Sunday, May 17, 2009

EARTHQUAKE!!!

So, I have just experienced the largest earthquake I personally have ever felt. I did feel the San Francisco one back in 1989, but definitely felt this one more. We just had a 5.0 here in SoCal. I screamed, I totally admit it. Brian and I were just sitting here having a quiet evening watching tv when all of a sudden we were shaking and then before we knew it things were falling all over our living room. The rest of our little home was fine, but the living room had the most fallen. One of the pics behind our sofa fell on Brian. Not hard, but it fell on poor Bri. He and Snoopi went out to check on our car and it was fine.
It was so strange. The sound was horrible. All of a sudden we were shaking and I was thinking a car was going to be coming through the wall we were sitting up against. And then, all of a sudden, that is when the house actually moved from side to side in a very jerky manner and our bookselves looked as if they were going to fall. Incredible. I will not be able to sleep tonight. But, we are fine. No one was hurt. Just a little shaken up. I am ready to move out of California now. ;)

5 comments:

Janee said...

crazy, huh! I thought that the washing machine had gone off-kilter during the spin cycle and ran upstairs to check. Wayne said it was an earthquake! Wild. I wondered if you guys felt it stronger than we did. It was pretty strong, but very quick, thank goodness.

Carolyn G said...

You guys OK?? I heard there was ANOTHER one down there!

Julie said...

Yeah we had a smaller one yesterday. I work on the 3rd floor and we all felt it. Collective groans were heard thru-out the office. Funny huh? Crazy SoCal.

Nicole said...

Yikes! Duck and cover. Right? What is the drill for an EQ?

Julie said...

get under your desk. i don't know if i will ever get used to life down here....