Tremor #2 in two days

I don't like this at all.  This time it was during the day so the kids and I all felt it and hung out in the foyer outside the apartment because somebody told me it was the safest place to be.  We watched the pictures swaying and just sat there panicked.  We are on the 9th floor of a building that was not damaged in the 2010 earthquake.  I tried to be the grown-up but I really don't like these things.  Somehow tornado warning sirens seem easier to take than swaying buildings.  Perhaps I really am a Midwesterner at heart.

Jonathan - It was fun but also scary.

Elisa - I didn't even feel it at first.

Renee - It was fun but scary just like J. said.  It felt like a miniature version of those bull rides that try to throw you off.

This one was a 7.1 but was 136 miles from Santiago.  I hope that there was no damage.  I'm sure we'll hear soon.

Ugh.

I just spoke to my brother's girlfriend Yukari who grew up in Japan.   Apparently, tremors were a weekly occurrence.  I guess that I'd eventually get used to it but I wouldn't like it!

The seventh grade social studies curriculum starts with earth science.  They happen to be studying earthquakes right now.  I haven't commented that much on the Chilean education system but in this case I am quite impressed with the level of experiential learning ;-)