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Yes, there was an earthquake. It was initially rated at 5.8, it was downgraded after study to 5.4. The epicenter was in the Chino area, about 19 miles southeast of here.
Yes, we're fine. One customer fled the store when the earthquake hit. Most of the books fell off of the book wall, a card rack fell over, some pottery and kachinas went skydiving. The pottery all survived intact, the two kachinas that broke have already been repaired, and while the picture of Dad fell on his face, it too has been returned to its full upright position.
But I am posting to state that while Gary was at work here (where I'm at now), I was not. I was at home. And when the quake really began to shake us up, Amber made the most unusual sound. My best description for it is halfway between a startled scream and an indignant YAWP. (After all, the last sizeable shaker, she was like 1 year old for and just glared at us and fell back asleep during.) Neither of us moved from our locations until the shaking stopped, and then we sort of babbled at each other about previous quakes, I bemoaned not having surfed this one, and we went to inspect the house. (Stuff fell, nobody died.)
There was a faint smell of paint thinner in the garage, so something must have sloshed, but there was no gas leak or anything of that nature. There's no broken windows or major structural damage.
But man, it was a good shaker. Not a really scary quake, but a good, solid shaker.
I had fun. :)
You don't have to be nuts to live here... but it helps.
Yes, we're fine. One customer fled the store when the earthquake hit. Most of the books fell off of the book wall, a card rack fell over, some pottery and kachinas went skydiving. The pottery all survived intact, the two kachinas that broke have already been repaired, and while the picture of Dad fell on his face, it too has been returned to its full upright position.
But I am posting to state that while Gary was at work here (where I'm at now), I was not. I was at home. And when the quake really began to shake us up, Amber made the most unusual sound. My best description for it is halfway between a startled scream and an indignant YAWP. (After all, the last sizeable shaker, she was like 1 year old for and just glared at us and fell back asleep during.) Neither of us moved from our locations until the shaking stopped, and then we sort of babbled at each other about previous quakes, I bemoaned not having surfed this one, and we went to inspect the house. (Stuff fell, nobody died.)
There was a faint smell of paint thinner in the garage, so something must have sloshed, but there was no gas leak or anything of that nature. There's no broken windows or major structural damage.
But man, it was a good shaker. Not a really scary quake, but a good, solid shaker.
I had fun. :)
You don't have to be nuts to live here... but it helps.