Tonight's 6.9 earthquake didn't rattle me too much. I'm at home in the foothills, not at my mountain cabin.

It shook things up quite a bit down in Bakersfield. Transitioning to the single life takes a while. 4 legged and Internet friends help a ton.

I'm so glad you're okay. Just like the granite your cabin sits on amplifies the earth's movements, living alone can amplify emotions. I believe the panic attack was a normal response under the circumstances; the mind has a tendency to race through all possible scenarios, some of which are less than good. You did good. And though Amaretto wouldn't be my first choice, I can see where it would be like having an old companion at your side; I keep a bottle of Bristol Cream around just for that reason. Again, glad you're okay.

Thanks for sharing. I understand what you mean. We don’t really know or admit our weaknesses until having to encounter them.

Well done for getting through!

Maybe a laugh about "quakes" ??....Remember a few yrs ago some idiot muslim cleric said women seen wearing halter tops bikini or just not wearing the full length head to toe cover CAUSED EARTH QUAKES ??....SO online Atheist women planned a scientific test date in the future back then to go braless at the appointed hour calling it BOOBQUAKE time.....!! The only result was a little extra sun and pissing off muslims upon the world wide web

It’s ironic.. All my life ‘we’ viewed our ‘neighbors to the south’ as crazy for living in ‘an earthquake zone.’ With research prior to leaving my home state of OR … everyone north of CA’s Mendocino Ridge - to BC Canada that are in a Mega EQ Zone… Yes, solid rock transmits it, but you’ll not be shaken to pieces by liquefaction..

More research regarding the PNW (because it’s a relatively new discovery) described CA as being ‘far safer,’ San Andreas included! After Googling most geologically stable location in contentantal US - I moved to what’s left of the Appalachian Mountain chain ..the Blue Ridge, in particular.. The rare (but long transmitted) jolts over here are due to ‘rebounding,’ where the planet’s mantle is uplifting as the massive weight of mountains once rivaling the current Himalayas have eroded.

Back in OR, where the massive subduction quake can ‘snap’ any minute.. I’d had a sick, depressed background feeling of doom, especially on trips to & from the Coast ..my favorite place (with relatives there today). Now, I smile with the fact there’s likely a mile of near solid rock beneath the carved rock roads I travel. But, I would not be afraid of living in CA … major faults are known. But as is, I’m in love with my solid ground

I’ve a bit of anxiety, and was married 29 years to a far more anxious wife.. Consequently, we’ve anxious children; one’s medicating, the other is squeezing through life without. Don’t think I’ve ever had a panic attack, though have likely come close. And, spent many an hour talking my former wife down…

Yes, online works. And, it’s real.. Had a friend I never met die recently … we’d ‘met’ on another platform. She’d advised me tremendously regarding my move east. The same age, we had much in common. And, her advice and ‘presence’ was as important to me as many ..or most of my ‘tangible friends.’ Miss her, and had wanted to tour the new home and property she and her husband had purchased very near me. My move inspired theirs ~ Glad you’re here.

I'm sure i would shit myself, revert to religion, dust my self off (well, have a bath) and claim I held true to myself under pressure.

So glad that you are ok..
What a good idea that amaretto is.

Glad you are ok

Yes we all need each other and it doesn't matter if we are oceans apart. Just to know that someone somewhere is aware and interested is a great help. Take good care of yourself and remember you always have us.

I was in my garage, in Orange County, 160 miles from the epicenter when the quake struk. There are a lot of tools hanging against the wall in my garage. They began to make noise as they clinked together but it was strange because the clinkling came in waves and moved across the garage a couple times. Some hanging lamps swayed a little but it was so far from the center of the quake I could barely feel it.