Monday, August 21, 2023

We're fine -

 
 
We got a little rain - 
 
But no flooding and we didn't lose power - 
 
And we had an EARTHQUAKE!! - 
 
But no damage in our area - 
 
I was afraid we might lose power - 
 
So I planned to turn my computer off at noon - just in case - 

Until then - I sewed - as stress-reliever therapy -
 
And I'll show you tomorrow how far I got - 
 
At noon I turned off the computer -
 
And we watched TV weather reports - 
 
Around 2PM - we decided to take naps - before the worst was to hit - 
 
Then at 2:41PM I felt a SHARP JOLT - 
 
And the cellphone EMERGENCY ALERTS started blaring - 

EARTHQUAKE - originally 6.0 - less than 20 miles away - 
Later downgraded to 5.1 - with damage in Ojai -

We scrambled to the interior bathroom to wait for aftershocks - 

But luckily we didn't feel any - 

Needless to say - 

There was no more "napping" after that - 

We turned the TV back on - 

And watched as the storm veered off to the EAST - 

Leaving us on the western edge - 

With just a little rain - 

Anyway - we eventually went to bed -- 
 
And woke up to see the reports of downed trees and submerged cars - 
 
We were LUCKY!!!!!!!!!!!! -

It could have been SO much worse - 



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

4 comments:

Gene Black said...

Aha! So stress activated your mojo. Glad you are okay

Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson said...

I'm happy your area was spared. They said the earthquake has nothing to do with the tropical storm so what a strange coincidence that they happened at the same time.

Cindy Quilts said...

Glad you are safe!

Jeanna said...

Happy to hear you are safe and didn't get any damage. Hurricanes are a big reason we moved from FL. But gosh, you had to deal with an earthquake, too!!!

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