Just had a little earthquake almost right underneath me

[Oeditpus Rex]

It was only a 2.6, but it was on the tiny Quien Sabe fault, which is less than three miles east of my house.

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/nc51202947.htm



The little red square at center left. I live between the 'H' and 'o' in "Hollister":

[TK421]

1. Awful lot of earthquakes lately, isn't there?

and especially in strange areas like Alabama ( I have never heard of an earthquake there, honestly )

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. No more than usual here

In fact, we were overdue for one that could actually be felt.

I think it seems like there's more because there've been a few in areas that rarely get 'em.



So how you doin'? :hi:

[TK421]

8. I'm okay...still haven't had anything to drink, and I'm not craving it

despite a bad day at work....and I was tempted, believe me :D

[Oeditpus Rex]

12. Heh... I still get tempted once in awhile

But I know what's likely to happen if I give in. :scared:

[KitchenWitch]

2. Is there really a town called Los Baños?

Or is it Los Banos?

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. The first one

There're natural hot springs there. The Franciscans who built the missions bathed in 'em.

It does not mean "the bathrooms."

[KitchenWitch]

5. Thank you!

:rofl:

[mcctatas]

3. yikes...

I used to sit here in WI, smug in the knowledge that the midwest doesn't have quakes, but about a month ago there was a 5.2 near Chicago and they felt it all the way in southern WI. I'm not so smug anymore;)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. My dear mcctatas...

We do have earthquakes...

But you have tornadoes...:scared:

[mcctatas]

9. shhhhh....

if we talk about the ornadoes-tay they will ind-fay us and estroy-day us!!!! Then we all have to :hide:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Oh, sorry!

I still have time to edit, if it's not too late!:cry:

[mcctatas]

13. I think it will be ok...

they usually smite Texas first and move their way up :hug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. Eh, no matter where you are

there's gonna be somethin' to screw up your day.

I decided a long time ago I prefer earthquakes to other examples of Ma Nature's pissed-offedness because by the time you're scared, they're over. With most of 'em, like this one, you don't even get scared if you're a native. You just go "Good little shake" or whatever.

With tornadoes and hurricanes and floods and famine and pestilence and stuff, you've got warnings and alerts and all that junk that just makes the tension build.

[EFerrari]

14. We had earthquake weather all last week

and I know it's gonna happen because I smoked all the emergency cigs and drank all the emergency booze and more than that, we dug into the emergency cat food. That was the last bit of hubis that cannot be mended.

So, if I don't show up to post the ERD, please tell Melissa G that it is completely my fault or at least, my nearest fault.

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. I keep tellin' ya

ain't no such thing as "earthquake weather."

:spank:




AlTHOugh... it did occur to me that since the heat wave's over, this quake was caused by the Earth cooling and thus shrinking.

:freak:

[EFerrari]

16. Great. My life is at risk because the sand under this place

is going to seize up like bacon in a hot pan.

WhatEVER. I'll have cable sports channels 'till the end.

lol

[Oeditpus Rex]

17. Well, why'd you build on sand?

Didn't you read the Natural Hazard Disclosure Report?



City folk. :eyes:



:P

[EFerrari]

18. No kidding, the first quake we had here, this bulding waved

and I do mean, WAVED, in the breeze.

It was better than crashing and burning but still, your inner ear took weeks to recover. My consolation is that 15 surfer babies will run out of the building, shouting and screaming, ahead of me.

No telling what they'll leave behind. :evilgrin:

[Fox Mulder]

19. A 2.6 is hardly more than a large truck driving past your house.

They can still startle a person, though.

[Oeditpus Rex]

20. When it's 2.87 miles from your house

it's a little more than that. More like a large truck falling from a tree in your back yard.

[joneschick]

21. thanks for the image Oedi

large truck falling from a tree in your back yard! Love it. :hi: