BOOM!
*rattle, rattle, shake, shake*
That was how I was awakened this morning at 6:08 A.M. At first, I thought something had fallen onto our house. Either that, or the playroom had collapsed onto the garage. I went outside, in my pajamas in 20-degree weather, to investigate. Everything looked normal.
Then I thought that perhaps there had been an accident – involving heavy machinery. But there were no sirens, no immediate response of emergency vehicles.
It was pointless to go back to bed, so I decided to check email. And amidst the flurry of neighbors who were also awakened by the sonic boom, we discovered the culprit: a fertilizer explosion in a nursery close to our house. Thankfully the damage was minimal and no one was injured.
I don’t think I’ll ever complain about my alarm clock again.