Kitty does not like it when the sky falls
So, uh, obligatory Holy Crap it's an Earthquake! post.
There was a big crash. It sounded like our gigantic bookshelves upstairs fell down. Then more crashes. I was confused at first: "what the hell is that?!?" Mr. cheez helpfully pointed out "It's an earthquake!" Oh, right. Duh. We ran to stand by doorways, and watched the walls waving back & forth & felt the floor shifting under our feet.
That was a big one. The biggest one I've been through. 5.6 magnitude earthquake, 12 miles from our house... and not a book fell off the shelf. Not a knick-knack tipped over. The gigantic bookshelves (which we never got around to bolting to the walls) were perfectly fine. The biggest damage so far is that as of this morning, the cat was still hiding under the bed. Poor kitty. The only thing that fell down at all, as far as I can tell, was some packets of photos which landed on the cat bed. Perhaps they landed on the cat, exacerbating the kitty-freaking-out.
This evening, there will be more fish.
There was a big crash. It sounded like our gigantic bookshelves upstairs fell down. Then more crashes. I was confused at first: "what the hell is that?!?" Mr. cheez helpfully pointed out "It's an earthquake!" Oh, right. Duh. We ran to stand by doorways, and watched the walls waving back & forth & felt the floor shifting under our feet.
That was a big one. The biggest one I've been through. 5.6 magnitude earthquake, 12 miles from our house... and not a book fell off the shelf. Not a knick-knack tipped over. The gigantic bookshelves (which we never got around to bolting to the walls) were perfectly fine. The biggest damage so far is that as of this morning, the cat was still hiding under the bed. Poor kitty. The only thing that fell down at all, as far as I can tell, was some packets of photos which landed on the cat bed. Perhaps they landed on the cat, exacerbating the kitty-freaking-out.
This evening, there will be more fish.