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Stargazer09 Donating Member (625 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-12-10 10:16 AM
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29. I spent many years in Cali
But I didn't feel my first earthquake until I lived in Oklahoma. :)

That F5 in 1999 was too close for comfort, but I think I'd prefer a tornado to a major earthquake. At least a tornado is fairly localized.

I'm not a fan of either disaster, though.
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  -Southern California faults are feeling the pressure. Seismologists are increasingly concerned that sce56  Jul-10-10 11:21 AM   #0 
  - I'm in San Diego and am very concerned...  Juneboarder   Jul-10-10 11:32 AM   #1 
  - I was in the hills (Aptos) 10 miles from Loma Prieta when that quake hit in '89  HCE SuiGeneris   Jul-10-10 12:15 PM   #4 
  - I was in Fresno did not feel it but was called up and put on standby by my HQ as I was between  sce56   Jul-10-10 06:21 PM   #12 
  - I lived in North Hills then....still have souvenirs... a bum knee and vertigo.  blm   Jul-10-10 02:04 PM   #7 
  - Your welcome and here is the link to the map page.  sce56   Jul-10-10 05:59 PM   #11 
  - If it hits in a couple of weeks, the whole fantasy geek world could be destroyed.  Kablooie   Jul-11-10 12:10 AM   #15 
     - You have a strange sense of priorities  Canuckistanian   Jul-11-10 11:56 AM   #18 
     - It kind of becomes a priority when your livelihood is linked to it..  Kablooie   Jul-12-10 11:20 AM   #32 
     - I heard...  Juneboarder   Jul-11-10 08:47 PM   #23 
  - This is very useful information...  CaliforniaPeggy   Jul-10-10 11:32 AM   #2 
  - I experienced  femrap   Jul-10-10 11:49 AM   #3 
  - what worries me is the lack of activity on the cascadia fault...  Viva_La_Revolution   Jul-10-10 01:03 PM   #5 
  - I'm worried about that one, too  Stargazer09   Jul-12-10 10:05 AM   #28 
  - I was about a mile from the epicenter of the Northridge quake in 1994...thought I was a goner!  driver8   Jul-10-10 01:11 PM   #6 
  - same here  blm   Jul-10-10 02:05 PM   #8 
  - I lost my home in the Northridge Quake..and after fighting insurance moved out of Calif..  flyarm   Jul-10-10 10:23 PM   #14 
     - The apartment I was in was totally destroyed.  driver8   Jul-11-10 12:16 PM   #19 
     - Were you in those apartments  Juneboarder   Jul-11-10 08:50 PM   #24 
        - Nope -- not in those apartments.  driver8   Jul-11-10 11:25 PM   #26 
           - Right around the corner, huh!?!  Juneboarder   Jul-12-10 07:28 AM   #27 
              - I didn't think I was going to make it out.  driver8   Jul-12-10 10:28 AM   #30 
                 - It really was!!  Juneboarder   Jul-12-10 10:29 AM   #31 
     - Amazing that you weren't hurt.  blm   Jul-11-10 07:33 PM   #22 
  - I'm practically on top  OnionPatch   Jul-10-10 04:24 PM   #9 
  - Me, too...  kimmylavin   Jul-10-10 04:40 PM   #10 
  - There are differing schools of thought  necso   Jul-10-10 06:36 PM   #13 
  - Broadband Seismic Data Collection Center  Kablooie   Jul-11-10 12:27 AM   #16 
  - Very cool  Po_d Mainiac   Jul-11-10 09:39 PM   #25 
  - Oooh, uh oh. I hope all you CA folks are prepared...  a la izquierda   Jul-11-10 11:33 AM   #17 
  - I spent many years in Cali  Stargazer09   Jul-12-10 10:16 AM   #29 
     - How weird!  a la izquierda   Jul-12-10 08:25 PM   #33 
  - i'm in phoenix. i never felt any shaking  DesertFlower   Jul-11-10 03:06 PM   #20 
  - I was in Chile on Feb. 27th for the 8.8 earthquake and then the many aftershocks.  SharonAnn   Jul-11-10 04:17 PM   #21 
 

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