I remember the Northridge quake as though it were yesterday, Sarah!
All I can say is that as bad as it was thank God it happened early in the morning. My Mom had an appointment that morning at our local Kaiser, turns out the parking lot collapsed during the quake, imagine if it had happened during the day..6.9 scared the holy hell outta me, if we ever had an 8.9 here, forget about it, no amount of earthquake preparation could save us