A 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit northern California yesterday, breaking windows and taking out power lines in some areas. The quake hit at 4:27 p.m. PST, with the epicenter 25 miles from Eureka.
This is why this writer advocates being on Twitter; most of the news media was not at work, Twitter stepped up to the plate and told the story, with users posting pics to photo site Twitpic almost immediately.
Check out the most retweeted Twitpics from the incident, all of them from @amyeureka — her full Twitter feed paints a picture of the damage more detailed than any news outlet had.
–l martin johnson pratt
