Earthquake

Virginia was hit with a fairly significant earthquake a few weeks back.  It caused a panic outside the walls.  Inside, the reaction was a little different.  I didn’t feel it.  I was outside running and praying and oblivious to all that was going on around me.  Guys at school and in the building knew something was wrong.  “The blocks bowed in; the ceilings went up and down.”

The quake set off the motion detectors on the perimeter fence (a daily occurrence here is a guy will throw rocks at the perimeter fence to set the motion detectors off.  Then, they count how long it takes the perimeter truck to race to the spot of the alleged breach).  Within minutes the call went out:  “Rec yards closed; cease all movement; count time, count time.”  Within minutes an emergency count was conducted and we were put on modified lockdown (no rec; no programs).

The earthquake was no big deal in here except for one message it reinforced.  Your life may be regulated and controlled every human way possible, but you still can’t control mother nature.