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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:

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

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  2. 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.

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  3. 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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