Earthquakes in California

I moved to the bay area as a young child.

My dad was stationed near San Francisco.

My sister and I would go to the beach. We learned to swim and surf and paddleboard in San Francisco. The first time I experienced an earthquake was after we moved to the bay area. I remember it vividly in my mind. I was hanging out with my sister. We were playing board games. We stopped to get a snack. Our mom was baking us some chocolate chip cookies. She made us milkshakes. We were all sitting at the table when the dishes started to shake and wobble. At first it was a slight vibration. Then the entire house began to shake. It was strong and I was scared. My sister was scared too. We weren’t used to the ground shaking like that. I had never felt an earthquake before. I was worried that earthquakes happen all the time in California. My sister and I had watched a disaster movie where there was flooding and most of the people died. I was so upset by the earthquake that I suffered from nightmares for several years. However, I haven’t experienced all that many earthquakes since. I’ve now lived here for over twenty years. I no longer get all upset when I feel a few tremors. I have taken precautions to have a safe area in the house to hide just in case. I keep provisions in the closet such as bottled water, batteries for flashlights and canned goods. We have a standby generator to provide power if there is an outage.

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