Sleeping under a roof

Yesterday afternoon, there was an aftershock. And then last night, I slept under a roof in Haiti for the first time since the earthquake. Admittedly, it took me some time to set aside my anxiety and fall asleep even though Ned (structural engineer) had already inspected Jacques' apartments and deemed them of sound construction and earthquake-resistant. But somehow, the psychological trauma of the earthquake is almost contagious. When so many are still sleeping in a tent or on the street out of fear, it is hard not to wonder while falling asleep under a roof who is the rational one....