Today there was an earthquake off the coast of American Samoa in the Pacific Ocean. The earthquake resulted in a tsunami that killed people and damaged property on American Samoa and Samoa. The total number of casualties has not yet been determined.
I remember a small earthquake north of New York City in the 1980s. I was visiting my family on Long Island. At around 5 in the morning, we were awoken from our sleep by a rumbling sound from below. My father had the impression that it was from the oil burner in the basement, so he got up, turned the oil burner off, and went back to sleep. When he got up a few hours later, he called the oil burner company to ask for a repairman. The customer service agent informed him that the noise we had heard was an earthquake. We were astonished. That was the first and only earthquake I have ever felt, but my brother and his family have experienced a few small ones recently where they live in the New Jersey Highlands.
Anyone interested in earthquakes can learn about them at http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
2 comments:
Professor,
This is a great idea for an ESL blog. Looking at your blog gives me some topic ideas for my own blog.
-Kathleen
I remember hearing about that earthquake but I think I was just a child and have no memory of it. I do remember playing crazy eights during Hurricane Gloria.
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