This morning around 4:30 am, we woke up to our house shaking violently. We had an Earthquake! A 5.2 Earthquake! With all of the shaking and twisting that the house was doing, I thought that the house was going to fall in, which really is a possibility. As soon as it finished, Brian and I got up to check the house for cracks or any other type of damage, didn't see anything so we went back to bed.
After Brian was ready for work, we went outside to check for damage, we checked the back, the chimney (we were really worried about that) and ventured to the front of the house.... OH MY GOSH. The middle column that is holding up the balcony on our front porch is twisted, crushed and leaning towards my big bay windows. The balcony is sagging about 6 inches lower than what it should. The front of my house is falling off.
Now this is a really really BIG issue. If it does fall, three stories is going to come down and I won't have a house! Well, Brian called State Farm and put our claim in. I really hope that we don't have any issues with the claim. This needs to get fixed immediately! Brian is going to get some wood so he can brace the column, mainly so the house doesn't fall and kill us while we are sleeping.
I really think that this house hates us and wants to be destroyed. From floods to the leaks and now a crumbling support column, I think that it has made it's point...
2 comments:
oh my gosh!!! Talk about drama! Heavenly Father must know that you are one tough cookie!!! You'll have to keep us updated. I hope your house does not cave in!! good luck!
Holy cow!! You're lucky it didn't fall all the way over! Hopefully your claim will go through quickly so you don't have to worry about it!
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