BlueSkiesKel 0 #1 December 21, 2006 just felt my first Earthquake... didn't like it, didn't like totally dont like them now.. good thing I dont have to deal with this for much longer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaH 0 #2 December 21, 2006 Quotejust felt my first Earthquake... didn't like it, didn't like totally dont like them now.. good thing I dont have to deal with this for much longer Awww... What size was it?Be yourself! MooOOooOoo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
champu 1 #3 December 21, 2006 Just a 3.7, although it looks like you were pretty close to it. They're definitely creepy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #4 December 21, 2006 If stuff isn't falling from the shelves, I tend to ignore them...you'll learn to do that, too. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McBeth 0 #5 December 21, 2006 Where are you? That quake was just about right under my apt. I kinda liked it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Gawain 0 #6 December 21, 2006 3.7's not so bad. Sometimes, they feel like being on a rolling ship in the seas...you have been on a boat right? j/kSo I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites shermanator 4 #7 December 21, 2006 I'll take my earthquakes over hurricanes/tornadoes anyday!CLICK HERE! new blog posted 9/21/08 CSA #720 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Gawain 0 #8 December 21, 2006 QuoteI'll take my earthquakes over hurricanes/tornadoes anyday! Dude you're not kidding...tornados roll through the Ft. Campbell, KY area every now and again...I'd much rather have the ground shake...So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BlueSkiesKel 0 #9 December 21, 2006 yeah 3.7 isnt bad, i've just never felt one before, definitely didnt like it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BlueSkiesKel 0 #10 December 21, 2006 QuoteI'll take my earthquakes over hurricanes/tornadoes anyday! i'll take my hurricanes (which i know are coming and can run from them) anyday over earthquakes, which can kill me without warning ran from 4 hurricanes when i lived in FL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tdog 0 #11 December 21, 2006 Quotejust felt my first Earthquake... didn't like it, didn't like totally dont like them now.. good thing I dont have to deal with this for much longer My first earthquake: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Northridge_Earthquake My aunt lived 1 mile from the epicenter. I called her and she said everything was ok. She was in shock, two days later I found out that she RODE her bed across the room - that the water heater that was bolted to the wall a week earlier to make it "earthquake safe" took the wall with it into the kitchen, and her neighbors lost their entire homes. I was in Malibu, about 20 miles away. The Christmas lights I had strung across my dorm room ceiling swayed and flickered as the 250 car alarms went off in the parking lot. When the shaking was over and the power did not come back on - I thought, "Oh shit - how am I going to wake up for school without an alarm clock". I went back to bed and turned on the radio the next morning in my car and found out how bad it was. So that was my first. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skydemon2 0 #12 December 21, 2006 I'd say you owe beer........ Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone! I like to start my day off with a little Ray of Soulshine™!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites LisaH 0 #13 December 21, 2006 QuoteQuotejust felt my first Earthquake... didn't like it, didn't like totally dont like them now.. good thing I dont have to deal with this for much longer My first earthquake: http://www.data.scec.org/chrono_index/northreq.html My aunt lived 1 mile from the epicenter. I called her and she said everything was ok. She was in shock, two days later I found out that she RODE her bed across the room - that the water heater that was bolted to the wall a week earlier to make it "earthquake safe" took the wall with it into the kitchen, and her neighbors lost their entire homes. I was in Malibu, about 20 miles away. The Christmas lights I had strung across my dorm room ceiling swayed and flickered as the 250 car alarms went off in the parking lot. When the shaking was over and the power did not come back on - I thought, "Oh shit - how am I going to wake up for school without an alarm clock". I went back to bed and turned on the radio the next morning in my car and found out how bad it was. So that was my first. Not my first as I've lived in Cali all of my life, but definitely the worst I've experienced. Never knew a chimney could collapse into the living room. And I went to work and conducted business on the phone under my desk during the aftershocks.Be yourself! MooOOooOoo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BillyVance 35 #14 December 21, 2006 My brother made it through the Loma Prieta quake in 1989 (remember it hit during the Bay World Series between Oakland As and San Francisco Giants?) and his house was 10 miles from the epicenter. No damage to his ridiculously quake-proofed house. Now he's lived on the big island of Hawaii for a few years and just recently made it through the similarly strong quake that hit 10 miles from his house there. He had just finished a major renovation of his house, but luckily only suffered cracks in the drywall, mostly in corners... One time I was visiting him in California and he asked me that morning if I felt the quake overnight. I asked him how strong? He said 3.1... Fuck... I slept right through it! I wanted to see what one felt like... As for tornadoes as someone else mentioned, I've already had 5 near-misses with them around my home area in the past 6 years. I'll take a minor quake over a tornado anyday."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tdog 0 #15 December 21, 2006 Quoteunder my desk during the aftershocks. I was walking an I-beam doing rigging in a theatre during one of the aftershocks. I had fall protection on, but I needed piss in my pants protection. In 1997 there was an aftershock when I graduated from school just in time for my parents to be in Santa Monica. I was sleeping on the hotel floor and they screamed. It was funny because they were "small". So years after my "first" they were in town for their "first" - all from the same fault.QuoteTwo Northridge aftershocks (M 5.1 and M 4.9) provided much of the excitement for the month of April. In the early morning hours of April 26 and 27, these two quakes woke sleepers across the Los Angeles area and caused some minor damage near their epicenters. In addition, they produced numerous aftershocks and helped raise the seismicity rate in this area to more than 1060 earthquakes over the course of these 30 days. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jonstark 8 #16 December 21, 2006 That's what it is like to have the "Boogieman" wake you up. Your heart will jump now whenever you wake up for no reason in the middle of the night. You'll get over it but it sux for awhile. sorry 'bout that jon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites LisaH 0 #17 December 21, 2006 I was walking an I-beam doing rigging in a theatre during one of the aftershocks. I had fall protection on, but I needed piss in my pants protection. _________________________ Forgot the depends did ya? Everyone should have those in their emergency kits!Be yourself! MooOOooOoo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Cornholio 0 #18 December 21, 2006 what earthquake?? First I've heard of it and been sitting here watching TV since about 6. Butthead: Whoa! Burritos for breakfast! Beavis: Yeah! Yeah! Cool! bellyflier on the dz.com hybrid record jump Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BlueSkiesKel 0 #19 December 21, 2006 Quotewhat earthquake?? First I've heard of it and been sitting here watching TV since about 6. i've sat through them and not noticed them before, this one just happened to rock my apt pretty hard, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites flygirl1 0 #20 December 21, 2006 QuoteIf stuff isn't falling from the shelves, I tend to ignore them...you'll learn to do that, too. Ciels- Michele I agree. I'm in Pacifica right now (about 9 miles from San Francisco) and I never felt a thing.Fly like a girl Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kenz 0 #21 December 21, 2006 i felt my first earthquake when i was in a target out in california... it was so weird - only took a few seconds but it felt like i was in an elevator and i looked around to see if anyone else felt it cause i thought i was just imagining it.. then some woman walked over and said "oh its ok sweetie - it was a mini earthquake - it happens all the time - you didn't make it up" made me feel better - but im guessing if it was anything on the richter scale it was MAYbe a 1.5"life does throw curveballs sometimes but it doesn't mean we shouldn't still swing for the homerun" ~ me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skybytch 273 #22 December 21, 2006 QuoteQuoteI'll take my earthquakes over hurricanes/tornadoes anyday! Dude you're not kidding...tornados roll through the Ft. Campbell, KY area every now and again...I'd much rather have the ground shake... I'll third that. Earthquakes can be kinda fun. Hurricanes suck even if they don't flood your house, and they really suck when they do. Besides, a 3.7? That's not scary, that's like putting a quarter in the bed! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skydemon2 0 #23 December 21, 2006 What do you know about vibrating beds? Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone! I like to start my day off with a little Ray of Soulshine™!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Lindercles 0 #24 December 21, 2006 23 posts and nobody's made an orgasm joke yet? 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Gawain 0 #6 December 21, 2006 3.7's not so bad. Sometimes, they feel like being on a rolling ship in the seas...you have been on a boat right? j/kSo I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shermanator 4 #7 December 21, 2006 I'll take my earthquakes over hurricanes/tornadoes anyday!CLICK HERE! new blog posted 9/21/08 CSA #720 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #8 December 21, 2006 QuoteI'll take my earthquakes over hurricanes/tornadoes anyday! Dude you're not kidding...tornados roll through the Ft. Campbell, KY area every now and again...I'd much rather have the ground shake...So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlueSkiesKel 0 #9 December 21, 2006 yeah 3.7 isnt bad, i've just never felt one before, definitely didnt like it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlueSkiesKel 0 #10 December 21, 2006 QuoteI'll take my earthquakes over hurricanes/tornadoes anyday! i'll take my hurricanes (which i know are coming and can run from them) anyday over earthquakes, which can kill me without warning ran from 4 hurricanes when i lived in FL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tdog 0 #11 December 21, 2006 Quotejust felt my first Earthquake... didn't like it, didn't like totally dont like them now.. good thing I dont have to deal with this for much longer My first earthquake: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Northridge_Earthquake My aunt lived 1 mile from the epicenter. I called her and she said everything was ok. She was in shock, two days later I found out that she RODE her bed across the room - that the water heater that was bolted to the wall a week earlier to make it "earthquake safe" took the wall with it into the kitchen, and her neighbors lost their entire homes. I was in Malibu, about 20 miles away. The Christmas lights I had strung across my dorm room ceiling swayed and flickered as the 250 car alarms went off in the parking lot. When the shaking was over and the power did not come back on - I thought, "Oh shit - how am I going to wake up for school without an alarm clock". I went back to bed and turned on the radio the next morning in my car and found out how bad it was. So that was my first. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydemon2 0 #12 December 21, 2006 I'd say you owe beer........ Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone! I like to start my day off with a little Ray of Soulshine™!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaH 0 #13 December 21, 2006 QuoteQuotejust felt my first Earthquake... didn't like it, didn't like totally dont like them now.. good thing I dont have to deal with this for much longer My first earthquake: http://www.data.scec.org/chrono_index/northreq.html My aunt lived 1 mile from the epicenter. I called her and she said everything was ok. She was in shock, two days later I found out that she RODE her bed across the room - that the water heater that was bolted to the wall a week earlier to make it "earthquake safe" took the wall with it into the kitchen, and her neighbors lost their entire homes. I was in Malibu, about 20 miles away. The Christmas lights I had strung across my dorm room ceiling swayed and flickered as the 250 car alarms went off in the parking lot. When the shaking was over and the power did not come back on - I thought, "Oh shit - how am I going to wake up for school without an alarm clock". I went back to bed and turned on the radio the next morning in my car and found out how bad it was. So that was my first. Not my first as I've lived in Cali all of my life, but definitely the worst I've experienced. Never knew a chimney could collapse into the living room. And I went to work and conducted business on the phone under my desk during the aftershocks.Be yourself! MooOOooOoo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #14 December 21, 2006 My brother made it through the Loma Prieta quake in 1989 (remember it hit during the Bay World Series between Oakland As and San Francisco Giants?) and his house was 10 miles from the epicenter. No damage to his ridiculously quake-proofed house. Now he's lived on the big island of Hawaii for a few years and just recently made it through the similarly strong quake that hit 10 miles from his house there. He had just finished a major renovation of his house, but luckily only suffered cracks in the drywall, mostly in corners... One time I was visiting him in California and he asked me that morning if I felt the quake overnight. I asked him how strong? He said 3.1... Fuck... I slept right through it! I wanted to see what one felt like... As for tornadoes as someone else mentioned, I've already had 5 near-misses with them around my home area in the past 6 years. I'll take a minor quake over a tornado anyday."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tdog 0 #15 December 21, 2006 Quoteunder my desk during the aftershocks. I was walking an I-beam doing rigging in a theatre during one of the aftershocks. I had fall protection on, but I needed piss in my pants protection. In 1997 there was an aftershock when I graduated from school just in time for my parents to be in Santa Monica. I was sleeping on the hotel floor and they screamed. It was funny because they were "small". So years after my "first" they were in town for their "first" - all from the same fault.QuoteTwo Northridge aftershocks (M 5.1 and M 4.9) provided much of the excitement for the month of April. In the early morning hours of April 26 and 27, these two quakes woke sleepers across the Los Angeles area and caused some minor damage near their epicenters. In addition, they produced numerous aftershocks and helped raise the seismicity rate in this area to more than 1060 earthquakes over the course of these 30 days. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonstark 8 #16 December 21, 2006 That's what it is like to have the "Boogieman" wake you up. Your heart will jump now whenever you wake up for no reason in the middle of the night. You'll get over it but it sux for awhile. sorry 'bout that jon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaH 0 #17 December 21, 2006 I was walking an I-beam doing rigging in a theatre during one of the aftershocks. I had fall protection on, but I needed piss in my pants protection. _________________________ Forgot the depends did ya? Everyone should have those in their emergency kits!Be yourself! MooOOooOoo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cornholio 0 #18 December 21, 2006 what earthquake?? First I've heard of it and been sitting here watching TV since about 6. Butthead: Whoa! Burritos for breakfast! Beavis: Yeah! Yeah! Cool! bellyflier on the dz.com hybrid record jump Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlueSkiesKel 0 #19 December 21, 2006 Quotewhat earthquake?? First I've heard of it and been sitting here watching TV since about 6. i've sat through them and not noticed them before, this one just happened to rock my apt pretty hard, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flygirl1 0 #20 December 21, 2006 QuoteIf stuff isn't falling from the shelves, I tend to ignore them...you'll learn to do that, too. Ciels- Michele I agree. I'm in Pacifica right now (about 9 miles from San Francisco) and I never felt a thing.Fly like a girl Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kenz 0 #21 December 21, 2006 i felt my first earthquake when i was in a target out in california... it was so weird - only took a few seconds but it felt like i was in an elevator and i looked around to see if anyone else felt it cause i thought i was just imagining it.. then some woman walked over and said "oh its ok sweetie - it was a mini earthquake - it happens all the time - you didn't make it up" made me feel better - but im guessing if it was anything on the richter scale it was MAYbe a 1.5"life does throw curveballs sometimes but it doesn't mean we shouldn't still swing for the homerun" ~ me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #22 December 21, 2006 QuoteQuoteI'll take my earthquakes over hurricanes/tornadoes anyday! Dude you're not kidding...tornados roll through the Ft. Campbell, KY area every now and again...I'd much rather have the ground shake... I'll third that. Earthquakes can be kinda fun. Hurricanes suck even if they don't flood your house, and they really suck when they do. Besides, a 3.7? That's not scary, that's like putting a quarter in the bed! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydemon2 0 #23 December 21, 2006 What do you know about vibrating beds? Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone! I like to start my day off with a little Ray of Soulshine™!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindercles 0 #24 December 21, 2006 23 posts and nobody's made an orgasm joke yet? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kenz 0 #25 December 21, 2006 you tend to forget - females like longevity - no sense spoiling it too soon "life does throw curveballs sometimes but it doesn't mean we shouldn't still swing for the homerun" ~ me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
