Tremors

And not the amazing Kevin Bacon movie. Today I was awoken to a tremor here in Lima that registered "5" on the Richter scale. Quite the way to wake up, I must admit.

I was sleeping soundly, then all of a sudden, "Salgan!!!" Now I would say I speak Spanish at least with a mild proficiency, and I know that "salgan" is the command form of "Leave" or "get out" but I coudn't put two and two together. So my host mom started yelling, "Temblor, Tomas, salga." Honestly by the time I got out of bed, put my pants on, and ran downstairs and outside, it was over. It was a bit dissapointing I must admit. Although the tremor itself was almost like sitting on one those cheap vibrating beds, (not that I have used one) but I would equate the experience to that. Nice thing was I didn't have to put any money into a machine-this was totally free! Thank you mother nature!

I am gonna start carrying my camera everwhere, hopefully I can get caught in a full-blown earthquake, video tape it, and then Brian Williams will talk about me on the Nightly News. Or I will get crushed by a falling window, either way...it's win win for Tomas!!

t~