The earth moved for me

In the North of England there was an earthquake last night. Not big in global terms but big for us, 5.3.

Lying in bed, I first felt the bed move a little, then the tray with my tea making stuff and the chandelier rattled for a few seconds. That was it. I don't know that I could live in California.

Once in Peurto Vallarta on the Pacific coast of Mexico we experienced a quake/tremor and got out of bed, climbed down the emergency stairs of the hotel, saw the water in the swimming pools doing strange stuff and watched the early morning pool staff ignore it totally! Californians staying in the hotel told us later that they only worried when furniture fell over and things started falling off the walls.

I like the ground beneath me to remain still.