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maherwoman

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Oh man...just a few minutes ago, here I am, innocentlly sitting at the computer, fulfilling my Hostly duties, and JOLT!!! We had a rather large, but VERY quick, earthquake!

So, I sat for a moment, waiting to see when it was done if it was just a lull and was going to start back up again (which it didn't), and realized quite suddenly that poor Trixie hasn't even been here a full 24 hours, and she's already experienced her first earthquake!!

Yeah...just try to tell HER that earthquakes don't happen very often!! :shock: Poor girl!!

All of our animals just FROZE when it happened, and looked at me for comfort...poor babies!! So I went around, of course, and pet each and everyone here, after comforting my poor daughter, who was standing on her bed, eyes as wide as platters! Wow...

Impressive jolt, given how quick it was...it was literally MAYBE a second long, and it felt like the building was bounced right off it's foundation. Thank goodness for regulated earthquake-safe buildings! :)
 
Wow! Welcome to California Trixie! Poor babies (human and not)! I'm glad it was a quick one and that there wasn't any damage done to you and your property.
 
Oh yeah...I mean, things are just fine here. No worries, literally. :)

I've gotten used to them since moving here in 1994, not many months after the big one in Northridge (which I actually live quite near).

Yeah, they're a bit scary, but there are more that don't do any damage than ones that do...it's just that reporters only talk about the ones that actually DO anything.

So, no worries...they're a LOT scarier than they sound! :)

I used to worry about it when I felt a bit of rolling when laying in bed at night, but anymore, I just chock it up to where I live, and not worry much about it.
 
maherwoman, you are better than I. Last month we moved from San Diego County to New Jersey and I could not be happier to get away from those quakes! I am originally from northern CA up by the Oregon border and we had a few big ones while I was there. I can&#39;t stand them, and now that we are not in the "Ring Of Fire" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki<WBR>/Pacific_Ring_of_Fire), I feel like I can relax about them now!
 
Yeah, I know...it&#39;s weird, but they really don&#39;t worry me. Even sitting here right now, I can feel some little ones, but they&#39;re just small movements and don&#39;t worry me.

Ultimately, I know we&#39;re safe, so I don&#39;t worry about it. :)

I think on a very basic level, the HUGE science-loving part of me is fascinated and loves when something like that happens...and it doesn&#39;t worry me because ultimately I know what&#39;s behind it, and on a very basic level, I understand them. I know nothing horrible is going to happen, so it&#39;s not worrisome to me.

It&#39;s like volcanos...I think if I lived in Hawaii, I would HAVE to visit the Kilauea volcano (or at least areas where you can see the lava), just to see something so spectacular. I would love to study something like that, too...how amazing!

I love seeing/feeling/knowing what this big ol&#39; planet can do!

I went through my first earthquake being in California with that Joshua Tree-centered one in late &#39;99 when I was pregnant with my daughter (well, the first one I considered to be of decent size), and I was actually excited. Having to stand in a doorway was kind of exciting for me, in some odd way. Yes, I was a bit scared (it was my first, after all), but I&#39;ve not only gotten used to them over the years, but also find them to be a bit of a sensory awakener for me.

Hehe...I know, I&#39;m quite strange on some things...but hey, it adds flavor, right? :D
 
I didn&#39;t feel that one, but I was at school. You should check out this website. It&#39;s really neat. http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov<WBR>/shake/ca/index.html]http:/<WBR>/pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/shake/ca<WBR>/index.html[/url]

The weird thing is, when I talk about the 94 earthquake at school, people have no idea that there was so much damage in the valley. Personally, 4 year old me slept in it, but my crib (yes, bad parents) rolled across the room and all my collector plates fell off the wall. I remember our broken wall and broken glasses. Mostly, I remember going into the kitchen where the freezer had been thrown open and the chocolate ice cream was on the floor. :shock:

We had no power or gas for the next 3 days, so we lived off our supply of frozen costco muffins and that&#39;s when we became friends with a guy we know who is a chef. He had power, and a baker friend/ neighbor of ours introduced us.

If there&#39;s ever another earthquake that large, count on my dad to supply the muffins and the toilet paper. ;)


At least we don&#39;t have, say, tornados, right.
 

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