[Maximo]

Originally Posted by yorkiefan_

One of my friends was in the apartment in Northridge from that famous photo of the apartment building crushing all the cars. I can't imagine what crawling out of that was like for her.

That poor girl! She is lucky to be alive, but I can imagine how traumatizing that must have been.

Originally Posted by mimimomo

Holy cow, the Northridge EQ was hella scary! My friend from high school was attending Cal State Northridge that time & she was on the toilet! I was driving, coming back home from a B-day party & thought I had a blown tire. My bff was w/me & we thought it was the end of the world. We were on the 101 freeway & saw the transformers blow/ explode, light up the sky & it went completely dark. We pulled over, cried hysterically & prayed loll, the cars were whizzing by us like nothing happened, so we drove us home.

Terrifying! The first quake I experienced at school in CA, one of my roomies who was with me had lived through the really bad one in Mexico City. She was in tears as our dorm jumped up and down.

Originally Posted by mimimomo

Yup, sad as it sounds, nowhere is safe...the sinkholes were on the other opposite sides of the street, but close by, just up & down the street. There was a lot of water flowing bc there was mud on the driveways. If a power line came down, very dangerous!

I wouldn't know how to handle all 4 w/out them running away, that would've been a nightmare. I did think, 'what if the front door opens & they run out?!' but it didn't. The morning after, they all wanted to go out in the backyard, they seemed to feel safer out there than inside w/all the aftershocks. I felt comfortable w/them out in the back bc it's a very secure fenced in yard & I stayed there w/them. But even then, I kept checking that the side doors were closed. Good thing is, they have a pool & there's no cracks & just a tiny bit of water splashed out when I checked that night.

I did see on the news of an apt building in Fullerton that had gaping cracks that went along the whole side of the building & the tenants were evacuated. They all got a notice this morning that it was ok to come back. I think my uncle's house will be ok, they'll just need to re-spackle the hairline fractures & re-paint or replace the dry wall if need be, I hope so!

I wasn't thinking earlier -- you have 4 and only 2 arms! Yes, gathering them all up to go outside would not be an option. Thank goodness the door didn't open and a window did not break.