Seamonkey | Tuesday, September 03, 2002 - 12:37 am     Me too, What!! I love that part of the internet, being part of stuff. You were really close to the epicenter.. I'm way down by the beach but we have mushy soil here. I didn't even feel the aftershock but had gone out thru the garage to get my last bit of trash in the bin before going to bed. Beagle, he probably didn't even notice it in Malibu. |
Bernie | Tuesday, September 03, 2002 - 12:38 am     Well, I'm glad it's not serious. I lived in Southern Alberta when Mount St. Helen's blew, and we felt it there, and got some light fallout afterwards. Mother Earth is scary when she decides to roll over  |
What555456 | Tuesday, September 03, 2002 - 12:39 am     Bernie We get them a lot -- just don't feel most of them. If you take a look at the geologic statistics, we probably get 10-15 a month, but no one even knows. So, yes, there may have been a small one last week --probably was. One like this hits 1-2 times a year here. |
What555456 | Tuesday, September 03, 2002 - 12:40 am     Sea Monkey Gotta love that liquifaction! LOL!!! |
Ministryoftruth | Tuesday, September 03, 2002 - 12:44 am     Wow, I didn't know so many on here were from Orange County. I grew up there. You're all making me homesick, even for earthquakes. |
Seamonkey | Tuesday, September 03, 2002 - 12:45 am     Well it isn't my favorite thing about where I live, though I do love it here. I have no idea where I got Norwalk.. oh well. Time to sleep.. hope that wasn't a foreshock |
C1mag | Tuesday, September 03, 2002 - 12:46 am     Sea it's true about being closer to the beach cause like I said I usually have to measure it based on my verticle blinds. It doesn't have the same jolt for some reason. It's a soft nudge with a floating feeling like laying in a waterbed. What555 described it best in regard to Cali and quakes. Especially this area. We get so much movement that the structures are built to withstand as much movement as possible. Glass is usually the only concern and I doubt any glass was broke over this one. However, there is always the possability this is a setup for a bigger one in the near future. |
Dmarcomb | Tuesday, September 03, 2002 - 12:47 am     I grew up in OC also...miss it sometimes. |
Seamonkey | Tuesday, September 03, 2002 - 12:49 am     Yeah, very floaty.. didn't even thing to look at my verticals but they are pulled back anyway. I might have felt it more had I been upstairs.. or not.. one never knows. I don't think it would have awakened me had I been asleep. Some would say it is earthquake weather.. shake n bake.. but.. that is said to be a myth. |
Snogrl | Tuesday, September 03, 2002 - 12:51 am     I live in Anchorage and we get lots of 4.5's and up. I must say anything those magnitudes get my attention especially if they're shallow and close. I'm a big chicken and they always scare me! |
Seamonkey | Tuesday, September 03, 2002 - 12:51 am     g'night all.. sweet dreams with no "shocks". (I've lived in Santa Ana, Corona del Mar, Yorba Linda, Modjeska Cyn, Fullerton, Santa Ana and now Fountain Valley with a three stints in Berkeley since I came to California.. seems like I'm staying) |
Seamonkey | Tuesday, September 03, 2002 - 12:54 am     Snogrl.. yes.. ours are mostly shallow.. this was about 7 miles deep? That big quake in Seattle last year would have been MUCH MUCH worse down here.. different type of quake and much deeper too. Alaska.. well that's had some giant quakes! Yes the bigger ones usually have me chanting "I don't like this".. as if the quake goddess is listening to me.. right.. |
Snogrl | Tuesday, September 03, 2002 - 01:11 am     Seamonkey, LOL I'll have to try the quake goddess, I just usually start yelling "WE'RE HAVING AN EARTHQUAKE!" My hubby is nonchalant unless it's over about a 5.5. Not me, I hate them. Every March 24 we are reminded of what happened in 1964 right here in Anchorage - The Good Friday Earthquake. |
Phatcat | Tuesday, September 03, 2002 - 01:11 am     Last week sometime the HG's said they felt a quake...there hasn't been any posting on the lfp's in a while so I don't know if anybody has heard whether they felt this one. Snogirl, I was in Alaska about 30 years ago doing some country music shows...OMG I can't believe it was that long ago. I LOVE ALASKA...we played in Anchorage, Juneau and the National Guard Armory in Fairbanks. Two weeks after we got home, the very same flight we were on crashed in Fairbanks and all were killed. The bodies were placed in the Armory. It was really scary flying up there, but I have never seen such beauty. I will sure be praying for all you folks. God Bless and keep you safe. |
Snogrl | Tuesday, September 03, 2002 - 01:20 am     Phatcat, THanks for the prayers. Yes, Alaska is beautiful. I came up here 26 years ago so that's around the time you came. It really hasn't changed all that much except we have many more national stores etc. I never heard about that plane crash. |
Laffy | Tuesday, September 03, 2002 - 01:29 am     seamonkey, i bowl at fountain bowl! but i live in aliso viejo. i felt the quake too but it was very very small and quick. and c1, there is no saddleback county in california. i live about 5 mi from laguna and it's orange county. |
Phatcat | Tuesday, September 03, 2002 - 01:32 am     Actually, Sno, it was 32 years ago...oooh do I feel old. My daughter was just a baby and she is now 32. I think there were almost 200 people killed. The flight we were on was socked in the night before and when we left the next morning, you couldn't even see the wings of the plane. Reaaaaly scary stuff. I have wanted to move to Alaska ever since I was there. I love cold weather anyway. But the air was so clean...oh, the memories. I bought a parka for my daughter when I was in Anchorage. Well, I know this has nothing to do with BB so I'd better shut up. Blessings to you and yours. |
C1mag | Tuesday, September 03, 2002 - 01:34 am     Laffy it's actually called Saddleback Valley and not county. Sorry for the typo. Like I said when I first moved here and mentioned I was in Orange County everyone kept saying I was in Saddleback. I finally gave up and just said ok. |
Moderator | Tuesday, September 03, 2002 - 02:02 am     This topic was moved from the BBGD area. 007 |
Twiggyish | Tuesday, September 03, 2002 - 05:33 am     That's scary. I'm glad everyone is ok. |
Moondance | Tuesday, September 03, 2002 - 07:28 am     Slept right through it I disagree... 4.5 is not a medium... it is a small one... that was nothing... I think I have lived here for so long it doesn't faze me |
Wargod | Tuesday, September 03, 2002 - 08:53 am     I'm in Lancaster and didn't feel a thing. But, we rarely feel them up here unless they are big. We felt the Northridge quake...had some damage from that one. Most the time we don't feel much under 5.5 unless it's much closer to us, and when we do feel it, it's just a quick shake. Got to agree with Moon...I've lived here 26 years, most the time earthquakes don't faze me, and I rarely think about them, unless it's time to stock more water and food, and explain to the kids what to do in case of an earthquake. |
Weinermr | Tuesday, September 03, 2002 - 09:24 am     We slept right through it too. (Santa Clarita) Not a big one. |
Egbok | Tuesday, September 03, 2002 - 11:40 am     I didn't feel a thing (must have slept right through it!) and heard about it while getting ready for work this morning. |
Pamy | Tuesday, September 03, 2002 - 01:03 pm     I'm Riverside, CA and our puppy woke me up cuz he was frantically barking, I finally got out of bed to check on him and as I opened the door the house started shaking for about 5 seconds(seems like 5 min when it's happening though)
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Halfunit | Tuesday, September 03, 2002 - 02:46 pm     I am laughing that What555 had the magnitude pegged within 1/10th of a "point"... Gee... you know you've been living in California too long when..... And C1 - I know exactly where you are.. my grandparents used to live in Leisure World.. I remember El Toro Boulevard and Saddleback Mountain... |
Laffy | Wednesday, September 04, 2002 - 02:00 am     i live off the el toro exit of the 5 freeway |
Goddessatlaw | Wednesday, September 04, 2002 - 06:13 am     Funny you said that, Pammy. We had an earthquake in Indiana about 2 months ago or so, it was if I recall about a 4.6 located a couple of hundred miles south of Indianapolis. Understand that we flatlanders don't know from earthquakes, although we keep getting warned about the next big one from the New Madrid fault. Anyway, one lady here had relocated from California and said she knew an earthquake was coming a full 2 minutes before it hit because her cat lost its mind the same way it always did in California before an earthquake hit. For me, I felt it in the middle of cross-examining a witness. Everyone in the courtroom was sitting on chairs with casters, and we all got these weird looks on our faces like we'd all gotten dizzy at the same time - I took to clutching my table while continuing with my sentence like nothing was happening. It took a minute for the judge to acknowledge that the courthouse had shifted and rolled underneath us, and we all finally admitted we'd felt it but thought we were experiencing some sort of mass pari-menopausal episode (even the guys). Anyone in California would have shrugged it off, but that kind of thing causes an uproar around here. |
Halfunit | Wednesday, September 04, 2002 - 04:56 pm     LOL Goddess... I am in Ohio, and I grew up 20 miles east of Cleveland. In 1986, there was an earthquake who's epicenter was in Lake Erie. I don't remember if it was a 4.something or a 6.something, but either way it made the news. I was 16 and in health class in high school. We had our class in a science room that wasn't being used that period. The beakers flew off the shelves and crashed. I sat next to a big tough football playing senior and I saw him go pale.. I SWEAR to you we all rushed to the windows where we thought we would see Russian/Cuban Commandos landing on our football field like in the movie Red Dawn... True story!! |
Calgaryperson | Wednesday, September 04, 2002 - 05:03 pm     Bernie where about's in Southern Albera did you live? |
Goddessatlaw | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 12:21 pm     Where's Southern Albera? Is that one of those Siberian frozen tundras? |
Nutsy | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 12:34 pm     LOL! Sometimes typos are so much fun. Reminds me of my favourite one (notice the Canadian spelling there) ... Ryan saying he'd typed something incorrectly because he had a "bran fart". Toooo funny! |