Shake, Rattle and Roll: Easter Edition
You get used to the earthquakes when you live in California. You kind of have to. But when you're at Easter with your extended family (at your aunt's house, which is on the side of a hill, overlooking a canyon), and the house starts shaking, and it freaking doesn't stop for a good thirty seconds or more? That's exceptional.
No damage here, happy to report. Nothing even off the shelves when we got home. Callisto didn't come out of hiding until we'd been back for a while, but other than that, we were untouched. When we bought this house from my father, we saw a geological survey of the area that shows our house to be at relatively small risk for earthquake damage -- whereas almost every other house on the block was in the red zone. Whoever built on this very spot was perhaps smarter than we know.
One noticeable aftershock so far.
Meanwhile, the kids had a lovely Easter. Maggie is in the process of sorting all her candies. I'm not sure if she's going by content, flavor or size, but she's definitely got a system going.
No damage here, happy to report. Nothing even off the shelves when we got home. Callisto didn't come out of hiding until we'd been back for a while, but other than that, we were untouched. When we bought this house from my father, we saw a geological survey of the area that shows our house to be at relatively small risk for earthquake damage -- whereas almost every other house on the block was in the red zone. Whoever built on this very spot was perhaps smarter than we know.
One noticeable aftershock so far.
Meanwhile, the kids had a lovely Easter. Maggie is in the process of sorting all her candies. I'm not sure if she's going by content, flavor or size, but she's definitely got a system going.