It was just violent enough and long enough to shake my Texan nerves.
11:42 a.m.
I was sitting at my desk, business as usual.
I felt something.
A little startled, I looked around.
Curtains aren’t supposed to shake on their own.
Earthquake!!
I ran into the doorway as soon as I realized what was happening. It had been shaking about five seconds [...]

Natural disasters: the short list in which I’ve participated throughout my life. I slept through a category one hurricane when I was 10. I went four days without electricity from a blizzard during my last year of college. I’ve lived through several heat waves where temperatures reached up from 110 to 115 degrees for consecutive [...]

4.5!