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Fri Dec-05-08 10:32 PM
Response to Reply #30 |
| 36. Northridge, 1994. n/t |
| -EARTHQUAKE! |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-05-08 10:20 PM |
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? Nothing in Central OC |
The_Casual_Observer |
Dec-05-08 10:21 PM |
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I felt it!! |
Tiggeroshii |
Dec-05-08 10:22 PM |
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I'm in the Valley. LA n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-05-08 10:22 PM |
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didn't feel anything |
JI7 |
Dec-05-08 10:22 PM |
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The Valley. n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-05-08 10:23 PM |
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a small, smooth, wavy earthquake. |
Liberal_in_LA |
Dec-05-08 10:23 PM |
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I felt it! |
Liberal_in_LA |
Dec-05-08 10:22 PM |
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Where are you? n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-05-08 10:23 PM |
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North Hollywood at the moment. |
Liberal_in_LA |
Dec-05-08 10:25 PM |
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Okay, that explains why we both felt it. |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-05-08 10:26 PM |
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Hi, neighbor! |
kestrel91316 |
Dec-05-08 10:36 PM |
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Hello! n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-05-08 10:59 PM |
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Yeah I just felt it! |
KeepItReal |
Dec-05-08 10:23 PM |
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LOL! For the weather! n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-05-08 10:23 PM |
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...and the nice views!! |
KeepItReal |
Dec-05-08 10:25 PM |
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and the clean air!... just kidding |
Liberal_in_LA |
Dec-05-08 10:26 PM |
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Damn, how long have you been in LA? |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-05-08 10:28 PM |
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5 years |
KeepItReal |
Dec-05-08 10:32 PM |
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Okay, so you haven't had your earthquake cherry shocked. n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-05-08 10:34 PM |
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I'd like to keep that way now that I live here...thank you very much |
KeepItReal |
Dec-05-08 10:39 PM |
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And you're still antsy? |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-05-08 10:47 PM |
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Where I was raised from you could flee threats. |
KeepItReal |
Dec-05-08 10:59 PM |
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No. You need to know what to do when one is happening. |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-05-08 11:33 PM |
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Inside door jamb is one of the most solid parts of home construction. |
Tigress DEM |
Dec-06-08 12:05 AM |
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Wired to my gas meter I have one of those funny tools that's supposed to help me turn it off... |
Hekate |
Dec-06-08 02:58 AM |
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In MN during the winter there are a lot of nat gas explosions. |
Tigress DEM |
Dec-06-08 03:52 AM |
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Wow. Different climate for sure. Here in SoCal our earthquake instructions... |
Hekate |
Dec-06-08 04:09 AM |
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5.5 according to USGS site: |
Dennis Donovan |
Dec-05-08 10:23 PM |
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5.5? That's just "fun size" ... exciting but not normally dangerous |
TahitiNut |
Dec-05-08 10:30 PM |
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"fun size" LOL! n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-05-08 10:59 PM |
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5.5 .... 16 miles from Ludlow |
blitzen |
Dec-05-08 10:23 PM |
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5.5! Pfft, I'm going back to bed. n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-05-08 10:24 PM |
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Link to Wiki Chart about Richter Scale so you get an idea of what 5.5 feels like |
Tigress DEM |
Dec-05-08 11:50 PM |
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8:20 PM. It was a fairly good one, but not underneath me in the Valley. |
kestrel91316 |
Dec-05-08 10:23 PM |
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Earthquakes: Nature's automatic dusters. n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-05-08 10:25 PM |
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You sound like a old time land surfer, dude! |
FORREST GRUMP |
Dec-06-08 03:13 PM |
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LOL! That's about right, yeah! |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-06-08 05:29 PM |
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EEEEK!!!! |
Breeze54 |
Dec-05-08 10:24 PM |
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Is this it? |
Journalgrrl |
Dec-05-08 10:25 PM |
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Yeah, it's a little itty-bitty thing. n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-05-08 10:26 PM |
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I was starting to think I was the only one who felt it until I saw Colbert's post. |
Liberal_in_LA |
Dec-05-08 10:27 PM |
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: p n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-05-08 10:27 PM |
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What's the biggest one you have been through...? |
Journalgrrl |
Dec-05-08 10:29 PM |
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Northridge, 1994. n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-05-08 10:32 PM |
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That was the one to write home about, indeed. I never want to go |
kestrel91316 |
Dec-05-08 10:34 PM |
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Yup, that was an earthquake to remember. |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-05-08 10:36 PM |
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Yep, the first one that came right on the heels of the big one was |
kestrel91316 |
Dec-05-08 10:42 PM |
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Yup. |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-05-08 11:38 PM |
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Building codes are kind of in our blood here. Whenever there's a bad one overseas we shudder... |
Hekate |
Dec-06-08 03:22 AM |
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Loma Prieta - 1989 - while driving on a bridge - I thought it was going to collaspe. - n/t |
lapfog_1 |
Dec-05-08 10:39 PM |
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try being two blocks from the epicenter during the Northridge Quake n/t |
Donnachaidh |
Dec-06-08 01:57 AM |
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No thank you! n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-06-08 02:28 AM |
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The Northridge Earthquake was a doozy we felt up here beyond Santa Barbara... |
Hekate |
Dec-06-08 03:13 AM |
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A 3.9 here in Arkansas... kinda wacked out actually |
moriah |
Dec-06-08 02:59 PM |
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My husband was in San Jose for that one. |
junofeb |
Dec-06-08 07:57 PM |
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Shit.. we always miss out:( |
SoCalDem |
Dec-05-08 10:27 PM |
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What city?! n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-05-08 10:27 PM |
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Moreno Valley...near Riverside (March ARB is here) |
SoCalDem |
Dec-05-08 10:29 PM |
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I don't know what's worst: Riverside's oddball cults or the random earthquake. n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-05-08 10:35 PM |
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Putting it all in perspective, eh? |
aquart |
Dec-05-08 10:29 PM |
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I should call my brother tomorrow. |
sakabatou |
Dec-05-08 10:27 PM |
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Didn't feel a thing |
ZombyWoof |
Dec-05-08 10:28 PM |
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5.5 |
Popol Vuh |
Dec-05-08 10:28 PM |
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Meh, it wasn't that big anyway. You didn't miss anything. n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-05-08 10:30 PM |
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Yep, that's it. I could tell it was pretty far away by the gentle swaying |
kestrel91316 |
Dec-05-08 10:31 PM |
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OMG, you guys had me scared for a second, thinking this was the "Big One" you guys have been... |
Odin2005 |
Dec-05-08 10:31 PM |
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Yeah, we're fine. |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-05-08 10:33 PM |
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One of my cats spooked again a minute or two ago. I give it |
kestrel91316 |
Dec-05-08 10:38 PM |
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Is there a map with all the faults on it...? |
Journalgrrl |
Dec-05-08 10:37 PM |
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Post #8 above. |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-05-08 10:45 PM |
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Some on DU posted this a year or so ago. |
kywildcat |
Dec-06-08 03:21 AM |
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WTF are you West Valley guys smoking? |
wtmusic |
Dec-05-08 11:17 PM |
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LOL! Hey, I always post in case it's a "pre-shock!" n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-05-08 11:40 PM |
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Riverside - just a slight swaying, enuff to feel it and that's about it nt |
msongs |
Dec-05-08 11:34 PM |
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OMG!!!! IT RAINED AND PEOPLE GOT WET!!! (details pending) (nt) |
ConsAreLiars |
Dec-05-08 11:54 PM |
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One of my best friends called me from The Valley and asked, |
Lindsey |
Dec-06-08 12:24 AM |
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Yeah. The OP's hysterical excitement over a common event is symptomatic of something. |
ConsAreLiars |
Dec-06-08 01:37 AM |
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"hysterical excitement" Excuse me? Where do you see "hysterical" or "excitement"? n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-06-08 02:29 AM |
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That would be, in case you are really as dumb as you pretend, in the ALL CAPS plus the "!" (nt) |
ConsAreLiars |
Dec-06-08 03:37 AM |
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I keep forgetting that for some people I still have to post the :sarcasm: smiley. |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-06-08 02:48 PM |
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Excuse me, but in the two years I have lived in SoCal |
KitchenWitch |
Dec-06-08 02:35 AM |
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One every year, and no damage other than a few broken plates? |
ConsAreLiars |
Dec-06-08 03:01 AM |
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"unless the OP is a drama queen." Calm down, keep your personal attacks to yourself. n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-06-08 02:49 PM |
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SoCal gets a lot of transplants. I love to watch them freak when it's a tiny little bugger. n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-06-08 02:31 AM |
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I'll take quakes over tornados ANY DAY |
SoCalDem |
Dec-06-08 05:31 PM |
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Hold on... |
XOKCowboy |
Dec-06-08 06:58 PM |
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One summer in Olathe, Kansas, we spent almost as much time in the basement |
SoCalDem |
Dec-06-08 07:10 PM |
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A summer in Oz... Must have been fun |
XOKCowboy |
Dec-06-08 07:29 PM |
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Our worst tornados happened at night.. when you cannot see them |
SoCalDem |
Dec-06-08 07:45 PM |
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Why do you have to be such a jerk about the OP? |
rvablue |
Dec-06-08 05:17 PM |
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It's not my first earthquake and I have no problem with ConsAreLiars. n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-06-08 05:23 PM |
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Fine with me, thought it was out of line for CAL to call you a "drama queen" and "dumb" |
rvablue |
Dec-06-08 05:33 PM |
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I keep forgetting that most people are more literal than I am. |
ColbertWatcher |
Dec-06-08 07:13 PM |
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I have yet to feel it. |
ccharles000 |
Dec-06-08 01:41 AM |
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It wasn't me...I wasn't anywhere near the place!.....n/t |
DearAbby |
Dec-06-08 07:30 PM |
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