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06/15/2006 08:40:42 AM · #1 |
| ... a little earthquake to get your blood pumping in the morning. USGS is saying 4.7 and we usually don't really feel them because we're on solid ground unlike most of the Bay Area but it felt a lot stronger than that. |
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06/15/2006 08:46:42 AM · #2 |
Actually, as a geologist, I'm privy to certain information which is sometimes withheld from the public to avoid panic. So, get your camera ready and maybe you'll get some good shots when southern California breaks away from North America! ;-)
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06/15/2006 09:01:52 AM · #3 |
| ... and bring the extra oars so you can row toward Hawaii! |
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06/15/2006 10:02:19 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
So, get your camera ready and maybe you'll get some good shots when southern California breaks away from North America! ;-) |
We haven't had any decent earthquakes in So Cal for a while now, I'm starting to get a little nervous. That Northridge quake scared the crap out of me! |
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06/15/2006 10:21:28 AM · #5 |
| I was at work at a hotel during that quake. It was so funny to see the entire switchboard light up after, then the power went out, then people were running from their rooms and jumping in their cars. Many didn't even bother to get dressed. There was no damage to the building but people were sure it was going to fall down at any moment. The scary part was actually the trip home. I was on a health kick at the time and rode my bike to work. All the stop lights were out and all the panicked maniacs were flying down the roads not bothering to even slow down for intersections. I felt like I was taking my life in my hands every time I had to cross a street. |
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06/15/2006 07:39:14 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Actually, as a geologist, I'm privy to certain information which is sometimes withheld from the public to avoid panic. So, get your camera ready and maybe you'll get some good shots when southern California breaks away from North America! ;-) |
Slightly OT, but reminds me of the end of //www.endofworld.net/ :)
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Message edited by author 2006-06-15 19:43:36. |
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06/15/2006 07:57:28 PM · #7 |
This is a true story. When I lived in Greece (Athens 1981) for about 2 years with three other girls from school we experienced about 3 earthquakes ( minor ones I think). We lived in a basement flat which is the cheapest because of the obvious dangers in a country where earthquakes are quite common.
The first time it struck we were all sitting on the floor (too poor for furniture) and the whole floor just slid from one side to the other and the handmade lampshade started to swing. Shortly after that shouts, voices and banging at our door to get out. We realised what had taken place and the four of us grabbed instinctivly for things which were the most important to us. I grabbed my medications/syringes (I'm a diabetic), one girl, who was probably the most sensible grabbed her passport. The Scottish girl (apologises to any Scots out there) grabbed her wallet and the only blonde in the group grabbed ....yes it could only be....her make-up bag!!! |
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06/15/2006 08:15:38 PM · #8 |
Amazingly this is the first earthquake that I've felt since the 1989 one. Lot's inbetween but have never felt any of them until this one..
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06/15/2006 08:21:38 PM · #9 |
One nice thing about living in corn fields... no quakes. Just gotta watch out for those pesky tornados!
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06/15/2006 08:25:06 PM · #10 |
| That explains the screen name strikeslip. I was wondering. Geologist form London University here... also worked in tin mines. |
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06/15/2006 08:56:27 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by pineapple:
That explains the screen name strikeslip. I was wondering. Geologist form London University here... also worked in tin mines. |
Hey, hooray for geos!
I always have to watch all those silly movies where a geologist is the hero, just to watch the expressions on my wife's face. :-)
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06/15/2006 09:48:10 PM · #12 |
Did you enjoy Evolution with that Fox Mulder guy or whatever the heck his name is...
That was pretty funny... (sorry I don't keep up on actors and their names...) He got the girl in the end too...
I can't think of any other movies where the geologist wins... can you name any?
Oh wait, there's Volcano and Dante's Peak....
heh, you should come visit Hua Lian here in TW... I went there to visit for 3 days and we had like 4 earthquakes over 4.0, two over 5.0... I think one was a 5.5 that week.
We usually get 2-3 per month in a quiet period that are over 4.0...
They say that the locals don't even notice if it's under a 5.
Could have something to do with the shoddy road and building construction... Every time a big truck goes by, the whole building I'm in wobbles. Same goes for a brisk wind... |
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06/15/2006 10:33:12 PM · #13 |
Last one we felt was in Jan, epicenter only 15 miles or so from us. Middle of the night, I'm of course at my keyboard when "BAM". It felt just like a giant fist had given one sharp THUD on the side of the house.
Usually it's more like a huge truck going by, with the rumble and tremble, but this one was just weird! My first thought was an explosion, but when I didn't hear any sirens I got onto the seismograph website and, sure enough, about a 5.
I guess it's past time to finish making up the earthquake kit, eh? |
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06/15/2006 10:52:45 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by TheStick:
One nice thing about living in corn fields... no quakes. Just gotta watch out for those pesky tornados! |
Don't be too confident. As I remember from school, one of the most powerful earthquakes (actually four of them in a couple days) in North America happened in the midwest, Missouri I think - early 1800's (?) If memory serves, it/they changed the course of the Mississippi river. |
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06/15/2006 11:32:08 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Actually, as a geologist, I'm privy to certain information which is sometimes withheld from the public to avoid panic. So, get your camera ready and maybe you'll get some good shots when southern California breaks away from North America! ;-) |
Southern California has been "disconnected" from the rest of the country for quite some time already. ;-)
I lived in the Bay Area in 1989, but was in Colorado for a couple days when the big quake hit. In 2000, I was in the Bay Area when a quake hit Seattle. Conclusion: Earthquakes are afraid of me.
Message edited by author 2006-06-15 23:32:31. |
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06/16/2006 12:04:50 AM · #16 |
I was living in Palm Desert in 1986 when there was a 6.0 quake - that was pretty cool. I had never experienced one before that.
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