Hey Rick, The Power just came back on (10pm here) after being down across the whole state for 15 hours!
It was a really strong quake and I was watching a football game on TV at 7 am and the picture above my bedroom TV flew off the wall and landed on my bed and the whole house started rumbling and rolling and it sounded like those tripod machines in the Tom Cruise movie 'War of the Worlds' :-). I grabbed Peanut and dashed outside and saw all the drawers in the kitchen cabinets fly open. Once in the driveway the trees were dancing like mad and the house seemed like it was sliding sideways and my knees buckled as it felt like I was riding a surfboard down a big wave on my driveway! A large quake like this makes your stomach feel nauseous for quite some time as it seems to do a number on your inner ear and equilibrium. Lauri Clegg got that same really queasy feeling too. Anyway, all is fine. I built this house very sturdily 8 years ago out of reinforced concrete and rebar all on a 3 foot thick structural fill so the whole house would float as one piece and not break up in a quake. I can't see any cracks yet so it looks like it passed with flying colors. My next door neighbor lost some windows and her doors got jammed. I haven't had a chance to catch up on any news yet as the TV just came back on. Thanks for asking. Take care, Shannon To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
