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Earthquake in LA!
Sherry wrote:
On Jul 29, 9:06 pm, wrote: AZ Nomad wrote: Last year I was sitting at my computer when I felt a brief, but rather violent quake. I immediately looked it up on the USGS site, where I was surprised (and a bit embarrassed) to discover that it was only a 3.2. I'm surprised you made such a big deal over it. When I lived in Orange Country, I experienced numerous 4.x quakes with the epicenter within 2 miles of me. Well, gee thanks for the sympathy! My favorite type was when the ground would fall 5-10 feet and then do nothing else. The one I was talking about did the opposite: the ground (actually, the floor, or the chair I was sitting on) suddenly jolted *up*. It was weird. -- Joyce ^..^ Any of that is still creepy beyond belief to me. Give me tornadoes any day. I can deal with that. It's something you can *get away from*. Not earthquakes! I heard someone quoted as saying, WRT this earthquake, "Think of it as practice for "the big one" which is eventually coming.'' I distinctly remember in 8th grade science class (yes, many moons ago)....the instructor was talking about the imminent "big one" in which California would surely fall off into the ocean. :-) Sherry It is very likely within the next thousand years. -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy, Bagheera & Shadow) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk |
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Jeanne wrote:
There has been a 5.8 earthquake in eastern Los Angeles. Early reports are that it was centered in the Chino Hills area. 5.8 isn't a total disaster, but it's big enough to do some damage - please check in, Californians! Was just watching 'The View'. Judge Judy was taping during the earthquake and they showed a clip. It was pretty funny; Judy got up and left the bench. The plaintiffs and defendents were obviously not from CA because they just stood there looking around like WTF? LOL http://tinyurl.com/5gvqxc Jill |
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On Jul 29, 11:48*pm, "Joy" wrote:
"Shiral" wrote in message ... On Jul 29, 9:44 pm, "Joy" wrote: wrote in message .. . AZ Nomad wrote: Last year I was sitting at my computer when I felt a brief, but rather violent quake. I immediately looked it up on the USGS site, where I was surprised (and a bit embarrassed) to discover that it was only a 3..2. I'm surprised you made such a big deal over it. When I lived in Orange Country, I experienced numerous 4.x quakes with the epicenter within 2 miles of me. Well, gee thanks for the sympathy! My favorite type was when the ground would fall 5-10 feet and then do nothing else. The one I was talking about did the opposite: the ground (actually, the floor, or the chair I was sitting on) suddenly jolted *up*. It was weird. -- Joyce ^..^ That did sound weird. Incidentally, I didn't think you made a big deal of it. You reported it in a matter-of-fact manner. When I felt the one today, I turned on the radio to find out where the epicenter was and what the magnitude was. That's a natural reaction. Joy- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Earthquakes always startle me, even if *they're short little jolts that do no damage, so you're not alone, Joyce. Not necessarily scared of the little jolts, but there's always that little adrenaline rush when I wonder if it's just the warm up act for legendary "Big One" The prospect of which DOES scare me. Biggest one I've experienced so far was the Loma Prieta Quake in 1989. That was a very loooong fifteen seconds! The earth stopped shaking a long time before I did. But incidentally, I'm about 400 miles north and didn't feel a thing. So all's well *where I am. For the moment. Melissa *** Wasn't that the one that damaged the bridge so seriously? *I can imagine that it would have been upsetting. Joy- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - That was the one, yes. The World Series between the Giants and the A's saved lives, I think. A lot of people were went home early to watch the baseball game that day, and thus weren't on the roads, and weren't on the section of freeway that collapsed. It was scary, but could have been far worse. Melissa |
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"Sherry" wrote in message
... On Jul 29, 9:06 pm, wrote: AZ Nomad wrote: Last year I was sitting at my computer when I felt a brief, but rather violent quake. I immediately looked it up on the USGS site, where I was surprised (and a bit embarrassed) to discover that it was only a 3.2. I'm surprised you made such a big deal over it. When I lived in Orange Country, I experienced numerous 4.x quakes with the epicenter within 2 miles of me. Well, gee thanks for the sympathy! My favorite type was when the ground would fall 5-10 feet and then do nothing else. The one I was talking about did the opposite: the ground (actually, the floor, or the chair I was sitting on) suddenly jolted *up*. It was weird. -- Joyce ^..^ Any of that is still creepy beyond belief to me. Give me tornadoes any day. I can deal with that. It's something you can *get away from*. Not earthquakes! I heard someone quoted as saying, WRT this earthquake, "Think of it as practice for "the big one" which is eventually coming.'' I distinctly remember in 8th grade science class (yes, many moons ago)....the instructor was talking about the imminent "big one" in which California would surely fall off into the ocean. :-) Sherry *** Yup. We're still waiting. Now they're saying some time in the next 30 years. I prefer earthquakes to tornadoes. I just stay put until it stops, which is usually in much less than a minute. By the time you have a chance to get scared, it's all over. I hate the idea of hiding in a cellar. I'm somewhat claustrophobic, and I'd be more afraid of being trapped than of the tornado. I suspect most of us feel safest with what we're used to. Joy |
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"Shiral" wrote in message
... On Jul 29, 11:48 pm, "Joy" wrote: "Shiral" wrote in message ... On Jul 29, 9:44 pm, "Joy" wrote: wrote in message .. . AZ Nomad wrote: Last year I was sitting at my computer when I felt a brief, but rather violent quake. I immediately looked it up on the USGS site, where I was surprised (and a bit embarrassed) to discover that it was only a 3.2. I'm surprised you made such a big deal over it. When I lived in Orange Country, I experienced numerous 4.x quakes with the epicenter within 2 miles of me. Well, gee thanks for the sympathy! My favorite type was when the ground would fall 5-10 feet and then do nothing else. The one I was talking about did the opposite: the ground (actually, the floor, or the chair I was sitting on) suddenly jolted *up*. It was weird. -- Joyce ^..^ That did sound weird. Incidentally, I didn't think you made a big deal of it. You reported it in a matter-of-fact manner. When I felt the one today, I turned on the radio to find out where the epicenter was and what the magnitude was. That's a natural reaction. Joy- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Earthquakes always startle me, even if they're short little jolts that do no damage, so you're not alone, Joyce. Not necessarily scared of the little jolts, but there's always that little adrenaline rush when I wonder if it's just the warm up act for legendary "Big One" The prospect of which DOES scare me. Biggest one I've experienced so far was the Loma Prieta Quake in 1989. That was a very loooong fifteen seconds! The earth stopped shaking a long time before I did. But incidentally, I'm about 400 miles north and didn't feel a thing. So all's well where I am. For the moment. Melissa *** Wasn't that the one that damaged the bridge so seriously? I can imagine that it would have been upsetting. Joy- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - That was the one, yes. The World Series between the Giants and the A's saved lives, I think. A lot of people were went home early to watch the baseball game that day, and thus weren't on the roads, and weren't on the section of freeway that collapsed. It was scary, but could have been far worse. Melissa *** That's what can be said of all the earthquakes we have down here in the L.A. area, too. The Northridge quake was bad, but it was early enough that there wasn't too much traffic on the freeway that broke, and only security personnel were in the mall parking structure that collapsed. Joy |
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We had one in the Seattle area in 2000, a 6.8 IIRC and it was very scary.
I was in the kitchen, and DH was in the livingroom watching TV, it lasted a short time, and the guys fixing the road outside never even felt it. We're due for a 'big one', when...nobody knows. I guess living in Seattle has it's 'faults'. They keep finding more fault lines all the time. Hug Kyla "Granby" The one we had here in Illinois a few months ago may not have been "a big deal" but it shook the bed so hard, I nearly rolled out and when I put out my hand to steady things, everything else was moving too. Big or small they get your attention. AZ Nomad Last year I was sitting at my computer when I felt a brief, but rather violent quake. I immediately looked it up on the USGS site, where I was surprised (and a bit embarrassed) to discover that it was only a 3.2. I'm surprised you made such a big deal over it. When I lived in Orange Country, I experienced numerous 4.x quakes with the epicenter within 2 miles of me. Well, gee thanks for the sympathy! My favorite type was when the ground would fall 5-10 feet and then do nothing else. The one I was talking about did the opposite: the ground (actually, the floor, or the chair I was sitting on) suddenly jolted *up*. It was weird. -- Joyce ^..^ (To email me, remove the X's from my user name.) |
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On Jul 30, 2:28*pm, "Joy" wrote:
"Sherry" wrote in message ... On Jul 29, 9:06 pm, wrote: AZ Nomad wrote: Last year I was sitting at my computer when I felt a brief, but rather violent quake. I immediately looked it up on the USGS site, where I was surprised (and a bit embarrassed) to discover that it was only a 3.2.. I'm surprised you made such a big deal over it. When I lived in Orange Country, I experienced numerous 4.x quakes with the epicenter within 2 miles of me. Well, gee thanks for the sympathy! My favorite type was when the ground would fall 5-10 feet and then do nothing else. The one I was talking about did the opposite: the ground (actually, the floor, or the chair I was sitting on) suddenly jolted *up*. It was weird. -- Joyce ^..^ Any of that is still creepy beyond belief to me. Give me tornadoes any day. I can deal with that. It's something you can *get away from*. Not earthquakes! I heard someone quoted as saying, WRT this earthquake, "Think of it as practice for "the big one" which is eventually coming.'' I distinctly remember in 8th grade science class (yes, many moons ago)....the instructor was talking about the imminent "big one" in which California would surely fall off into the ocean. :-) Sherry *** Yup. *We're still waiting. *Now they're saying some time in the next 30 years. I prefer earthquakes to tornadoes. *I just stay put until it stops, which is usually in much less than a minute. *By the time you have a chance to get scared, it's all over. *I hate the idea of hiding in a cellar. *I'm somewhat claustrophobic, and I'd be more afraid of being trapped than of the tornado. I suspect most of us feel safest with what we're used to. Joy- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yes, exactly! We're all more afraid of the things we're not familiar with. We've had earthquakes here before, little ones. But there is a large artillery base a few miles away, and when they "play war", the ground shakes. So I probably just thought that was what it was. Sherry |
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Earthquake in LA!
I prefer earthquakes to tornadoes. I just stay put until it stops, which is
usually in much less than a minute. By the time you have a chance to get scared, it's all over. I hate the idea of hiding in a cellar. I'm somewhat claustrophobic, and I'd be more afraid of being trapped than of the tornado. I suspect most of us feel safest with what we're used to. Joy Personally, I find it much easier to deal with tornados than quakes. Of course I've never actually had one *hit* the building I was in; we've had to shelter in the basement maybe half a dozen times, and never actually had a tornado closer than a couple miles away. But even so, I was REALLY glad to not be in California any more when I heard about yesterday's quake. Dan |
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Earthquake in LA!
Yup. We're still waiting. Now they're saying some time in the next 30 years. I prefer earthquakes to tornadoes. I just stay put until it stops, which is usually in much less than a minute. By the time you have a chance to get scared, it's all over. I hate the idea of hiding in a cellar. I'm somewhat claustrophobic, and I'd be more afraid of being trapped than of the tornado. I suspect most of us feel safest with what we're used to. Joy Washington State is 'supposed' to be due for a 'big one' too, bigger than the 6.8 in 2000. That one scared the crap out of me. I'd rather have a tornado, if given the choice, but living in a 'mobile home' there is no place to hide. Oh well, can't worry about something we have no control over. We have 4 active but dormant volcanos here and I can see one of them from my livingroom window. Hugs Kyla |
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Kyla =^. .^=` wrote:
Yup. We're still waiting. Now they're saying some time in the next 30 years. I prefer earthquakes to tornadoes. I just stay put until it stops, which is usually in much less than a minute. By the time you have a chance to get scared, it's all over. I hate the idea of hiding in a cellar. I'm somewhat claustrophobic, and I'd be more afraid of being trapped than of the tornado. I suspect most of us feel safest with what we're used to. Joy Washington State is 'supposed' to be due for a 'big one' too, bigger than the 6.8 in 2000. That one scared the crap out of me. I'd rather have a tornado, if given the choice, but living in a 'mobile home' there is no place to hide. Oh well, can't worry about something we have no control over. We have 4 active but dormant volcanos here and I can see one of them from my livingroom window. Hugs Kyla Compared to the Yellowstone caldera those quakes will be nothing, I hope I'm not around when Yellowstone erupts because it will be the end of civilsation as we know it. -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy, Bagheera & Shadow) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk |
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