BOOM!

I heard it, and Scott's voice at the same time, saying my name, with fear in his voice. We sat there in bed, listening to it and feeling the house and ground vibrate. It seemed like it lasted several seconds, and it was shocking. We asked each other, "what the hell was that??" I got up to peek out the windows, and we turned the tv on to see if any news was reporting on it, but there was nothing but "TV Diner" on NECN. We thought it might have been a tremor, but it felt different- more of a vibration than a shake. We turned over and went back to sleep, wondering what had happened.
This morning, the cell phones started ringing early, and so I got up to check the news and saw the pictures of the huge chemical plant explosion here in town. It looks like no one was killed, that only a few people were even injured, but that a hundred homes were damaged, anywhere from a blown-out window screen to total annihilation. Scott has a deep theological reaction to this all, maybe he'll gues-post here about it in the days to come.
But the good news is we're fine, all safe and set. Onward we march!