I never heard of Mineral, Virginia until yesterday afternoon. Even though I was born in Danville, Virginia and have driven through most of the state over the years, Mineral was a town I'd never visited.
I got a surprise around 1:51 PM yesterday when greetings from Mineral came knocking on my front door and shaking the whole house in the process. I had just finished mowing the lawn and taken off my sweaty clothes. I was standing under the bedroom ceiling fan that was set on high to cool off a bit and my legs began to feel a bit wobbly.
It took me a few seconds to realize the whole house was shaking. My house shaking isn't too unusual here in the Big Town of Savage. BToS is close to valuable rock deposits and occasionally there'll be an explosion where they're digging and I'll get a quick shudder of the house.
Typically that type house movement is quick and I might hear the noise and things are normal again. In this case there was no noise just the house shaking, which seemed to go on for an interminable length of time. I understand it was only 10-15 seconds, but it sure seemed more drawn out to me.
Other than the floor moving around beneath my feet, the only thing I noticed was the 32" flat screen TV on my dresser shaking back and forth. About the time I thought it might fall to the floor the whole event was over and the bedroom went back to normal.
I put on some dry clothes and checked out the house for any damage...none that I could find. Then I got a phone call from neighbor lady wanting to know what happened and if all was ok. And that was the end of the episode for me.
I must say that the most excitement I've had after the whole experience was this morning in the checkout line at Sysco Discount Food Center. Checkout gal and I were talking about it, then the ladies behind me got involved and I walked out with my two bags, still laughing at their comments.
Hope you weathered the visit from Mineral, VA as well as I have,
JD
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