Shit. Now I gotta sleep with my shoes on...lol.

[Iggo]

4.6 earthquake in Carson, CA (about 20 miles from where I’m at in Whittier.)
Not a big one, but ya never know if it’s just an intro.

Earthquake kits are all up-to-date, stashed at the four corners of the house.
Bug-out bag is right next to my bed.

Long as shit don’t fall on me, I’ll be okay.

Fun, fun, fun!!!

[MLAA]

1. Best of luck!

[raging moderate]

2. Remember which places are safest!

Probably you have already thought about that, I know. Take good care of yourself!

[Upthevibe]

3. Me too but it felt REALLY big where I am

in Redondo Beach (about three miles from Carson).

I was five miles from the epicenter during the Northridge Quake in '94. It was a 6.7 and was horrifying. We had major damage, and I had PTSD for at least a year. Since that time, I've had my "earthquake bag" packed and by my bed everywhere I've lived through out Southern California.

[KT2000]

4. Good you are prepared

stay safe there!

[BigmanPigman]

5. No, just keep them by the door,

along with your keys, cell phone and your Earthquake Kit. That is what I do after earthquakes. If my little dog were still alive she would be my number one priority....leash, meds, etc.

[ShazzieB]

6. Living in the midwest, I have next to no experience with earthquakes.

I would literally have absolutely no idea how to prepare for one.

I experienced one VERY mild quake back in the 80s. Once in a blue moon, the New Madrid fault down in Missouri shakes its bootie hard enough that we can feel it in parts of Illinois. We were living a lot farther south at the time than we are now, so we were close enough to feel some minor tremors. By the time we figured out what was happening, It was over.

There was one in the early 70s, when I was in college, but I slept through that one.

[No Vested Interest]

7. Sounds as though you could use a canopy bed ( so things won't fall on

you.

[EndlessWire]

8. As long as stuff doesn't fall on you.

I had been in a car accident on the night of the Northridge Earthquake. My stepfather who lived in Westchester came and picked me up. So, I was sleeping in his living room that night. He had two enormous speakers in there. The last thing he said to me was, if an earthquake hits, those will fall on you.

Well, that damned earthquake hit, and I jumped up and ran to the doorway, then just stood there while I watched the upright piano shimmy across the room. The speakers never moved. I am so glad I didn't have them fall over on me. That earthquake was one of the scariest things to ever happen to me. There was one other earthquake that was very bad, but I don't remember what they called it. But, earthquakes, yeah...