Shake, Rattle and No Roll

Here's a first, a post with no images. This morning I am laying in bed reading a Clive Cussler book (one of my favorite authors). There was a rumble around 5 and I started to get out of bed when there was a big rumble and you could feel the house react to the noise. It lasted about 10 seconds. I thought it was a truck as it is garbage day. I checked and everything seemed fine in the house, so then I thought of a gas explosion, as I remember one in Westminster when I worked at a newspaper. Shirley asked what it was and then the scanner started. Calls for explosion in the Eldersburg area and police and fire units were looking when the dispatcher came on to say there had been an earthquake. What an experience.