Yohannah
Blues Newbie
Friday morning a large earthquake rocked Anchorage and surrounding areas. My guitar family was standing on Hercules stands on the floor and above them were hanging racks of Native American flutes.
I’ve read that seismic monitors picked the ‘quake up the world over. You may have heard about us and the damage.
When it was finally over, I faced a large overturned dresser, much broken glass, an upright vacuum no longer upright, books, vinyl records and art overturned and a bunch of things scattered all over in my house.
I made my way downstairs to take the dogs out, expecting the worst, and I found guitars and flutes looking as if nothing had happened while chaos reigned all around them. I can’t quite process it – my instruments are unharmed; me, my family and my friends are also unhurt, many of us still have power, we all have water, although we’re under a boil advisory. Sadly, many are without power and a few homes have been lost. We’re all as shaky as can be and ready for it to all end.
So, last night, the guitars came down off of their stands and retired to their hard-shell cases and the flutes are down off of their stands until it all stops. We’ve had hundreds of “aftershocks” (big ones, ones that I would previously have just called “earthquakes”), the latest one just half an hour ago, and now we’re facing a terrible wind, rain and snow event, but in spite of it all, I’m so grateful to God for all that has been spared and how well my friends and family are doing in the midst of craziness.
I’m sitting here watching SRV on AxsTV trying to process it all.
I’ve read that seismic monitors picked the ‘quake up the world over. You may have heard about us and the damage.
When it was finally over, I faced a large overturned dresser, much broken glass, an upright vacuum no longer upright, books, vinyl records and art overturned and a bunch of things scattered all over in my house.
I made my way downstairs to take the dogs out, expecting the worst, and I found guitars and flutes looking as if nothing had happened while chaos reigned all around them. I can’t quite process it – my instruments are unharmed; me, my family and my friends are also unhurt, many of us still have power, we all have water, although we’re under a boil advisory. Sadly, many are without power and a few homes have been lost. We’re all as shaky as can be and ready for it to all end.
So, last night, the guitars came down off of their stands and retired to their hard-shell cases and the flutes are down off of their stands until it all stops. We’ve had hundreds of “aftershocks” (big ones, ones that I would previously have just called “earthquakes”), the latest one just half an hour ago, and now we’re facing a terrible wind, rain and snow event, but in spite of it all, I’m so grateful to God for all that has been spared and how well my friends and family are doing in the midst of craziness.
I’m sitting here watching SRV on AxsTV trying to process it all.
