hoping for the best for our favorite vacation spot on the outer banks
when we moved to dc, i mainly thought about how we were escaping the blizzards and frozenness of chicago. i knew that we would be moving into hot and humid summers. i did not think we would be moving into the reaches of hurricanes (though just the outer reaches so really topical storm). or earthquakes. funny how things go. i’m very glad that irene is visiting us during the weekend and not during the week. Though my work building is built to sway in the wind (which was why it was probably one of the safest buildings in this area to be in during the earthquake), i certainly don’t want to experience its swaying during topical storm winds. I’ll be happy watching it from my house. : )
funny story about the earthquake – I was reading our company news page (how i get to my timecard) and noticed that they had a blurb on the earthquake and how the arlington staff “evacuated as a precaution”. We certainly did not evacuate, as my boss is a geologist and actually did not freak out like the rest of the city who poured out into the streets, which, turns out, is the worst thing you could do. also a bad thing – sending everyone home at once in the middle of the afternoon with transportation at a standstill. The only lasting affect has been my obsession with checking the USGS real-time earthquake monitor. Though today I am obsessively checking weather radar and marveling at irene. I easily got a run in this morning before the rain (which started around 11). So i am happy. Though if we really do 3-5 inches of rain, my trail along the river may not be run-able tomorrow. : (
this morning aiden did a little impromptu science experiment testing what things in our living room are magnetic by trying to stick a magnet to them. it was awesome. he asked why some things are magnetic and I explained that those materials’ atoms’ electrons’ spins were aligned, which makes them magnetic. to which he replied – i have a song about that! (We’ve been listing to the they might be giants science cd again.)
seriously. one of the best thing about having kids in introducing them to science! real science!
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