Was in a house with my old room mate James and there was a tremendous storm outside. It was pouring rain. I went out to the hall way and realized that there was rain pouring in, and i remember thinking I was angry at the landlord for not taking better care of the place.... Then I heard a tremendous roar. I went to the window and outside Cars were sliding down the road as if the earth was being turned on its side..... the house we were in broke free from the foundation and slid. While it was happening it was a tremendous experience, and looking out the window as we slid I could see that other houses had broken away from their foundation. When finally all was done, we got into Jame's truck and I asked him to drive me down town to see my parents.
The city had clearly had had a bad storm. People walked through the streets, through the ruble and the vibe was like "what are we going to do now." I walked past them into a store fron, where there was a series of welded steel frames. I tried to climb them as if they were a ladder, while someone narrated in ragamuffin style... The frames were leaning against a second floor balcony but as I got high enough, the weight of my body pulled them away from the surface they were leaning on and they fell on me. The ragamuffin song went on, and I realized I was in a record store.... I thought I'd put some dub on the turn tables, but then saw that a mob of skateboarders had formed outside and was trying to get in. I walked up some stairs, thinking that they might lead me to my parents, but ended up getting lost in a maze of corridors. Finally I found my parents, their apartment was a corridor jammed with many people their space separated only by curtains. I kept thinking... If only we had prepared and stored some food. Alas by now it was too late.
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