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Just A Box Of Rain

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17. I was living in West LA in a little house that was built on bedrock.

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Fri Apr 28, 2023, 01:04 AM

Apr 2023

We experienced the cooking pots that were hanging on a big rack in my kitchen do some rattling, but otherwise had no damage.

Then I drove around the outlying area (especially into Santa Monica) and many places were down.

It was as if the destruction was laid out like "rivers" where the shockwaves turned the the soil to "liquid."

Then I got a call from my Dad in Woodland Hills. His place was hammered. I spent days working around the clock getting his stuff out of the building, which was yellow tagged, but nearly red-tagged. I got no sleep or rest.

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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