Earthquake: prepare with shoes under the bed


RantWoman is a ways into a personal campaign to sleep more.

 
Plus it is summer and the days still stretch long.

 
Part of RantWoman’s campaign is the following admonishment.

 
Sleep

 
In Bed

 
While it’s dark.

 
If RantWoman had been doing that, she would have missed the earthquake or rather a 4.6 earthquake and a 3.1 aftershock, about 2:51 am.

 
We will NOT discuss what time RantWoman actually went to bed or the mid morning nap needed to catch RantWoman up a little past 4 hours of sleep.

 
The earthquake woke RantMom up an hour earlier than RantMom would have preferred even considering her farm girl body clock. Lots of RantWoman’s neighbors just slept through the subdued rumbling.

 
The interwebs were suddenly alight with interest in earthquake preparedness.

 
RantWoman’s tip on that score, gleaned from an actual disaster preparedness professional who knew about foot injuries from broken glass when an earthquake strikes while people are in bed: keep a spare pair of sturdy shoes under your bed. That way, if you need to leave quickly, at least you will have the clothes on your back and protection from whatever might be all over the ground. 

 Word.

 

 

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