Earthquake in LA 2008

[ruth265]

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hope you are not too scared

 

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Yea, keep it strong everyone!

 

[mmafan]

i wet my pants and mattress during the earthquake. hope there was no casualty.

 

[laimyours]

at least it wasn't as bad as northridge, i knew we had one coming.

 

[ExpressMaiL]

Northridge Earthquake... now that brings back memories.

 

[Farmercyst]

I hated restocking/facing OTC's after wards. It was kinda funny standing at the phone earth shakes for a while, as soon as everything stops, I turn around and ring the guy up who was standing at the counter. I feel totally densensitized. Is that good?😕

 

[ExpressMaiL]

I hated restocking/facing OTC's after wards. It was kinda funny standing at the phone earth shakes for a while, as soon as everything stops, I turn around and ring the guy up who was standing at the counter. I feel totally densensitized. Is that good?😕

If you rang him up as the earthquake was happening, I'd be a little worried. Until then, I'd say you're OK.

 

[CCdarling]

If you rang him up as the earthquake was happening, I'd be a little worried. Until then, I'd say you're OK.

Lol.

 

[cinnamoroll12]

I was actually surprised it was only a 5.4 magnitude. It felt as if it was a 6.5 or greater. 😱

 

[GatorRxGirl]

I'm glad you are all ok!

 

[elpolloblanco33]

That's crazy. I lived in California for 5 years and never experienced an earthquake. I move back to texas for a year and the week before i return another one hits. I'm not saying I'm jealous or anything I just find it odd.

 

[YiYaoYue]

yea... i've lived in cali my whole life, so when a earthquake hits I barely even care (i just look around to see if anything might fall on me).

I'm not sure if this is true of everyone, but one of my friends never felt an earthquake and when one hit he thought it was the end of the world and fell to the ground. I was just standing and laughing.

 

[Asia]

I couldn't even feel it in San Diego and only 2 people in the office did so it wasn't a big deal. Good thing it wasn't any stronger, we're long overdue here for a major one.

 

[Jammerdez1]

Live in San Diego and we felt it pretty good here. Nothing scary... just staring at my compuer screen and wondering why it's swaying back and forth. I've lived out here for 5 years and it's the second one I've felt. So long as the "big one" doesn't come, I can deal with these.

 

[lychee719]

I swear my dog knew the earthquake was gonna happen.
All morning yesterday he was following me around with his tail between his legs, even when I was vacuuming and when I sat down he'd crawl into my lap and stare at me while shaking and panting. I was wondering if something was going to happen, because I have heard that sometimes animals can sense these things. Then before noon, the earthquake happened. Afterwards, my dog calmed down and went to sleep. It was crazy...I am SURE he sensed it somehow. That amazes me.

 

[cinnamoroll12]

yea... i've lived in cali my whole life, so when a earthquake hits I barely even care (i just look around to see if anything might fall on me).

I'm not sure if this is true of everyone, but one of my friends never felt an earthquake and when one hit he thought it was the end of the world and fell to the ground. I was just standing and laughing.

I'm not scared of earthquakes, but I am scared of tornadoes if I have to move out to the Midwest.

 

[NgoWorries]

I was in class when it happened. We had just went on our mid-lecture break and it was nearing time to resume. People were still standing around socializing and stuff and then it happened. Everything in the room was shaking and I could hear the walls making sounds. It freaked everyone out. But then the professor made a joke about how we still had to take the final tomorrow, so everyone laughed, calmed down, and we resumed our boring lecture.

 

[laimyours]

I'm not scared of earthquakes, but I am scared of tornadoes if I have to move out to the Midwest.

Me too! I'm so afraid of tornados! Maybe because the sky is black and all the wind and thunder. Earthquakes are sort of uneventful to me, but oddly enough WAY more destructive.

 

[nerv12345]

agreed. tornadoes are the worst...a black funnel destroying everything in its path is such an ominous sight..i hope i never have to see one in real life. it would be like looking at pure evil

 

[cinnamoroll12]

Just the word "tornado" haunts me already. I get goosebumps from hearing the word itself without pictures. Ironically, most of the schools I'm planning to apply to are located in the Midwest.

 

[YiYaoYue]

Well all I was trying to see if the phrase: we are most afraid of things we are unfamiliar with was true...as someone from midwest probably not that afraid of tornados (outside of the sudden large ones that come out nearby) as they go out and video tape it, but could be afraid of earthquakes since they never felt them.

 

[CCdarling]

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[CCdarling]

Well I lived in socal all my life and it still scares me. I was so tired yesterday morning though, I tried to sleep thru it lol. Till I realized..o crap...it's really an earthquake and I'm not dreaming.

A few years ago, I was working in one of the high rises in downtown LA on the 70th floor. The earthquake from San Luis Obispo hit (or was it Santa Barbara??) at about noon. That was SCARY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good thing it wasn't too big, but imagine feeling a building like that sway back and forth....

 

[TTUMike]

Im from the south so my biggest fear is hurricanes because of the flooding. The thought of being caught in flooding waters scares the heck out of me. I would rather a big rock fall on me in an earthquake then drown.

 

[misstofu]

I live 25 mins away from where Chino Hill is at...This is my first time encountered earthquake, and I was by myself upstair...and things started to shake, I couldn't find the key to get out of my house neither, i stood still for 2 seconds b/c i thought i was gonna die....freaking me out...so scared...

 

[FixLittlePeople]

I lived in Cali for about 10 yrs, then moved to Texas. Nothing is scarier than an Earthquake. With a Tornado you might be able to outrun it, if you know it's coming your way. A hurricane, they tell you days ahead. Earthquakes on the other hand, you know you are in one and the only thing you can do is hope it's not the big one. Now California has a 99.7% chance of getting the big one within the next 30 years. Ye, I take a tornado or a hurricane instead thank you.

 

[cycloketocaine]

agreed. tornadoes are the worst...a black funnel destroying everything in its path is such an ominous sight..i hope i never have to see one in real life. it would be like looking at pure evil

Ahhh, tornadoes are weak! During March thru May, we usually have several tornado watches/warnings per week. We go get beers and sit on the porch to watch them.

And yes, we have been in a tornado.

 

[TRN1983]

Haha... that was a pretty weak earthquake. 5.5 or so makes things wiggle a bit, but that's nothing to be afraid of. Once you start breaking 6 then its pretty scary. Northridge was downright freaky. You can't even walk when the earth is shaking that hard.

(Note: the Richtor Scale is on a Log base 32, so a 6 is 32x more powerful than a 5, and so on).

 

[sle3pyguii]

Thankfully, I live in Valencia and it wasn't too bad.

The only thing that happened in my house was that NBA 2k8 game turned off.


I remember the Northridge one. That one was pretty.........yeah....