What Earthquake?

Our work day was short and sweet yesterday. We once again worked together in the Prep department and this time we processed cases of dog t-shirts, if you can believe that. We only worked from 6 AM to 11, and there was an all hands meeting at 9:15 that lasted for over a half hour, so the day went very fast. It is a very different and kind of nice break from our strenuous stowing jobs. We told the management that we would enjoy doing the prep work anytime they needed help, and they indicated that we would be called in whenever they needed extra help. Josie would like to transfer there and work in that department permanently. There is no pressure to perform against numbers there and the work is much less strenuous, even though we are still on our feet the whole day. We'll see what happens with that.

There was an earthquake in Mineral, VA, near Richmond, yesterday that was felt along the coast in many cities. It was a 5.8 quake that was felt in NYC where the estimated force was about equivalent to a 2.0 earthquake. When we turned on the news you would think it was a 9.0 Japan-all-over-again earthquake. They interrupted all scheduled programming to talk about this earthquake - for 1 1/2 hours - that resulted in businesses being evacuated in NYC, bridges and tunnels that were inspected, and all kinds of interviews with people describing the "shaking" from this earthquake. Get a life folks. We understand that it is a rare occurrence in NY, but it's not significant enough to take over the programming for 1 1/2 hours during prime time. We had 2.0 earthquakes about once a month when we lived in the Bay Area, and it was worthy of one sentence on the news. The other thing that bothered us was that they never mentioned what time it hit until a person being interviewed mentioned that he just returned from lunch "about 1:45" when it happened. Neither Josie nor I felt anything at all. She was at the hairdresser, and I was home working on the computer. Also, they never broke away to reporters or reports from Mineral, VA where the epicenter was located. OK. So now NYC is bracing for 1.0 aftershocks.

I sent an email to one of our friends at Grey's Point Camp to find out if they felt the quake, and of course, being only about 100 miles from the epicenter, major shaking was felt. He indicated that people knew immediately that it was an earthquake. They all were surprised of course, but the damage was relatively minor.

Today will be the day - hopefully - that our mysterious leak in the refrigerator goes away. The Tech is scheduled here about noon, so that will be the main activity for the day. We have been placing towels on the floor at the corner of the frig to catch the water and we have gone through probably 6 bath towels since we discovered the leak, so it is not a minor one. Of course, all of the warranties are expired on our rig, so whatever needs to be fixed is on our watch. We have owned the rig for 3 1/2 years and of course, the warranties expire at the end of 3 years. Just like auto warranties - they expire just before you have a major problem.

It is a nice day - so far - so maybe we can enjoy some outside time during the day. Later...