make sure they haven't had "the big one", as seismologists are predicting. Last night I had a dream that my daughters and I were at Wal-Green's, and a huge earthquake occurred right here. That isn't likely, but it just goes to show that they've been on my mind too much lately.

The positive out of all this earthquake worrying is that my daughter and I have been learning a lot about them. We are learning about the layers of the earth, plate tectonics, fault lines, the different types of quakes, and volcanic activity. So lots of impromptu science lessons.