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Subject: D@mn earthquakes!!!
This morning at 5 a.m., I woke up to the lovely movements of my bed shaking, my garage door rattling (I have a door in my room that leads to the garage), and my window sounding as if it were going to break. Yup, you guessed it! We had an earthquake! A 3.6 to be exact. Needless to say, I could barely get back to sleep. So now I'm dead tired, and should probably go to bed. Has anyone else ever been stuck in a natural disaster (hurricane, tornado, earthquake)? I've lived around here all my life, so I felt the Loma Prieta quake in 1989 (7.1 on the Richter scale). That was truly terrifying. :o
Subject: Re: D@mn earthquakes!!!
Having travelled and lived all over the US and Canada, I have happened to be affected by most types of natural disasters at some point in my life. I have seen a tornado (I watched it touch down a street over from where I was), hurricaines, earthquakes, floods, wildfires (I was evacuated from my campsite after the winds changed), ice storms...
I am not scared by these phenomenon. Actually, I found most of them exciting. (Then again, I'm also totally into adrenaline sports...) I find that being prepared for disasters really helps take the frightening aspect out of the situation. That's why I'm on the Provincial Emergency Preparedness team here in BC. I train to take on a leadership role during natural disasters. When you have first aid, search and rescue, survival, fire suppression, building rapid damage assessment, and countless other trainings in your background, it's pretty easy to be confident that you're going to make it through any natural disaster relatively unscathed.
Subject: Re: D@mn earthquakes!!!
I did have the interesting experience of travelling around America and leaving disaster in my wake!I left New Jersey and the next day they had a hurricane,I left San Fransisco and they had an earthquake.....
Subject: Re: D@mn earthquakes!!!
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I did have the interesting experience of travelling around America and leaving disaster in my wake!I left New Jersey and the next day they had a hurricane,I left San Fransisco and they had an earthquake.....
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...so where are you now? (just so that I can get away from there before you do..)
Phil
Subject: Re: D@mn earthquakes!!!
This afternoon I am off work (yay) and going to visit a garden centre,so watch out for reports of a freak tornado hitting a garden centre just outside of Oxford shortly after a blue car was seen driving away!! ;D
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This afternoon I am off work (yay) and going to visit a garden centre,so watch out for reports of a freak tornado hitting a garden centre just outside of Oxford shortly after a blue car was seen driving away!! ;D
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<fx: ducks under table>
Is 50 miles far enough away? s**t! My family are even closer to the epicentre :o
Phil
Subject: Re: D@mn earthquakes!!!
I've lived through many quakes when I lived in California, with the biggest being around 7.1-7.2. Get tornados from time to time here in Oklahoma. Also went through heatwave in Texas, blizzards in North Dakota, and various other things throughout my life. I guess I'm numb to it, since they never really bothered me (well, with the exception that I occasionally have to turn my computer off so it won't get fried by lightning...)
Kryllith
Subject: Re: D@mn earthquakes!!!
Sheesh, I knew we lost some posts on our total posts, but 600+? Ack. Ah well.
Kryllith
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Sheesh, I knew we lost some posts on our total posts, but 600+? Ack. Ah well.
Kryllith
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I know - I'm back down to "Little Blue" one again :-(
But I shall return!
Phil
Subject: Re: D@mn earthquakes!!!
Grin, I noticed a couple posts later that I've lost Murray, the Evil, Demonic Skull as well. Guess it's time to hit World of Monkey Island again...
Kryllith
Subject: Re: D@mn earthquakes!!!
There was an earthquake in upstate New York this past weekend that was felt by many people here in Boston and surrounding towns. At the epicenter it was something like 5.1. I felt it, but ignored it, as it was no more to me than a heavy truck driving by, or the upstairs neighbors playing basketball while wearing combat boots (again!).
Up here in the northeastern U.S. we are usually out of the way of natural disasters. Hurricanes are little more than heavy rains by the time they get up here, and while there have been tornados, they are weak in comparison to what the midwest gets (I know, that's very small consolation to those who have lost homes to one). Even our blizzards are weaker than the ones in the midwest.
But we do have our very own "special" disaster weather. A storm called a "Nor'Easter". It's a blizzard, a hurricane, a tornado, and a lightning storm all in one. If it hits in the warmer weather, it's rain instead of snow, but it's a freezing rain. It gets it's name from the regional dialect for "North East" and it describes the general direction of the storm. (not the winds, they go every which way).
I've been through several of these, including one which punched a hole in the roof of the office where I work. You've never seen anyone move a computer so fast!! :o And we moved three of them, plus a photocopier.
Subject: Re: D@mn earthquakes!!!
Yeah, I had a laugh over the earthquake in New York when on of my Massachusettian friends was talking about it. I really miss earthquakes actually. To me they were always like going to 6 Flags without having to pay $35-$50. Course my mom would always freak out yelling "It's the big one!" (my typical response was something like "Shhh, I'm trying to sleep").
Kryllith
Subject: Re: D@mn earthquakes!!!
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Course my mom would always freak out yelling "It's the big one!" (my typical response was something like "Shhh, I'm trying to sleep").
Kryllith
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You sound like my sister. About five years ago, we had a moderate sized earthquake around 6 in the morning. I jumped out of bed and ran for the door. My mom ran out of her room and joined me. It didn't even faze my sister, who was sleeping peacefully beneath some very fragile and very old windows. We woke her up to get her away from the windows, and she got mad at us! She told us never to wake her up again no matter what was happening. ::)
Subject: Re: D@mn earthquakes!!!
The biggest earthquake I have been in was something like a 3.1. Not much damage, but it scared the heck out of me. I was 12 at the time. I am in Utah, and the big one is due. I know it will hit soon, I just hope I am not near any tall buildings when it happens. :o
Subject: Re: D@mn earthquakes!!!
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You sound like my sister. About five years ago, we had a moderate sized earthquake around 6 in the morning. I jumped out of bed and ran for the door. My mom ran out of her room and joined me. It didn't even faze my sister, who was sleeping peacefully beneath some very fragile and very old windows. We woke her up to get her away from the windows, and she got mad at us! She told us never to wake her up again no matter what was happening. ::)
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Sounds like you sister has good sense. On top of it all, for the last few years I lived in CA I had a waterbed, so the earthquake really didn't affect me at all. :)
Kryllith