[Windflier]

You are right, but I was really trying to point out about how earthquakes can affect one neighborhood, while not the other.

Yeah, I get that. I saw a lot of that after I came in April of that year. Now, it was four months after the big event, but I saw lots of Northridge locals going about their business as usual. In fact, most were.

At the same time, there were a few people I met who seemed to be genuinely traumatized by what they'd been through. Probably had a lot to do with each individual's experience. Some houses were almost a total loss, while their neighbors sustained little damage. Same with the people. Some were just damaged more than others.

[originalbuckeye]

Do you remember the picture of the semi-trailer stranded on the top of the freeway, that was broken in front and in back of it? That was my way to work. The driver stopped and was able to walk back down the freeway before the back section broke. They had to use a crane to get the semi off.