The Day A Monster Came Calling

The terrible destructive power of nature is never very far away. We don't like to think about it, but our lives can be taken from us in a heartbeat by the forces of the planet we live on. Yesterday Haiti was hit by the region's worst earthquake in the last 200 years, a 7.0 magnitude monster centered less than 10 miles off the coast of Port-au-Prince at 18.451°N, 72.445°W. This quake was followed by 12 aftershocks of greater than 5.0 magnitude.

The devastation is mind numbing. Initial reports are more than 100,000 dead, with a nearly complete collapse of infrastructure and medical aid. This is one very bad day in Haiti as they begin the long and terrible task of digging out the dead and trying to locate the missing.

I really feel for the people of Haiti. This is the poorest country in our hemisphere, there is no way they will get out of this without a great amount of help from all over the world.

I can't even imagine having to deal with something like that.

Voodoo Magic

We had a crazy, noisy, restless night. Madison showed up in our bed as usual, but this time she started crying and wouldn't stop. She was about to wake up the baby so she was ejected back to her room. She did not like that at all. She eventually ended up back with us, although I have no idea how.

In the midst of this, Jake, who can sleep through a 6.5 pretty well most nights, woke up and blasted through the child gate and didn't stop until he was sitting on the reading chair on the far side of the living room downstairs. I had to go retrieve him and he didn't want to come back.

There was voodoo magic in play, for sure.