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Originally Posted by Sukoshi's Mom  Glad it sounds like all my SoCal friends are ok.
I was driving home on the freeway when the quake hit, and it threw me onto the shoulder of the road. I thought I'd had a blow-out, but when I saw 2 other vehicles pulling to the side of the road, and 1 man actually got out and walked around his car to check his tires, I knew it was NOT likely that we'd ALL had a blow-out at the same time! That's when I heard the breaking news on the radio. When I got home, we had broken oil and vinegar bottles all over the kitchen, living room, and dining room floors (those bottles with fruits and veggies in them that you sit out in the kitchen for decoration...and MAN...the glass flew everywhere). I finally got all the glass cleaned up (I HOPE) and cleaned the floor with bleach where the dyed oil had stained the floor, but the house REEKED of vinegar!!!! It's finally going away now. The salt water from the fish tank (a 240-gallon tank) went all over the carpet and nearby furniture, and it actually moved the heavy wooden top cabinet piece OFF the edge of the fish tank...crazy! We still have a LOT of stuff knocked over, thrown out of place, drawers open, etc., but I'm working on getting all that straightened up before I go to bed. The girls were going crazy when I got home (luckily I was on my way home anyway when it hit), and a bunch of stuff had fallen off the shelves in their room too. Luckily it's all small stuff and Hello Kitty stuffed animals, so nothing that can hurt them! Mapquest says we're less than 5 miles from the epicenter, so our damage could've been much worse!! This was my first experience with an earthquake, and hubby tells me to be glad I was driving because I would've been FREAKING OUT had I been at home to really "feel" it. He knows me so well!!! |
Wow, Lisa, you had a lot going on. I'm glad you all are all right, but what a mess.
They evacuated the courthouse for safety precautions, and since we were done, I went home. I worried the whole way home about the girls -- and my family, of course, but I knew they would be okay. When I walked in my room, I woke them from their nap. That was about 40 mins. later. It's very disconcerting when you can't get a hold of anyone because the cell phones aren't working. Now, really, what good are they (the cell phones)?