earthquake!!!

im sooo glad everyone was ok after the 5.4 earthquake that hit southern california...i was at work in the rest room when it started shaking, i thought i was just dizzy then the bathroom was moving back and forth...after going to the restroom i ran out of the break room and went to the work area and saw some of the staff under the table, the shaking stopped and everyone was shaken and scared...tried calling everyone, mom, jaime but the lines were dead & busy...tried again after an hour and was able to get through and everyone was ok...thank god!!!

here's some of the news from today:

LOS ANGELES — A moderate earthquake, the largest in Southern California since 1999, struck 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday morning. It swayed buildings and tossed food off grocery store shelves, but there were no reports of major injuries or damage.

The earthquake, which registered a 5.4 magnitude, was centered near Chino Hills in San Bernardino County and was felt as far east as Las Vegas and south to San Diego.

“This is moderate,” said Erik Pounders, a geologist with the United States Geological Survey in Pasadena. “Which means it was strong enough to be felt, but wasn’t even powerful enough to knock everything off your desk.”

Still, cellphone lines were jammed throughout the region as people frantically made calls in the immediate moments after the jolt. Officials in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s emergency management office urged Californians to free up the lines for emergency use.

State and local officials immediately raced to inspect bridges, levees and other major infrastructure projects, but found only a water main break. Train service in many areas was disrupted as the inspections continued, and at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, visitors were taken off rides. Inspections there yielded no reports of damage, officials said.

“This earthquake reminds us yet once again that in California we have to be prepared for everything and anything,” Mr. Schwarzenegger said at a news conference in Los Angeles.
Some schools and office buildings were evacuated temporarily as people braced for the roughly 50 aftershocks by midafternoon, one of which registered at 3.8. The Los Angeles City Council, meeting downtown, adjourned briefly to regroup after the event.

The quake began slowly about 11:40 a.m. and continued for several disarming seconds. Many residents experienced an eerie, dizzying sensation of having rolled from side to side on rollers that are common in high-rise buildings retrofitted to withstand earthquakes, which leave buildings swaying for several seconds after a quake.

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eventhough everyone was shaken and scared about the quake, life still went on at work...some clients still came in to pick up their checks for this month and we still did a lot of calling for our broken appointments...hopefully no more of these scary quakes but then again, i live in the quake state...