Apparently there was an earthquake this morning that was felt in the Greater Cincinnati area. The crazy thing is that it was 180 miles away in Illinois. Unfortunately I was already in the car on my way to a leadership meeting for church and I didn’t notice. That is until I turned on the radio to make sure there weren’t any traffic issues (I75 south was taken down to 1 lane from where I get on through the next two exits) and both stations I checked were talking about the earthquake and calls telling about it.
An earthquake registering a 5.4-magnitude 180 miles away in southeast Illinois shook the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky region at 5:37 a.m. No damages or injuries have been reported.
Tremors rocked residents from Wilmington to West Chester Township to Delhi Township in Hamilton County to Bellevue in Northern Kentucky for about 10 seconds, county dispatchers reported.
The quake was centered six miles from West Salem, Ill., and 66 miles from Evansville, Ind. It was felt in such distant cities as Chicago, Milwaukee, and Des Moines, Iowa, 450 miles northwest of the epicenter, but there were no early reports of injuries or significant damage.
The quake occurred in the Illinois basin-Ozark dome region that covers parts of Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas and stretches from Indianapolis and St. Louis to Memphis, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Earthquake tremors reported
WEST CHESTER, Ohio — Drivers in West Chester just couldn’t pass up a good deal Tuesday night. They battled longer than usual waits at the Thorntons on Tylersville Road to get gas for $2.69 a gallon for regular unleaded. That’s about 50 cents less than the average price for gallon. A group from Journey Church paid the difference.
“This truck is so big, I have to spend over $100 the way I travel. So this is going to help me out by about $50,” said Sylvia Stenson, a driver who stopped to fill up.
If you listen closely you can hear the cheeseheads crying…
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Brett Favre has decided to retire from the NFL after 17 seasons. FOX Sports first reported Tuesday that the Green Bay Packers quarterback informed the team in the last few days. ESPN.com said that according to Favre’s agent the quarterback told coach Mike McCarthy of his decision.
Source: Brett Favre Set to Retire After 17 Years
After sending me the link to the above story my wife’s comment was, “Am I stupid cuz I’m really teared up?” to which I replied, “no and I don’t think it makes a person less manly either”. I was actually a little surprised at how bummed out I am. However I find a source of great light in my day… I just got off the phone with American Express and have completely closed my account and as of today - I have left home without it! (Well actually we destroyed the card a number of months ago.) I was given a great offer from our bank to float the account to a much lower rate (for a year) and a lower regular rate as well, with no balance transfer fee. Thanks to Dave Ramsey we are on our way to being free.
So while the sting of Favre’s retirement is still fresh the bliss of AmEx being out of my life is lessening the blow.
Wondering how much of the so called economic stimulus tax rebate will be coming your way. This little app will give you the exact amount that will be on it way to you come May. I won’t go into the politics of this ’stimulus’ (although I think I just did with the quotes) but I would encourage you to do what we are planning to do, stimulate your own personal economy and pay down your personal debt. According to the calculator we should be getting a check equal to almost 1% of our total indebtedness.
Today is the 22 anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
I was in fourth grade on January 28, 1986 - we were in between classes with a study period when the school secretary walked into our room and went to the teachers desk (the school secretary was NEVER seen outside the office, with the exception of the lunch room) where she told our teacher the news and then left. Our teacher then rose and got everyone’s attention and made the announcement. The eight-grade class watched the disaster live on TV that morning. I don’t remember the rest of the school day. But I remember at home that night watching clip after clip of the launch and the explosion as news commentators tried to find someone who could make sense of what happened.
Years later I read parts of the Rogers Commission Report, a couple of years ago in a college course the professor used a memo discovered during the Rogers Commission as an example of a poorly written memo. The memo brought up concerns about O-ring failure and specific concerns about extreme temperatures but the first paragraph of the memo was all fluff about a great site visit and how there were no major discoveries, and then they went into details of some concerns that would become major issues.
I do own a copy of DVD, “NASA, Vol. 2 - Challenger, Disaster and Investigation/NASA, The 25th Year” which covers the Challenger disaster and the Rogers Commission findings. Yes, I am a nerd.
We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and ’slipped the surly bonds of Earth’ to ‘touch the face of God.’