leeneia (Is that how to address you?)

Life is 99% normal. Power is 99% on. No major injuries. Stores had some major cleanup to do but it's mostly done. Even my local supermarket had a fire pipe release of water on top of all the breakage but they're open today.

The biggest overall penalty was that the local waterboard recommended people boil water. This was being very cautious. So all the coffee shops in town, including Starbucks, closed for a day until they could flush their pipes. I'm tellin' ya it was absolute hell having to use instant coffee and kitchen counter espresso machines instead of the drive throughs, but, dammit, somehow we held on!

Road crews are already working on the major on-ramp collapse because it's a major access point to the airport.

I heard that Costco allowed non-members to shop, but I haven't confirmed it since I'm a member.

You can check out the Anchorage Daily News at adn.com. Some nice stories and links from there.

We are supposed to be getting alternating snow and rain this week. No one is happy about that but at least it held off during the immediate 48 hours post-quake.

So we're feeling pretty relieved and lucky and thankful. Dogs and cats are still freaking out, because there are scores of mini-shocks going on that are perceptible to them but less so to the two legged critters. The two legged critters vary a great deal. When I'm not being jerked around I'm damn near blase, but some folks I know are only marginally better than the pets. I've no idea how the moose and wolves feel, and I don't know if the bears woke up (but I expect they did).

Good building codes. Good local services. Good civilian attitudes.