Posted on 11/05/2011 9:05:59 PM PDT by teenyelliott
They’ve upgraded it to a 5.6.
I’m about 90 miles from the epicenter, but I felt it, big time.
I’m not as thought as you drunk I am.
yep you did
I had to agree it was (at least for him.)
So -- my smart alecky routine notwithstanding -- I guess I would have to concede to the original poster that the highly intoxicated do have more vivid geological imaginations.
I saw that. Probably due had to revise the amount of energy released upward due to the distances from which reports of palpable vibrations have come in from: as far way as Hays, KS, Memphis, TN and downstate IL and IN!
LOL-Good story and perspective.
Several people have reported feeling it here in West Central Il according to their facebook post. I didn’t feel it but my daughter that lives in Ok City sure did.
I went through a bunch of them in SoCal including the 1971 San Fernando quake (6.6). There wasn't a single quake I thought was "cool".
I have been through a lot of dangerous and even near-fatal experiences in my life and nothing came close to the primal fear I experienced with earthquakes...until I almost lost my daughter to an illness.
But I digress. The point being that earthquakes scare the living crap out of me.
You should have been drunk.
They’re way more fun when you’re drunk.
I was in a 7.5 in Mexico City in 1957. The shaking was violent like being on a fast moving NY subway train, but there was no sound except the telephone wires strung along poles overhead that were slapping together as the poles swayed from side to side about 15 degrees to each side.
It was 1:30 am and I was walking home from a party with a friend. I staggered and said, “But I only had 2 drinks.” Then my friend (from California) said “earthquake,” grabbed my hand and we ran to the center of the intersection away from the buildings, poles and wires. We had to cling to each other to keep from falling over. It lasted about a minute.
I am north of Dallas, Tx in Frisco, Tx...and I was sitting on the toilet...I know...too funny, but the toilet felt like it was rocking forward and back, and at first I thought it was my medication, because I took something for a back ache...then I sat on the couch and read this!
Dang...we are having a lot of earthquakes in unusual places...just like the Bible talks about...Hmmmm?
Great description about the noise - I thought there were big military helicopters overhead. We live about 10 miles southwest of Independence, KS, in the country.
Only a 4.7; that’s not an earthquake, that’s just a heavy semi out on the highway. I’m a native Californian; I keep hoping that every time we have a good one that all the coastal counties will slide off into the Pacific, hasn’t happened yet but it would sure solve a lot of problems here.
One other benefit would be that Sacramento would be immediately covered by an inland sea. You know, drown all the rats, and democrats (he,he,he).
Earthquakes can be like that. The idea that you can run around during one is only true if it is not a big one, or your not near the epicenter.
If it is a big one, and you’re near the center, hang on!
You and your friend did the right thing.
You won’t have too much of a chance to go anywhere until it is over. If you’re inside, look for cover, if you’re outside, try to stay away from anything that can fall on you. And bricks are the worst. You don’t see brick buildings here in California for that reason. Bricks just crumble and crack and fall down. And the mid west is full of brick this and brick that.
OK, I’ll cut y’all some slack; a 5.2 for your neck of the woods is fairly large, especially if your not used to them.
I was at Camp Pendelton during the Sylmar quake and I watched all the guys from the mid west and east coast run out the door of the mess hall like the building was on fire, most of us native Californians just held our cups and plates down while we watched the ceiling. I was living in the city of Downey when the Northridge quake happened and told my wife to go back to sleep, it’s just an earthquake. When the Whittier quake happened I was on my way to one of our school sites and had just pulled up to make a left turn and thought the throw-out bearing on the clutch had gone out, until I saw the electrical lines come down and the fire hydrants pop on Imperial highway and Woodruff avenue. You just follow your training; clear the buildings of personnel for after shocks, shut down the gas if there are leaks, check the main electrical panels and check for water pressure. Sounds like the middle states and east coast need to do a little disaster and preparedness training to me. Remember one thing above all else; do not panic, stay where you are until the quake is over, them evacuate the building in case of after shocks.
I’m a little late, but welcome to Free Republic !
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