Shit, I just felt my first Earthquake, ever...

[Solon]

Look here:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Maps/US10/32.42.-95.-85.php

[lost-in-nj]

1. yikes

and your not in earthquake country!!!!

we have had tiny ones here in NNJ but not in a long time...



:hug:


lost

[EstimatedProphet]

2. It was fun, wasn't it?

How long did it last there?

[MorningGlow]

3. Cool, huh?

Okay, maybe not so much. Or maybe it's cool in hindsight, AFTER you get over the realization that terra firma ain't so firma after all. Every time I'm in an earthquake (they seem to wait for me to get to my brother's in SoCal, and sometimes they follow me home--we've had a couple in NYS) I have that same traumatic realization. Messes with your sense of reality.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

4. Wow!

That's a pretty big one for the Ozark Dome...
It says the largest historical earthquake in the region was a 5.4, in 1968.

[Rosie1223]

5. Just felt an aftershock

this is my first earthquake, too.

[Rambis]

6. Hey God I have a beverage here man!

spill this and you are on the shite list

[CreekDog]

10. Iran is on Bush's shiite list

:think:

[Rambis]

12. oi

:yoiks:

[Shine]

7. I heard about that Indiana quake here this morning on the west coast

:toast: welcome to the club!

have you learned the secret handshake yet? It involves a lot of shaking. :D

[Shine]

8. I heard about that Indiana quake here this morning on the west coast

:toast: welcome to the club!

have you learned the secret handshake yet? It involves a lot of shaking. :D

[Aristus]

9. It's pretty scary to suddenly learn that quaking is a really frightening thing for the

earth to be doing.

I'll never forget the Nisqually Earthquake of 2001. That one got my heart pounding...

[Biscottiii]

14. Yep, Nisqually Earthquake of 2001 scared the bejepus out of me!

Most coworkers crawled under their desks but I had all this stuff under there so no room, plus I was in such shock not thinking clearly. One woman, though, went running out of the building. Not smart because if the bricks had started flying it wouldn't have been safe.

Nisqually made a believer out of me!

[CreekDog]

11. now you might consider taking the giant gargoyle and wall sconce down from above your bed

:rofl:

see, we think of these things.

and my fish tank stand is anchored, i mean anchored with earthquake furniture straps to the studs. rode out last fall's 5.6 very nicely.

[Biscottiii]

13. Personally, from Seattle here, I have little Wind Chimes hanging in all my rooms.

First thought is confusion and blank moments while the building keeps rolling. Like I tell all my guests, if the wind chimes start making noise (inside, where there is NO wind) it's time to bail to the safer places that I've also pointed out. Also have whistles and water in those safe places - away from the windows where glass might break.

Sorry for your scary situation. What can I tell you? It's always scary. Ma Nature doesn't worry about our fears at all.

ETA: Found the Wind Chimes at the $Dollar$ Store. Considered it Cheap Insurance.