In Long Beach, a nice rumble with me sitting at the computer going, WTH is that - then the realization of what was about to hit. Dogs went nuts, got to the doorway, swayed and shook for a minute. Then it was over.

The national media is making it sound like freeways are falling and that there's terror on the streets, when in all seriousness, the biggest thing to deal with was the million car alarms going off.