Why I am glad I don't live in California - Reason #52
I am happy that I was not living in California for yesterday's 5.4 earthquake. The epicenter was in Chino Hills, which is the city Layne used to work in when we lived there. Yikes! Apparently the phones were out for a while and then the circuits were all busy, so I know I wouldn't have been able to get a hold of him. I do not miss that part of living in California. Even when they're moderate like Tuesday's quake, you don't know that when you are going through it. And then you spend the rest of the day, and usually the next couple of days, stopping for every little sound or movement that might be an aftershock, or even worse, 'the big one'! The thing that was always eerie to me is the sound that accompanies the quakes. Hard to describe, but there is definitely an earthquake sound.
I am pleased to say that I talked to my folks in both Placentia and Corona, and no damage - but stuff did fall over at my Mom's ~ quite a bit of stuff actually. And Joe said that at work the water sloshed out of the aquarium. Interestingly, the fish continued to swim near the surface of the water after it was all over. I asked him if they were 'swimming' upside down :) but he said no, just swimming near the top. Dont' know why. Hmmmmm......
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OK so I do live in So Cal and yet I was in the car in Las Vegas when this happened. No damage at our house, thankfully!
We were met with a big quake a couple of months after we moved here--9 years ago--and it was kinda cool. Yes there is definitely a sound. I think it's the sound of a train bearing down on you. It's a scary sound. I felt like a rock in a box on my way to show-n-tell with a first grader.
If you knew everything was going to be OK earthquakes would be sort of fun--in the same way that roller coasters are sort of fun. But since you don't know they are scary. But as you said, Tracy it's the after shocks that really scared me, you just don't know what's going to happen but you are very aware that it is going to happen!
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