During the July 4 quake, I was only 94 miles north of Ridgecrest in the Owens Valley…no one felt anything. During the 7.1 quake on July 5, I was driving around Owens Lake…didn’t feel anything. Later that evening I was exploring nearby sand dunes, and lay down on a dune while enjoying the stars above. Then I felt the ground shake (it was a 5.4 aftershock). Of course, being in an open area meant that nothing could harm me, so I just lay down there doing nothing.
I wonder if the Trona railway suffered any damage. It runs right through the area hit by the quakes. Although with the condition of the tracks there, I wouldn’t be surprised if the earthquakes actually straightened out the tracks.
