Sunday, June 24, 2007

Earthquake

Just a few minutes ago, while I was sitting on the couch with Ali, the house started shaking. We had an earthquake that registered 5.1 in magnitude. I jumped up with Ali, grabbed the charming and beautiful Susan, and stood with everyone in a door jamb. By the time I got off the couch, the shaking had stopped, but we stood there for a few minutes in case of aftershocks.

It turns out that it centered northwest of here off the coast of Trinidad, CA.

Welcome to Northern California.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ah, yes. Earthquakes are one of the reasons Bruce will not consider retiring in California, when he retires, smog and traffic being the other two . . . despite the flowers and the weather that's cooler than southern Arizona.

Southern Cal' had a mild shakeup while my sister and I were in Indio, a couple of weeks ago. One of the more minor ones I've felt in many decades. "Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?"--other than that, how do you like Arcata/Humboldt? I've never been that far north in Calif.

Still praying for you all!

Unknown said...

I know what earthquakes are like. We had one that shook our apartment building when I was about 12. It was in Riverside. Woke me up out of bed. No real big damage. I do remember there was a crack in the building. I'm glad everyone is okay.

Mike West said...

If you're lucky you can make it back to S. Florida before hurricane season is over. :)