We just experienced a snow/ice event on Tuesday, (only about 3 inches of snow with 1/2 inch of ice) and on Wednesday morning we were woken up at 5 am by a loud crash that shook the house. We both jumped out of bed, I checked on Pops, who was awake and had no idea what it was. I then checked basement and garage, DH checked perimeter of property (mainly through windows in each room) No idea what it was, we think it might have been a tree falling in the preserve behind our property. If it was, it was a huge tree.
No sirens, so no car crash closeby. No power issues nearby, as we had power. Very unsettling. Needless to say, I never went back to sleep.
Turkey I had taken out of deep freeze was not defrosted yet. I almost caved to order sandwich items, or even leave cash for pizza. To tired to do alot, and have a long lesson day today....would be so easy. But I didn't.
I dug through the pantry, pulled out a jar of pumpkin sauce and a jar of vodka sauce. A bag of made in Italy Penne. I then dug through kitchen freezer, and pulled out bags of prepped onions, peppers and cabbage. That's now cooking up on the stove top with a bit of olive oil.
No spending.
The noise you heard may have been a natural phenomenon called a "frost quake" or a "cryoseism".
ReplyDeletehi Sluggy. You may be correct!
DeleteThat is scary. What was it?
ReplyDeleteProbably will never know for sure, but I like sluggy's idea.
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