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. [...]
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 [...]