I awoke from my sleep to a pretty good rumble. Still dark. Erin called from the next room. Yes, that is an earthquake Erin. It was a 5.0 on the Richter Scale. There have been a dozen earthquakes of at least a 5.0 in the past 12 months, and a 6.7 in April 2012. The strongest earthquake every recorded as a 9.5 in Chile in 1960, which released twice the energy of the next strongest - the Good Friday Earthquake in Alaska, which was a 9.2 in 1964. The strongest earthquake ever recorded in Michigan was a 4.6 in 1947. I'm thinking a 5.0 is enough for my visit.
Today was the day that I picked to go finalize some paperwork at a couple offices. Prior to going I decided to take a run up San Cristobal Hill. There seemed to be a lot of people going on for a Thursday morning, which should have been a tip off. Later, on the way to the offices the traffic seemed to be light. Lots of things are....closed. No paperwork is going to get done today as it is a holiday - Assumption of Mary. There is a 22 meter statue of Mary at the top of San Cristóbal Hill (Cerro San Cristóbal), so that explains the large number of people on the road up.
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