Earthquake!!

Well, people, I have another adventure to add to my list.  My first real earthquake.  Yes, we do get earthquakes in the islands, though they aren't that common.  I was at the hospital when it happened and it was substantial enough for me to seek cover in a doorframe.  

It definitely took one of the nurses by surprise as she stuck her head out of the med room to holler, "Who runnin' down de hall?!"  No, that's not someone running, that's an earthquake!  

The earthquake was reportedly 17 miles below the ocean centered around Little Harbour at Jost van Dyke.  It measured 6.1.  

My patients felt it, but all took it in stride.

I wondered about Pearl, laying in her crate at home, wondering why it was moving all of a sudden...  She never has liked unstable ground, so I'm guessing she was particularly perturbed and especially so if it roused her out of sleep.

But, no fear.  No damage done, just another story to tell...