Skyline’s Closet Seismograph

Posted on July 6, 2017 by William Calvin

You might have missed noticing last night’s 5.8 earthquake 500 miles east of us in Helena, Montana–unless, of course, you observed the clothes swaying in the closet.  Actually Katherine first felt it as motion, as if the whole room were moving with her.

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3 Responses to Skyline’s Closet Seismograph

  1. Richard Dion says:
    July 6, 2017 at 1:42 PM

    It woke me up o the 16th floor with blinds swaying rhythmically for 40 seconds or so. clock said 11:34 PM.

  2. Eleanor Widdice says:
    July 6, 2017 at 3:14 PM

    I too woke up to the blinds swaying in every room.

  3. Ardis Shirk says:
    July 7, 2017 at 8:53 AM

    My blinds were up because I had been watching the fireworks but as I turned out the lights before turning in I noticed the rods from the blinds swinging back and forth. My first thought was that it was from the air conditioner blowing on them, but checking that out found that the air from the vent did not flow in that direction, before realizing that it was probably some kind of seismic occurrence. I went to bed and forgot about it until I read this.

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