As a guy who has been in plenty of Earthquakes...

[trumad]

Including the San Fran quake in 89.... 6.0 is a pretty nice quake especially for those who have never been in one.

These West Coaster who are beating their chests would last about 2 minutes in a Northeastern Blizzard.

[Cleita]

1. Or a mile wide tornado. Oh, perhaps not. They would be dead. n/t

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. "Throw another Dura-Log on the fire!'

It's not a contest in Misery.

[Hepburn]

3. I just heard about the quake.

Was it a roller or a shaker?

[ohheckyeah]

5. It was a shaker here in southwestern VA. n/t

[Buns_of_Fire]

9. ...like when a loaded 18-wheeler rolls past the apartment on the highway...

Except this was like a 1000-foot-long loaded 18-wheeler rolling past. And rolling past. And rolling past. Freaked my mother out. Didn't do much for my digestion either, knowing that this building is only held together by duct tape and termite spit.

Tornadoes in April. Earthquakes in August. At least there are no more months beginning with "A" this year.

[Ruby the Liberal]

12. What is the difference?

It felt like a vibration that oscillated quickly from left to right - kinda like jogging in place where you don't feel like you are going anywhere just being bounced not swoopy like being in an airplane. Like sitting on the bed with the dog when it decides to shake.

I hope I described that right - my first quake!

Can you describe the difference between them (what they feel like)?

[Renew Deal]

4. Or in a hurricane.

Hurricanes are hours of terror.

[pipi_k]

6. Or how about

an ice storm that deposits an inch of ice all over everything.

We had one of those a few years ago. We couldn't leave the house for three days. Our electricity went out and the generator wouldn't work. We had to hook the car up to the house electric and get power that way. Three days that thing ran out in the driveway.

I'd like to see West Coasters deal with that...

[gateley]

8. I've often said that all we have to deal with is the quakes, and

those aren't annual, months-long, real hardships like the majority of the country lives with. I have no doubt that we have it comparatively easy. Two flakes of snow and Seattle shuts down. I'm only SLIGHTLY exaggerating.

[seabeyond]

11. we had one of those in texas 3, 4 yrs ago that did it to us. i know oregon had that a year or two

ago.

the unusual, it happens.

[gateley]

7. I was just looking at the list of US quakes, and one that my

brother was in (w/big aftershock) in Whitter was about a 5.9, and it did more damage than a 6.7 here in Seattle, so magnitude is weird. The first one I was in was a 5.9 and it was much more shaking/rough than the 6.7. In addition to the magnitude, it seems to be the type of quake that determines if you're knocked to the ground or just jiggling for a bit.

I've been through so many that when one occurs first thought is "earthquake" but it took several to get to that place. I recall the initial WTF, the seemingly thousand of possibilities in your brain all at once, the what do I do paralysis while your body just wants to flee, the feeling of helplessness and not knowing what is coming next. My heart goes out to them. :grouphug:

And I don't even like looking at blizzards on TV! I'd be a goner for sure. Those folks are tough! All we have to do is hang on for a minute. :7

[seabeyond]

10. humor. how many people laughed last winter at others piddly snowstorm compared to theirs.

how many people have jested with me our drought and their flood.

why is everyone taking it so seriously?

i thought it was cute at first, with all the OMG, earthquake. i have heard no injury, no death, relatively no damage.

and people got a perhaps frightful, yet exciting experience of earthquake. the unusual. to shake up a day.

i dont get the outrage and the jokes. i really didnt know people were seriously angry, cause west coasters ahd a chuckle.