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Related: About this forumCats aware of earthquake prior to event
?t=8More of event that happened last week in Japan - video of a "Cat Café" with over two dozen cats:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cats-flee-earthquake_us_5b46bd20e4b0e7c958f7c5f1
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Cats aware of earthquake prior to event (Original Post)
packman
Jul 2018
OP
Oh yes! My cat was sound asleep on my lap, suddenly woke up and ran from the room
Merlot
Jul 2018
#1
It's most likely a sound that they can hear that arrives before the actual shaking.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Jul 2018
#2
My cat Monster tried hard to lure me into a closet as a hurricane was inbound in Halifax
applegrove
Jul 2018
#5
Merlot
(9,696 posts)1. Oh yes! My cat was sound asleep on my lap, suddenly woke up and ran from the room
2 seconds later the shelves in the book case next to the chair I was in came crashing down.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,841 posts)2. It's most likely a sound that they can hear that arrives before the actual shaking.
tomhagen
(3,604 posts)3. What good is a 2 second warning?
packman
(16,296 posts)4. Well, time enuff to kiss your ass goodbye
miyazaki
(2,239 posts)6. Seemed more about eight seconds
Which in my experience is pretty close to the alert systems that spring up on tv and cell phones in country.
applegrove
(118,600 posts)5. My cat Monster tried hard to lure me into a closet as a hurricane was inbound in Halifax
when l lived there.