We had an Earthquake in in Duncan, second strongest in the history of Arizona it clocked in at a 5.2 magnitude. The epicenter was a bit outside of town on the Lazy B ranch. They say that pride goeth before a fall, and I can't tell you how many foreigners I have bragged to that in Duncan we don't have tornadoes, hurricanes or earthquakes. Only an occasional flood or drought. It's a great safe place to live. I have had to eat crow.
When it first happened I thought it had something to do with an Airplane crash but as it went on It wasn't to great a leap for my mind to realize it was indeed an earthquake. We didn't suffer to much damage at the homestead ( a bottle of vinegar and glass of water broke, some of Pa's top heavy nutcrackers fell over). Being the nervous Nelly that I am I was full of dread of the state our store would be in. I was picturing lots of broken vases, lamps, figurines and general mayhem. Here is what we found:
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| Don't worry she will make a full recovery |
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| This broken vase is a goner |
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| It rattled open the bead (formally book) catalog |
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| Toys were strewn about like a child was shopping ( it ends up like this surprisingly often) |
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| We think the broken thing was a Grandma that was a pie bird |
My other place of employment was the library. It unfortunately did not fare so well. It will be closed for awhile. Hopefully not too long.
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| Audio Cd's everywhere but the books are safe |
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The wires that hold up the frame tiles all around the edges snapped and buckled
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Probably my greatest sadness will becoming from the hand (mouth?) of my sister. I like to tell her she must live in wicked town because it never rains there, and she has already rebuffed me that I live in an even wickeder town because we had an EARTHQUAKE!!
Great pics of the mayhem!
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