Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Earthquake.....

At 11:42am we had a 5.4 earthquake here in California it was centered in Chino Hills, CA which is like 38.3 miles from where I live in Long Beach, CA. I felt it pretty strong. I was using the restroom when it happened and I jumped off the toilet in a panic. I immediately grabbed my oldest cat KIKI and my baby kitten JU-JU and went under my doorway in my room. I called and called for my middle cat ROXY but she didn't come. I think she ran under the table. So I held on tight to my two kitty cats and prayed ROXY would be okay. My baby kitten JU-JU was pretty shaken up, as this was her first earthquake ever. It lasted a good 20 seconds. I felt an initial jolt and then like a rolling motion. It felt like I was on a boat. I stayed pretty calm, which surprised me because I am deathly afraid of earthquakes and I was all alone. My mom was at church and my daughter was at her dad's house. This was my daughter Natalie's first earthquake as well and I still haven't been able to get a hold of her, which is very troubling to me. Everything in my house is fine. Nothing fell off the shelves or broke in any way. The only thing that happened was the shaking of the earthquake opened up two of the cupboards in the kitchen. All in all it was a pretty exciting morning. After all this is California, it should be the norm for us but I still can't get use to earthquakes, lol.

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