Thread: So Cal earthquake

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Well we were rockin n rollin today. Last I heard it was a 5.4 magnitude centered 5 miles from my home. I was another 5 miles farther away in the dentists' chair. Hubby was home at the time and said it was like a very hard jolt for about 5 seconds. We did lose a few plates and a couple of pics fell off the wall. I did have some damage to an antique secretery that was unfortunate, but repairable. Lot's of nuts and bolts on the floor of the garage. No props were damaged although Frankie and his hands did fall on the floor. "The Bride", Vampiress Morbidia, and Aloitious were the only ones actually standing and they did just fine. I'm so glad that the resin gargoyles I have out in the backyard didn't fall off the plant racks and break. So, I consider myself very lucky. Had this lasted another 5 to 10 seconds, there would have been a whole lot of damage.

Any other So Cal members feel this thing?

I felt it, but I'm a little farther away than you. I was at Kmart contemplating pool noodles. Sorry to hear about your plates and such. So glad though that none of the props suffered anything extreme though. We're far enough away that we felt a rolling, but nothing fell. Give Vampiress Morbidia a hug for me and tell her I'm glad she's well.

Felt it up here in Simi Valley/Moorpark too. It started going and then slowed down. Then it picked up again, so everyone at work got out of the building. Lots of rolling here, no sharp jerks thank goodness. I'm glad to hear you didn't have much damage because I know you're sitting on top of it there!

Pandora - you live awful close to me.... just thought I'd tell you that. I'm in Ventura.

Pirate Chris - Nice to know my type of "peeps" are nearby ;-)

Glad to hear you're all safe.

Shake and Bake in SoCal... Glad to hear you all are OK.

Hey thanks so much everyone. Our house is very close to the 57 and 60 interchange in Diamond Bar. All the stores around here have had lots of inventory damage, especially liquor (how sad is that?) but my booze was just fine I was just getting the finishing touches done on my teeth cleaning when it hit. I was, however, laying back too far in the chair to get out. So the technician steps on the control button to get me upright. There happened to be 2 large plate glass windows 5' in front of the chair and a light fixture directly above it. I was outta that chair as soon as I could get up, but by then it had stopped. I could see on the waiting room TV what was going on but couldn't get through to hubby on my cell. It took me another 20 min to get home to assess the damage. I was greeted in the driveway by my hubby with a great big hug, both of us grateful for each others' safety and minimal property damage.

lauriebeast! how scary...i'm happy you are ok.

Ah yes. I'm in So Cal, and some Halloween collectible stuff, luckily I don't have a lot of it, came off the shelves--a glass JOL candle holder, some Halloween records, a metal sign...nothing broken, just some things falling to the floor.