Aftershock! 3.1 Magnitude: the Old Dominion is still shaking

 

There was another after shock late last night, around 11:21.  This time the quake registered 3.1 on the Richter Scale.  Are we turning in to California?  We have summer in March and earthquakes.  The world is turning upside down.  I am waiting for hordes of grasshoppers and for it to rain frogs.

Have you looked at buying earthquake insurance?  I have.  It isn’t what I had imagined.  I expected if an earthquake hit my house, the damage would be covered and the deductible would be what it is for any other disaster, frogs, hail, wind, etc.  Such is not the case.  There is a huge deductible, usually in the thousands.  It also isn’t cheap.  I guess if your house falls down on you then its worth it but then you have to think of the probability.  If this aftershock stuff keeps up though, I might have to change my mind.  I had said no. 

Does anyone have any information or experience with  earthquake insurance?  Do you think that it is worth it?   The Haiti earthquake wasn’t in a predictable area either was it?

Freeze Warning Tonight

From the Washington Post:

Just 48 hours ago it was in the low 80s, but in another 30 hours, temperatures may dip near or even below freezing in the metro region. The National Weather Service has issued a freeze watch late Monday night into early Tuesday morning everywhere in the greater Washington, D.C. metro region except for Calvert and St. Mary’s county – due to the moderating Bay waters.

Temperatures are likely to dip to about 31-34 inside the beltway and and east of town, but 27-32 west and north of the beltway.

Impatiens are greatly at risk.  The pansies that have survived the winter will be fine.  Daffodils will be ok, if there are any left.  I am not so sure about the tulips and hyacinths.

We are really in uncharted territory this spring.  I have blue bells in front of my front porch.   The latest last freeze was April 29, 1874.

Will fruit trees be damaged?  How about the non-fruit producing flowering trees?

The Bluebell Festival will be held on Sunday, April 15, 2012 at Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management Area in Prince William County, Virginia.   I hope there are still bluebells left.

Oooops…look what I just found!  Why it’s Charlie Grymes giving us the inside story on Merrimac Farm and whats planned for the festival this year.

Bluebell Festival at Merrimac Farm from Elizabeth Lockard on Vimeo.