Earthquake in San Francisco tonight- Page 2

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 10:39am

I've been through a couple of really bad ones, including the Northridge Earthquake that hit the Los Angeles area. I thought the world was coming to an end... no joke. Incredibly frightening.

It hit just after 4AM, and I remember trying to stand up and the floor going out from under me. I reached for the lamp on the bedside table... and couldn't find the bedside table because it had fallen over. My front door was closed and locked, but it shook open, right off its hinges. So very nasty.

And I've been through a Kansas tornado too, sitting in a car that was lifted (slightly) off the ground as the tornado touched down next to my friend's driveway. Not so very fun.

I've had my fill of natural disasters, actually.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 10:40am

I'm sure best when you've been through bad ones like you have it's totally different.......I would probably freak

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 10:48am

You do freak, because there's no place for you to go.

You can stand in a doorway or crawl under a table, etc., if you have time enough to do it... and if you can stand up while it's shaking (which I could NOT), but that doesn't help the world around you from shaking so violently you can't even think clearly.

And there's no warning. It just starts. They come and go very fast. The Northridge one shook for about 30 seconds (which is pretty long for an earthquake). You'd be amazed at what goes through your mind in just 30 seconds.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 11:05am

yup, I remember as a kid wondering as we sat under desks for earthquake drills how this would help in a major earthquake....

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 11:23am

I never understood why we had earthquake drills in Texas. Bombs, fire, etc, yes, but earthquakes?

[The Grovers Corners Yenta]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 11:30am

My family has lived in CA in the Palo alto area for over 15 years and I still panic when I hear about an earthquake. It's hard because I live 3000 miles away in CT. I have felt a few very mild ones while visiting and to them it is no big deal. They panic when they hear of our blizzards and hurricanes on the East Coast.

[justme2]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 12:54pm

Personally, I think it was God's way of telling me to turn the damn channel away from "HogZilla"...the program I was watching at the time.

I took the hint.

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 12:58pm

Is that like bridezilla?

[justme2]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 1:02pm

worse...it was a special around some 1000 pound hog someone killed in Georgia. Or said they killed. It was all about proving whether this HogZilla actually existed or not.

And it wasn't half as fun as Bridezillas.

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 1:10pm

Scary.

Did you see yesterday's Shark Week? I watched a tiny part of it. Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs) was busy cutting up this HUGE shark. HUGE! I mean HUGE!

[iHeartMyGeek]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 1:13pm

That thing was huge. And then when they cut it open it had that, like, 50-pound liver. It was awesome!

[justme2]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 1:18pm

Nasty! I did not see it, as I was in Dog Whisperer land on NGEO...which led me to watching Hogzilla...which led to the eartquake....etc..etc...

I'll look for the repeat this week with Rowe.

[JailyardGuy]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 1:41pm

Mike Rowe is one of the hottest men that has ever graced a television screen.

I would raptly watch a program devoted to him cutting up bread if it were on.


...and he lives in San Francisco, so this is technically NOT a threadjack! Ha!

Updated On: 8/3/06 at 01:41 PM

Posted: 8/3/06 at 2:39pm

The strongest earthquake in US history hit the New Madras fault which runs between Illinois & Missouri. There was a string of extrremely strong quakes that raged over a period of months in the early 1800's. During one of the quakes, the fault opened up a hole in the earth into which the Missippi river disappeared, leaving boats aground mid-stream. When the fault closed, water pushed upstream, reversing the flow of the river. The ground rose and fell during these quakes rhythmicallly, sometimes moving vertically 30 feet or more. Reelfoot Lake in Tennesee was created during these quakes and settlers in that area awoke to find their cabins suddenly filling with water as the ground dropped and water gushed in. So much smoke and dust was thrown up by these quakes that it was pitch dark for days. There was also a strong smell of sulphur, leading many to believe they had been plunged into hell.
The shocks were so strong that churchbells rang from the vibrations as far away as BOSTON and the quake could be felt through out the East Coast.
Scientists think it's just a matter of time before the New Madras Fault erupts again.

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 2:47pm

Which part of San Francisco? Castro part... or somewhere else?

(And I agree, he is dead sexy.)