Earthquake!

This Friday Ian and I were happily putting together our wedding album (six months after the fact) when all of the sudden the ground shook.  Luckily all we felt was two strong jolts, but it freaked me out.  Though I’ve been in LA for three and a half years now, this was the first real earthquake I felt.  The earthquake was around a 3, but it was located just a town away in Marina del Rey so it felt pretty strong.  This of course, sent me running to check on my earthquake preparedness kit.

It was a good thing.  Our kit is located on top of the refrigerator, which I keep telling Ian is a bad place because we can’t easily reach it.  When we opened the cabinet doors, we found an empty three gallon water jug.  Knowing that we put the jug in full of water, we couldn’t figure out  what happened.  Then we discovered the hairline crack at the bottom of the container that had released all the water into the wooden cabinet.  The cabinet was wet, warped, and let’s not forget covered in mold.

YUCK.  We spent a good hour fighting the mold attack, which was a good time to evaluate our kit.  Since water exploded everywhere, all our canned goods were covered in rust.  The surviving items that we pulled out of the kit included Ian’s marble collection, cleverly hidden in a Bandaids tin.  Because in emergencies marbles are way more important than first aid.  After all, the marbles can be used with the slingshot in our kit to fight off rats and zombies.  The remaining marbles can be used in a post-zombie/earthquake-apocalyptic world for bartering.   Also good for bartering and infusing cheer – a Christmas wreath we hadn’t seen in three years.

So yeah.  All in all, our earthquake kit needed a major overhaul.  We bought new supplies yesterday so we’re in good shape.  Let’s just hope the landlord doesn’t notice what happened to the cabinet…

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