11:45am, I'm sitting in a laundromat w/my Mom, chatting. Suddenly the room starts rolling sort of in a circular motion.

We look at each other and at others in the room, and like deer frozen in headlights . . .

4 seconds later, people started using their cellphones which created an overload - so no one got through until 15 minutes later.

We continued to feel aftershocks for almost 5 minutes.

Some people were pretty spooked by this and were shouting out things like: next time, run away from the glass! - or - don't run outside! - or - I'm ducking under these tables!

The motion didn't disrupt the ongoing machines, so after 5 minutes or so, life kind of continued, but after that, we could hear sirens and later, helicopters.

Once we got home, the news was all over it - every channel!
As time went on, there was more coverage on City Hall politicians who were in the middle of a meeting when their overhead lights were swaying.

It's shameful how UNprepared so many of us are, considering this is earthquake country.

Food, water, radio, and flashlight - were getting the biggest endorsement, as well as the "kits" that will now fly off the shelves.

ABC.com has been inundating us w/product that you can "get" from them... (i.e., not free). They WILL send you a freezer bag so you can put your most important documents in your freezer.

The more the news covers this, the more they're saying there's a 50% chance that this was a precursor to thee "BIG" one.

I'm just thankful that nothing fell from our building or from our apartment!