An earthquake shattered the Bay Area of California in 1989. It showed how important it is to keep community holiday traditions going despite inconveniencing others.
I was 11 and living in Milpitas in 1989 and remember how jarring the earthquake felt for months and even years afterwards. In our house it somehow fixed a large wall clock that hadn't worked since we had moved to CA two years previously and adjusted the ground under our back gate, making it easier to close.
I became very good at hammering new asphalt shingles on our roof. It kept the rain off our heads anyway. To fix the cracked chimney, Jeff had to take down the huge wooden hearth shelf (pardon, can't remember words) which fell on the metal stove, smashing his finger. A fast trip down the hill to the doc-in-a-box. He still has the scar. When he took down the bricks, we saw how the wall behind it was badly charred. It would've been any day now that the house burned down (which it did a few years ago in a wildfire). Anyway, we live in interesting times.
I was 11 and living in Milpitas in 1989 and remember how jarring the earthquake felt for months and even years afterwards. In our house it somehow fixed a large wall clock that hadn't worked since we had moved to CA two years previously and adjusted the ground under our back gate, making it easier to close.
I became very good at hammering new asphalt shingles on our roof. It kept the rain off our heads anyway. To fix the cracked chimney, Jeff had to take down the huge wooden hearth shelf (pardon, can't remember words) which fell on the metal stove, smashing his finger. A fast trip down the hill to the doc-in-a-box. He still has the scar. When he took down the bricks, we saw how the wall behind it was badly charred. It would've been any day now that the house burned down (which it did a few years ago in a wildfire). Anyway, we live in interesting times.