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. 

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.![]()
global warming caused it.... that or gay people.... depends on if you ask the far left or far right.
global warming caused it.... that or gay people.... depends on if you ask the far left or far right.
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.
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.
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.
While we have the occasional tornado in Denver, I kind of like the 'no major natural disasters' kind of life.
Personally, I'm scared shitless of living in tornado and hurricane country.
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.
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...
Did you feel that earthquake Onceler, or are you too far away?
I actually didn't feel it. But other people in my house did.
Go figure; I'm pretty heavily medicated most of the time, so....
Personally, I'm scared shitless of living in tornado and hurricane country.
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.