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Bay Area Earthquake

Oh my goodness, a 4.4? However did you keep from pissing your pants? ;)

Ah well, earthquakes are always good for a little jolt of adrenaline - that part where you wonder if it's gonna get worse.

Although if you know what to look for, you'll know how big it's gonna be and roughly how far away just from feeling the different types of shaking.
 
blaskillet4 said:
Hmm. I didn't feel anything...

Or maybe I didn't notice because of the 4 expresso shots I had in order to stay awake.
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Didn't feel anything either :)

I had a couple of good ones in New Zealand: Two between 5.0 and 5.5 at night and one "large one" around 6.1 while at the office.

It was really an interesting experience: All the computers/monitors on the desk did move from one end of the table to the other and while all "earthquake experts" jumped under the desk or into a doorway, I was standing there holding my monitor.
 
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If people wanted to know where it was.
 
mactastic said:
Oh my goodness, a 4.4? However did you keep from pissing your pants? ;)
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Actually, I'm in the East Bay and this quake was more startling than the run-of-the-mill {{bump}} that we usually feel. It was more like {{bump, bum, bump}}. When I first moved to the Bay Area, I thought these quakes were just my upstairs neighbors dropping something heavy on the floor. :eek:
 
There was a 7.something in Seattle a few years ago that shook up our house...my mom nearly had a heart attack, I just stood in the doorway. I was born in Alameda, which I guess not only makes me straight outta Compton, but desensatises me to earthyl tremors. I couldn't feel it here in New Jersey (vacation), so it couldn't have been that bad ;) :D
 
Flowbee said:
When I first moved to the Bay Area, I thought these quakes were just my upstairs neighbors dropping something heavy on the floor. :eek:
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Tee hee. A few years back, a 4.x something quake hit during the night and I asked my mom if she felt the quake-- she blamed it on my cat fighting! :p
 
cslewis said:
Earthquakes?

I've never felt one and I never want to feel one. The earth moving while you're not must be rather disorienting-- I'd rather stick with the native tornadoes, nor'easters, floods, and droughts, please.
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Funny, I'm just the opposite. Large earthquakes are relatively uncommon, and things can be done to mitigate damage.

I was born in Alameda
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Yay!

*points at location*

:D
 
devilot said:
Tee hee. A few years back, a 4.x something quake hit during the night and I asked my mom if she felt the quake-- she blamed it on my cat fighting! :p
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I slept through this this.

Apparently it was strong enough to knock the books off my shelf. :p
 
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