Another hot tip. The weak ones don’t prepare you for the strong ones. I’ve been rocking and rolling in So Cal for decades. I’ve felt most of the major quakes

Another hot tip. The weak ones don’t prepare you for the strong ones. I’ve been rocking and rolling in So Cal for decades. I’ve felt most of the major quakes that have made the news. I’ve seen stuff fall from my walls, transformers short out and explode. Felt rollers, thumpers, shakers. We’ve had four of note at my house this year alone so far. One of them felt like it picked the house up and dropped it several inches. Each time, they were never severe enough to get me to dive for anything. It’s just like that dinner scene in LA Story, where they just grab their glasses and carry on. Then, you see videos of “real quakes”. Stuff out of movies. File cabinets sliding across the floor. Bookcases falling. Heavy things tossed like they weigh nothing, not to mention the larger damage. Having been through my series of quakes, I can see they’re nothing like a major one. But, right now, my gumption when one shows up is wait and see. Perhaps not the best habit. But when you’re in bed at night, and a small roller hits and it feels like you just dropped a quarter in the slot to turn your bed on, hard to get motivated to get up and out and duck and cover. Better just to roll over, say “it’s ok honey” to my wife, and go back to sleep.