Earthquake

leaningright

leaningright

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Felt my first earthquake Saturday night. No big deal to you West-coasters but this Okie doesn't want to feel another one. Give me the chance of a twister any day. ;)
 
I sometimes think about moving to southern CA, but the idea of earthquakes always nixes it.

Though, to be fair, twister-country is out for me, as well.
 
leaningright said:
Felt my first earthquake Saturday night. No big deal to you West-coasters but this Okie doesn't want to feel another one. Give me the chance of a twister any day. ;)
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global warming caused it.... that or gay people.... depends on if you ask the far left or far right.
 
Superfreak said:
global warming caused it.... that or gay people.... depends on if you ask the far left or far right.
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LOL....or if you ask some religious folks it is a sign of the end of the world. I had to laugh somewhat (and be somewhat saddened) at some of the facebook posts that were being read on the local news.
 
leaningright said:
Felt my first earthquake Saturday night. No big deal to you West-coasters but this Okie doesn't want to feel another one. Give me the chance of a twister any day. ;)
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My future-ex is from Arlington, TX and she said she had friends on Facebook from OK, TX and Arkansas all write about feeling the quake. 5.3 is a legit quake. We had a 4.0 in the Bay Area last month and that got things moving so I know you must have thinking WTF if it was a new feeling for you.
 
Onceler said:
I sometimes think about moving to southern CA, but the idea of earthquakes always nixes it.

Though, to be fair, twister-country is out for me, as well.
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So where do you live instead? Hurricane territory? I prefer the chance of a tornado to a storm that produces tornadoes as a side-effect.
 
Damocles said:
So where do you live instead? Hurricane territory? I prefer the chance of a tornado to a storm that produces tornadoes as a side-effect.
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While we have the occasional tornado in Denver, I kind of like the 'no major natural disasters' kind of life.
 
cawacko said:
My future-ex is from Arlington, TX and she said she had friends on Facebook from OK, TX and Arkansas all write about feeling the quake. 5.3 is a legit quake. We had a 4.0 in the Bay Area last month and that got things moving so I know you must have thinking WTF if it was a new feeling for you.
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I think it has to do with the ground you live on, and the center of the quake. Generally, in Seattle, anything under 6.0 is a snoozefest, but the quakes are generally centered off in farmville somewhere, like the 6.8 blast of 2001 was officially named the Nisqually Earthquake, after the small town north of Olympia.
 
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Superfreak said:
While we have the occasional tornado in Denver, I kind of like the 'no major natural disasters' kind of life.
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True that. The tornadoes here are also f3 or smaller, we don't get those mile-wide monstrosities on any regular basis.
 
Onceler lives in NY, which is not exactly hurricane territory. Though of course we just had one, and we do get them, they are rare. What was really crazy was shortly before the hurricane we had an earthquake. I can really relate to what leaning is saying. I had never felt one in my life and I did not know what was happening. My glass door (to my office) was shaking and first I thought I was having a brain bleed (that's my usual reaction to anything and is part of my weirdness). In about a second I knew it wasn't that, and felt the floor shaking and thought a plane had crashed. I work so close to MacArthur airport you can't overestimate how close I am. I am yards from it. But then I realized I would have heard a noise.

Finally, I thought; earthquake.

Man that was so messed up! Definitely can live without ever feeling another one.
 
Darla said:
Onceler lives in NY, which is not exactly hurricane territory. Though of course we just had one, and we do get them, they are rare. What was really crazy was shortly before the hurricane we had an earthquake. I can really relate to what leaning is saying. I had never felt one in my life and I did not know what was happening. My glass door (to my office) was shaking and first I thought I was having a brain bleed (that's my usual reaction to anything and is part of my weirdness). In about a second I knew it wasn't that, and felt the floor shaking and thought a plane had crashed. I work so close to MacArthur airport you can't overestimate how close I am. I am yards from it. But then I realized I would have heard a noise.

Finally, I thought; earthquake.

Man that was so messed up! Definitely can live without ever feeling another one.
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The only think I don't like about NY are the snowstorms. But a snowstorm can't pick you up & hurl you a mile. And it can't bring a roof down on your head (well, most of the time). And it isn't sweltering.

So, I guess I'm here for the long haul...
 
Onceler said:
The only think I don't like about NY are the snowstorms. But a snowstorm can't pick you up & hurl you a mile. And it can't bring a roof down on your head (well, most of the time). And it isn't sweltering.

So, I guess I'm here for the long haul...
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Did you feel that earthquake Onceler, or are you too far away?
 
Darla said:
Onceler lives in NY, which is not exactly hurricane territory. Though of course we just had one, and we do get them, they are rare. What was really crazy was shortly before the hurricane we had an earthquake. I can really relate to what leaning is saying. I had never felt one in my life and I did not know what was happening. My glass door (to my office) was shaking and first I thought I was having a brain bleed (that's my usual reaction to anything and is part of my weirdness). In about a second I knew it wasn't that, and felt the floor shaking and thought a plane had crashed. I work so close to MacArthur airport you can't overestimate how close I am. I am yards from it. But then I realized I would have heard a noise.

Finally, I thought; earthquake.

Man that was so messed up! Definitely can live without ever feeling another one.
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When I was in Monterey, CA the first earthquake I was there for was much the same thing. It took me some time to figure it out. And it was a big one. I'm from CO, other than my time in the Navy I've always lived in CO; 4.0 is the biggest earthquake I had ever experienced and the only reason I knew it happened was because the scales in science class were shaking.

So, in a 6.whatever eathquake in CA the first thing that came to mind wasn't "ground is moving" it was "Army pulling prank"... I thought they had somehow entered our barracks and were running down the hall. When I opened the door to look, nobody was there. (Spooky moment, like Ghost Hunters spooky... nobody was there... :D )...

Anyway, I stood there for about a good 5 more seconds before I realized... 'Holy crap! This is an earthquake!'...

LOL> It took me some time to get used to the idea that the ground would betray you where I now lived...
 
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