I couldn't sleep so I experienced my first earthquake while awake.
It was a weird thing. Beforehand I noticed that the wildlife outside
was quite loud. Perhaps that's just a spring thing.

I could feel the house shake and the walls were rattling.

It took awhile to confirm the earthquake. My only other earthquake
experience was riding the Earthquake ride at Universal Orlando, so I
really wanted to know if this really was an earthquake.

Flipped around the cable channels. Nothing about it on the channel 17
weather report channel, or on CNN, CNNHN, channel 2, 3...

Then the 5am WICS news came on and they confirmed that it was indeed
an earthquake.

There's nothing at http://www.sj-r.com as I type this.
Any moment now there should be.
Likewise at:
http://wics.com/news/news.shtml

http://www.chicagotribune.com isn't even loading right now.
That's weird.
Can't get in http://www.suntimes.com

Internet access isn't working well right now.

Tremors rattle people awake across Chicago area

By Jason Meisner | Tribune staff reporter
5:01 AM CDT, April 18, 2008
http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-earthquake-webapr19,0,5148529.story

Let's see what Google news can find for us...

Earthquake Strikes Downstate, Tremors In Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS) ― An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.4
struck southern Illinois early Friday, and was felt throughout the
Chicago area.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake struck with an
epicenter about six miles from downstate West Salem, at 4:36:57 a.m.
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/earthquake.downstate.illinois.2.702914.html

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Earthquake In Central Illinois
Reported by: WMBD/WYZZ TV Staff

Friday, Apr 18, 2008 @05:05am CST

WMBD/WYZZ TV - PEORIA -- If you woke up this morning to what felt like
an earthquake, you're not crazy.

http://centralillinoisproud.com/content/fulltext/?sid=18d59844f08ac9158a3826a5bf\
09f53a&cid=7253

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