Earthquake spam

[feliciakw]

So suddenly my f-list is getting spammed by earthquake posts. Well, if you can call three posts from three different people a spam. So I shall just say here that I'm glad y'all are okay and that it added a dimension of excitement to your day.

In other news, our kitchen ceiling fell in last night. It had nothing to do with earthquakes.

Comments

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

Your kitchen ceiling? What? How did this happen?!

[feliciakw.livejournal.com]

Last night I noticed water dripping from our kitchen ceiling. I looked at what was going on and thought, "Aha! That's where the A/C duct is. I'll be something's leaking." But I couldn't find anything.

When Geo got home from rehearsal, he went up and found the big, huge, wet spot . . . that was hiding under dry insulation. WT???? Okay, whatever.

So around 11:00 pm, while he's up in the attic trying to daub up the water, and I'm in the kitchen trying mop the ceiling dry . . .

Suddenly the ceiling falls in.

Thankfully, neither I nor any of the kittehs were under the patch that fell. And no furniture was damaged. The ceiling, it turns out, is made of 2 layers of cement board, which the water softened to the point of collapse.

We've had the A/C repair guy out, and we've got a claim in to the insurance company. I'm hoping it can be repaired soon and efficiently. Because we still have the bathroom to tile.

*sigh* When it rains, it pours.

[kalquessa.livejournal.com]

Dude, WHAT? You kitchen ceiling totally trumps our earthquake. Yikes, is everything okay and getting fixed?

I was gonna call you while I made dinner tonight, but I'm thinking maybe you'll be busy doing things related to your CEILING CAVING IN. Dude.

[feliciakw.livejournal.com]

LOL!

Everything is okay in that it could have been much worse. (See above response to Izhi for details.) We've had the repair guy over for the A/C, and we're waiting to hear from the insurance company about fixing the ceiling.

There's actually not a whole lot to do at this point except wait. I've moved all the furniture out of the kitchen, so that's made working in said kitchen . . . interesting . . . I took the day off of work today waiting for the A/C guy, which I totally didn't need to do with as late as he got here, but whatever. I'll be back at work tomorrow.

As I said above, when it rains, it pours. Luckily our roof seems to be in tact.

[kalquessa.livejournal.com]

Dude! I just...dude, your ceiling caved in!

Okay, well if all you're doing is waiting, I'm gonna give you a call after work, to see if you're up for chatting. If not, that's cool, and I'll just say "Dude!" at you some more before letting you get back to whatever.

[ficwriter1966.livejournal.com]

I was minding my own business, puttering through the work day, and an e-mail from my best friend in L.A. pops up: "EARTHQUAKE!"

I happened to be in San Fran the day of the Northridge quake, but was in L.A. for all of the aftershocks. 'Tis not a good thing. Made me berry, berry nervous. The best part? I was sitting in my rather trashed apartment when my boss called up and said, "The office won't be open for a few days, but I want you to call all of our major customers and tell them we're still doing business." I said, "Bev, I don't have the numbers." She said, "You know what cities they're in. Call Directory Assistance."

And I sat there thinking, WTF? My apartment is TRASHED, and she wants me to do memory tricks. I had no idea what cities those companies were in. Aarrrrrrggghhhh.

But, DUDE. Your ceiling fell in? Perhaps it was in cosmic sympathy with the seismic activity out west. Hope you can get things put back in order with minimal stress.

[feliciakw.livejournal.com]

I am often amazed at the mindset of some people. Your neighborhood just got trashed by an earthquake, but your boss wants you to work from your home? WT???

Kinda reminds me of when one of the Righteous Brothers died the night before they were to perform at my theater. Obviously, that particular concert was canceled, so we booked a replacement act and called all the ticket holders to inform them of the change. Half of the patrons couldn't understand why the remaining Righteous Brother didn't continue with the show as schedule. Um . . . because his creative partner of the past 40 years just died, maybe???

Yeah, about a 3ft x 3ft portion of our ceiling collapsed due to water damage caused by a stuck A/C value on our central air unit. No one was hurt, but it scared the bajeebers outta me, 'cause it almost fell on me. It was like something out of a sit-com, only not so much funny at the time when it's happening to you. We've had the A/C repaired, and now we're haggling with the insurance company, who oddly enough, is keeping their estimate at what our deductible is. No request for pictures, even. Just basing it on Geo's verbal description. Hm . . .

So we're gonna get someone in to actually *look* at the damage and and give us a real estimate.