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Old 01-17-2014, 04:59 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Scalded Dog View Post
I was in the military at the time... had come home to SoCal for the first time in two years, and while on leave, experienced a skiing accident which broke my neck... thus, I was still laid up at home for weeks after my scheduled return to duty (broke my C7 in half... but, you'd never know it, as there was no spinal cord damage... yeah, I'm a lucky guy!). Anyway... this unscheduled delay had me home when the Northridge Quake happened. Me, and my folks, and a couple of siblings still living with Mom and Dad just sort of rode the bull, then wordlessly gathered--- at 430AM--- in the family room to view the TV coverage. The shake wasn't so bad at our house... but a mild shake in one place often means that it HARD somewhere else. That was indeed the case with the Northridge Quake.

Hard to believe that was 20 years ago today...
Yeah even though our house was technically destroyed, you and I are both luck because we survived, 57 didn't. Good to hear from you.

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