Comments on: I Always Miss the Good Earthquakes!

By: ribbet

ribbet — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:57:20 +0000

sarah: hope you did well on the bar. i can only imagine it’s a relief to have it over.

By: :o)

:o) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:14:47 +0000

it felt pretty weird… I work in Oxnard on the 4th floor in a large tower. The building swayed back and forth and honestly I felt a little sick afterwards. My husband was home with our 3 year old in Simi Valley and he said it felt pretty strong. Our downstairs closet door swang open and our super hold and super heavy grandfather clock almost tipped over. This was my little one’s first earthquake experience and she is not too thrilled about it.

By: me2

me2 — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:13:02 +0000

i was in the air port in seattle.. :(
the only time i wanted to be home during my trip

By: long dong silver

long dong silver — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:11:10 +0000

Sherman Oaks, rolled for a good 30 seconds. It had a pretty good reach, from the epicenter in San Dimas to Riverside, down to Long Beach and out here. And, some dozen+ aftershocks though they’re not felt in the valley.

This would have got your attention, and I’ve been in all of them, it wasn’t technically big. The Northridge was some 30 times+ larger than this one, so in other words, you thought everything was going to come apart back then (when you go from a single digit larger- ex. 5.0 to a 6.0 the increase is a 30 fold increase). My dog just looked at me like… What the Fu…!?!?
(almost turned his head sideways, ALMOST! damn I wanna see him do that)

And, actually, I’d have to say- I’m with you for the experience of them, they don’t really bother me, but some good news for you (not being here anymore) is, they now have the area on alert with official type peeps, because over the next three days we we stand a 33% chance for the Big One, because of this. Though experience says; these size quakes are good: better to release in small-medium bursts over years, rather than holding back and building up the tension in the plates over the years for a really big release (have fun with that entendrÃ©).

So, Beet- it’s official, you’re still a virgin, darn it!!!! : )

By: sarah

sarah — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:51:25 +0000

I left from LA and drove to Ontario this morning to take the bar exam, and it happened midway through the morning session…we all hopped under our tables (some with our laptops) and kept going…you missed a good one!

By: teaganc

teaganc — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:49:38 +0000

It didn’t last that long, but it was pretty strong. They evacuated my office and let us go home because we work in an old building (scheduled for demolition later this summer) and they were afraid it was unstable. It was more exciting than scary, though, esp. with the half-day vacation.

By: ribbet

ribbet — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:20:34 +0000

it was fairly strong. they evacuated my children’s summer school in anaheim hills,and shut down the buildings at CSU, Fullerton. it was strong enough to have roof panels fall on the desk that my daughter was under. i felt it while i was driving on the freeway and my stepkids felt it where they were- one in l.a. and the other in san diego. but it was not strong enough to freak out about.

i actually kind of enjoy earthquakes, they’re part of our the landscape in california, but not so much when my family isn’t with me. if we’re going to be buried in a building, i’d like us all to be in the same one!

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:18:18 +0000

I live in san diego and i still felt it, for like 2 seconds only, just the aftershock i guess, a little bit scary tho i must admit, i got off my bed like OMG!!

By: Alexa

Alexa — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:03:31 +0000

well, beet, I don’t think you missed a whole lot. the news said it only lasted about 20 seconds. not exactly spectacular, you know?

By: Nic

Nic — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:49:12 +0000

I kNOW! I’m a bit ashamed to say I was quite excited about the quake, it left me a bit giddy! I’m from the MI and we never have any inclimate weather (if you don’t count blizzards). I got a little taste in TN because there were a few tornadoe sacres but nothing to close to me. So now after a year of California living I feel like a true Californian.

By: Faux tornado

Faux tornado — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:02:25 +0000

I have lived in Oklahoma all my life, and yes, I have been in an earthquake! We were in Las Vegas & the earthquake hit in the middle of the night. I JUMPED out of bed, RAN to the windows, and checked to see if a tornado was about it hit the hotel.

By: shakin not stirred

shakin not stirred — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:35:48 +0000

Hey Evil too bad you missed it. It was like being in the Fun House on that crazy sidewalk that jerks left and right the only difference is you can’t get off. It was pretty cool but funnier yet was how many girls (and Guys) screamed and were freaking out! Now, after the episode, everyone in my office thinks I am a freak while they were trying to figure out if the earth stopped moving I’m running around saying “AGAIN,AGAIN…PLEASE AGAIN!”