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Dear RaeS...............

We used to live in IL and experienced those feelings.  I always ran for my babies, ready to rescue  them.  Now those babies are 42 and 39 and they can rescue their babies.

Please be careful, Sweetie.  May God be with you.

posted by MaggieMae on August 3, 2007 at 9:08 AM | link to this | reply

Hello Strat, Thank you and Welcome Back

posted by PoetRaye on August 1, 2007 at 7:01 PM | link to this | reply

Thanks, OTA

Tremblors tend to make one shaky..I've experienced three strong enough to do a duck and cover dance and several small ones that just rattled a few glasses and nerves.

posted by PoetRaye on August 1, 2007 at 7:00 PM | link to this | reply

Thank you, La Paloma

Reads a bit chilling to me this evening..

posted by PoetRaye on August 1, 2007 at 6:54 PM | link to this | reply

Very nicely put together, Rae -- all of these!

Catching up here -- been away a little while...

posted by strat on August 1, 2007 at 12:14 PM | link to this | reply

Cool.. I like this

Very cool use of history. Ive only felt an earthquake one time.. that was enough for me..~Peace, OTA

posted by OTA. on August 1, 2007 at 1:00 AM | link to this | reply

Raes

This is so beautifully written!

Cheers

posted by La_Paloma on August 1, 2007 at 12:53 AM | link to this | reply

Hello Mary, Thank you, Dear Friend

posted by PoetRaye on July 31, 2007 at 9:13 PM | link to this | reply

RaeS - That is a mighty river indeed. Nice work.

posted by FoliageGold on July 31, 2007 at 3:19 PM | link to this | reply

Nicely stated, Irish - Thank you

posted by PoetRaye on July 31, 2007 at 11:11 AM | link to this | reply

One of nature's rages I've thus avoided - major flooding

Thanks much, Tony!

posted by PoetRaye on July 31, 2007 at 11:11 AM | link to this | reply

Raes....great description, wonderful with powerful detail

give vision to the force unleashing....well done.

posted by Irish3 on July 31, 2007 at 9:38 AM | link to this | reply

Hi Rae - so that's it - apart from the 1800s title, I thought it was about

the much more recent overflow. As indeed it could be. Interesting and with the usual great turns of phrase.

posted by Antonionioni on July 31, 2007 at 8:50 AM | link to this | reply

Crashing outta my chair again..lol..not such fun, that way..

Hope not! Thank you, Darling Ted.....Hold me tight, I'm a scaredy kat, Gramps...:)  Not really; don't think about it much until the earth quivers a bit.

We frequently have slight tremblors; this area is atop the New Madrid crack up (lol) plus we're the lucky, local dwellers on recently discovered and much closer to home fault zones. I think there is a web site and/or phone number for reporting if a person believes they felt or heard one - I guess they measure or check something on their equipment. The last somewhat major earthquake (almost a 6, I think, 2 years ago) was centered in a lake on private property, about 10 miles away from here. That epicenter caught the experts by great surprise...Land of Shaky Grounds here.

posted by PoetRaye on July 31, 2007 at 8:12 AM | link to this | reply

Re: Thank You, Dearest One..

Sounds as if you may literally get knocked offline for a while...do be careful out there...will watch the news for any report of activity in your area...

posted by _teddypoet_ on July 31, 2007 at 7:57 AM | link to this | reply

Thank You, Dearest One..

Your words warm and fulfilling..I think we may have had a very slight roll of earth earlier; triggered my thoughts back to the really "Big One" that occurred on these fault lines spreading, when the Mighty Mississip changed direction for a period of days, I believe. Sometimes, I'm super sensitive to the conditions beneath my feet; have known an earthquake was beginning minutes before anyone around felt or heard it. Maybe I am part cat - meow...lol. Maybe I better huddle in a doorway or under a table - kind of spooky, those unpredictable shifts. Joking about the doorway/table, I jump pretty swift and can manage pulling kids, old people, the good china, my mirrors, etc. along with me...ROFL - Rumble..

posted by PoetRaye on July 31, 2007 at 7:43 AM | link to this | reply

Mysterious mastery, Mississip...

Really well-done, Fine One...

posted by _teddypoet_ on July 31, 2007 at 7:26 AM | link to this | reply