Seismic WHAT!!!!

For a while...maybe 2 or 3 weeks...we have been hearing a "noise" in the house. We had no idea what it was. We knew ALOT about what it was not...it was not very often, it was not very loud, it was not an animal. It sounded like someone was hitting the side of the house with a board or something. A few times we went outside to see if the gate was open or maybe the neighborhood kids were playing on that side of the house. Nothing. We saw nothing!

Today I got home before MSH and was in the bathroom and the noise happened again, except this time it sounded like it was in the attic right above me. It scared me to death. I went and sat in the living room and it happen again and this time it was louder and sounded like it was in the attic right above me. Stuff hanging on the walls rattled it was so loud. I got a little upset and decide to open the back door to see if it sounded like it was outside. I waited 15 minutes and it never happened again. So I closed the door, turned off the AC and sat back down and waited. BAM..it happened again, it rattled the whole house. BAM...it happened about 5 minutes later. This time I got my phone, purse and keys and was headed for the truck. No way was I going to sit in a house that was getting ready to explode or something!! Before I made it outside, MSH came home. He immediately went crawling around in the attic and waited for the noise to happen again. Nothing...of course. He came back down and we turned on the AC (this is Houston and it is June, almost July...we can last for about 6 minutes without AC) anyway, MSH sits down on the couch to wait. BAM...it happen again. At least he heard it!! And it rattled the whole house again. Then it happened again. We could not imagine what in the world was going on with our house. I decided to go next door and ask SW is this noise was happening at her house. SHE SAID IT WAS! I almost hugged her, I was so happy! She said it had been going on all day and was getting louder each time. I was just so happy that it was not something wrong with our house. I called the police (non-emergency number) and they said it was someone doing some Seismic testing. How rude! The could have at least called us to warn us. The call for every other thing that happens in this two house town! I can sleep peacefully tonight knowing that my house is safe and the gas pipeline that runs behind my house is not going to blow up!

Have a great weekend!
Kim (also known as MDB and proud of it!!)