Earthquake!

We're very behind on posting because this story takes place over a week ago. The Saturday before last Eve told us that she was woken up an earthquake that morning. We didn't feel a thing and we couldn't check the Internet because it was Shabbat so at a late afternoon get-together, I asked those present if anyone knew about and earthquake. One woman replied that indeed, there had been an earthquake that morning and she even knew the epicenter and magnitude. Hmmmm. Someone was online or watching the news, weren't they?

Anyway, it turns out it was a magnitude 4.5 located north of the Dead Sea. No big deal but then I realized that since Eve lives almost directly below us in a pretty valley, she lives in an old unconsolidated stream (or wadi) bed that must amplify the shaking because her building was shaking and books fell off her shelf but we didn't feel a thing.