'Alcohol was just flooding the aisle': Market has lots to clean after quake
RIDGECREST, Calif. - The tart smell of wine hit customers walking through the doors of the Minit Shop convenience store in Ridgecrest on Thursday afternoon.
It had been a few hours since a magnitude 6.4 earthquake - the largest to hit Southern California in nearly two decades - jolted Kern County, and pools of red wine soaked the shop floors.
"Oh, God!" yelped one customer who saw collapsed shelves of refrigerated drinks in the back of the store.
Photos of scattered goods in several Ridgecrest stores spread rapidly across social media
