As you probably know there have been some weird acts of mother nature going on here in the Northeast. Earlier this week, an earthquake that started in the DC area made its way up to Philadelphia. I was in a meeting at the time in the basement. A lady sitting about 4 feet from me said she could feel the ground moving and after a couple seconds I felt it, too. It was almost like you could feel the shaking traveling up north. Apparently, it could be felt all the way up to Canada.
And today we are in a hurricane watch. Our hurricane threat level is extreme. It started raining about noon, but starting about midnight it's supposed to really go crazy with pouring rain and high winds. There are concerns that the river (that I can see from my apartment window) is going to flood and that the electricity will go out. In order to prepare for my first hurricane, I headed to the store today and got some food. As one can imagine, many people had the same idea. There were many empty shelves at Trader Joe's. I also filled all of my water bottles with water, and tonight I plan on moving my mattress into my walk-in closet to avoid sleeping close to the windows. I'm sure I will be writing a post-hurricane post, so I can let all of my Missouri friends know what it's like to be part of a hurricane.
On a different note, I decided to run with the Philadelphia Runners group today. I have been nervous about going with the fear that I would make a fool of myself. They run 8.5 miles, and I haven't done that in a while. But I ran the whole way with no problems and got to talk to some fun people, so I'll be joining them again in the near future. It was fun!
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