Quakes and aftershocks

We have NOT had an aftershock yet today, so things are definately settling down. It's a good thing , too. To date, there have been two earthquakes and 54 aftershocks greater than 4.0 . There have been countless aftershocks less than 4.0 (hundreds upon hundreds) but there is no registry for those. The registry records anything greater than 4.0 at iris.edu/seismon . There was a 4.7 yesterday, but nothing today. However, some people were getting motion sickness today, just a subtle contant back-and-forth of the buildings.
Sometimes you sense it, but can't specifically point it out. You look at someone else, and they have a strange, quizzical expression as well. That's it. Other times you THINK you feel something, so you look for something like a tiny chain hanging from a ceiling fan, and you'll see it moving, either a fair bit or hardly at all; either way it counts. The mountain we're on is still moving. This afternoon and evening have been like that- a constant moving, and even if the chain stops it's gentle sway, your head hasn't yet.
I need gravol. I feel quite light-headed, but this ,too, shall pass. The gentle swaying doesn't hurt buildings to much. it's the bigger ones that do the damage.
Some cracks are appearing in the buildings. After every aftershock of any significance we go around checking for cracks. i take a small, black marker and mark the beginning and the end. That way you can see if they are growing. So far, thankyou Jesus, there have been no structural cracking in any GLA buildings, just surface cracks. It's to be expected with any building that has been through so much. Drywall would have torn down off the walls in Canada a long time ago. Everything here is concrete blocks mortared together, with a "scratch" coat of concrete overtop to make a nicer finish. As long as the cracks are on a constant 45degree angle, or something close to that, it's no big deal. What you do NOT want are cracks on a perfect horizontal, or zigzagging downward following the concrete block lines. We have found NONE of those yet, as of this time. Please pray that it continues that way.
I spoke with John, Dixie's husband , about the Ft. Jacques project that we described to you in our blog in March of 2009. He no longer plans to go four stories tall. He's too scared for that. Those were pre-earthquake plans, he says. I hope he can figure out what to do.

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