Post #66551 by TikiSteve on Fri, Dec 26, 2003 7:50 PM

Aloha,

I live only about 50 miles or so from the epicenter. I felt the quake in two parts. First, was a quick back-and-forth shaking I felt while outside on my patio. I thought it was tapering off when I went back into the house to tell the kids about it. Then the second "wave" hit. It was a slow up-and-down rolling action that lasted about 20-30 seconds. We huddled together on the living room floor to protect ourselves from falling objects. Thank goodness nothing broke. However, we lost electricity for 12 hours. Thank goodness for tiki torches! :)