A 3.8 earthquake hit this morning about 3 AM. It sounded like someone hit the house with a truck, it shook for a second and it was over. I braced for another, bigger one, but that was the extent of our seismic activity for now.
This is a small reminder to tie everything down. My china and crystal have been used recently so I need to package it all back up securely because the next quake might not be so benign.
It's kind of a chore to have to keep everything packaged up in bubble wrap but it's good protection. One small earthquake shook every one of our champagne glasses to the front of the cupboard and the next time we opened it, we had a rain of glass from above. Hopefully we've learned our lesson.
I also use this stuff called "Quake Hold" that is like museum putty, it keeps objects like vases and even pictures from moving during an earthquake. The main danger during an earthquake is not that the item falls over it's that it goes to the edge of something (shelf, table, etc) and then falls to the ground and breaking.
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