Northern California communities give a sigh of relief from minimal earthquake damage [Video]

The day after a 7.0 earthquake struck Humboldt County, it is apparent that it did remarkably little damage considering the quake’s magnitude. This is welcome news for Northern California communities who exhaled a collective sigh of relief. 

 “It was very surprising; very little structural, damage. There were like knocked over computers and different things within the building, but it was surprising, but not much damage. And, my daughter at the Scotia elementary; not much damage up there either. My other daughter in Fortuna, not much damage there,” said office worker and mom Tammy Sheffield.

At the Farmer’s Daughter emporium in Ferndale, Friday was back to normal business. Thursday morning, it was anything but, as inventory fell to the floor.. A lot of it was damaged or broken, ending the business day, but with no one injured and the building fully intact.

The big liquor store in Fortuna has reopened after …