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Not Heidi

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13. All things considered, sounds like good memories

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Wed Apr 26, 2023, 09:39 PM

Apr 2023

Neighbors coming together. Wonderful.

After the four corners of my bedroom stopped rising and falling independently of one another, I went out into the cul-de-sac and stood until sunrise with my neighbors. I yelped at the first two aftershocks, but managed later to collect my wits.

Biggest eq I've ever been in.

Do you remember the Sylmar eq? That was on my mother's 30th birthday. 😁

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The other day someone posted a pic of an apartment collapse resulting from the Northridge earthquake [View all] Floyd R. Turbo Apr 2023 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Apr 2023 #1

Less a party, more a sharing. Floyd R. Turbo Apr 2023 #4

👍 Not Heidi Apr 2023 #14

Funny, we are in predicament, but very few know. cachukis Apr 2023 #2

We knew, and we knew! Floyd R. Turbo Apr 2023 #5

Yes, but we haven't managed to beat the you can have it all crowd. cachukis Apr 2023 #8

Same. Our house was filled with shattered glass blm Apr 2023 #3

🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Apr 2023 #6

I lived in Van Nuys apartment building, glass everywhere. EVERYBODY SPLIT. some to family in OC BlueWaveNeverEnd Apr 2023 #9

I don't think you would have that now, Floyd. People are so into their own little bubbles. But it is debm55 Apr 2023 #7

did you look up at night and see the stars? first time seeing stars in LA area BlueWaveNeverEnd Apr 2023 #10

Interestingly, my friend and I drove from Alton Bay, NH to Panama cachukis Apr 2023 #11

My friend didn't have to empty his freezer, etc BigmanPigman Apr 2023 #12

All things considered, sounds like good memories Not Heidi Apr 2023 #13

Sure do remember it. I worked at Kinney Shoes in Venice. The earthquake split the ceiling the entire Floyd R. Turbo Apr 2023 #15

Holy crap! Not Heidi Apr 2023 #16

I was living in West LA in a little house that was built on bedrock. Just A Box Of Rain Apr 2023 #17

Woodland Hills was where we lived. Our place was moved off the foundation. Floyd R. Turbo Apr 2023 #18

Parts of Woodland Hills just got hammered in the quake. Just A Box Of Rain Apr 2023 #19