"When Sperm Whales Attack!”

You mean the ones with legs?? Invisible forces head butting my house? It happened again since posting and it’s weirding me out.

Sure, with legs.  Obviously you’re in an era where aquatic mammalian evolution has stopped.

SE of the Big Island there’s a new island a-borning (Loihi, I think it’s called).  At the moment it’s still a few thousand feet under water, but it occasionally burps and causes small quakes.  You’re not in a volcanic region, as I recall, so what else could it be but large mammals pushing things about?

Ok, ok.  It’s odd that the local news people (tv OR radio) haven’t mentioned it, I agree.

Next door neighbor said it’s the guy up on the hill behind our house. She had to go out and decided to cruise by their house...she had a feeling, she said. He had all sorts of heavy equipment in his front yard. She wasn’t sure what he was up to, but since her husband was a contractor, she’s familiar with heavy equipment. One of the machines was a tamper. She said it would cause the ground to shake when it hits the ground. Although, it’s still a little surprising that it would make our house shake. Seems like a plausible explanation, though. Now we’re really curious what he’s doing up there.

It sounds like your house is heaving mighty sighes.  Maybe this is related to that housing bubble you mentioned?

Oh dear, I hope not.

Maybe it has heard me talk about getting rid of it. I should maybe phrase it a little more kindly....