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Head Shaving, Grooming & Care => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: warhawk on April 15, 2008, 04:10:05 PM
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hello fellow chrome domes: if U ever lived or still live in california... have U ever experienced an earthquake & if U have please share your story or stories. i'll start: i used 2 live in southern california (long beach & san diego) when i was between the ages of 2-4... however i don't remember experiencing any earthquakes. .
so... how 'bout U? even though U haven't lived in california... have U ever been in an earthquake? what's your story?
WARHAWK O0
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Several. I was actually on a firm retreat on Angel Island when the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake hit the Bay Area. Our boat was docking in the Berkeley Marina and several of my co-workers said "Schro, stick around for a beer and watch the World Series" (where my A's swept the SF Balco Boys). I took a pass because I was going back to my parents house to watch the game with the family. The highway I took to get to my parents' home took me on the LOWER deck of the double decker freeway that collapsed. Had I stuck around for 15 minutes or so, I likely could have been on that span (The Cypress Freeway) when it collapsed.
When the actual earthquake hit at 5:04pm, I was at a stop sign, 5 blocks from my parents' house. The tree lined street was facing SW (towards the epicenter). As it hit, I watched the trees and overhanging phone lines go up & down like a wave. Totally freaky. The girl I was dating at the time was actually getting ready to get in an elevator in an older office building in Union Square in San Francisco. She said she saw cracks go up the wall of the elevator lobby on whatever floor she was on (6th or 7th). She thought she was a goner.
I've been in several others, but that's the price you pay with living in CA (like Hurricanes, blizzards, and excruiating humidity that comes with living in other parts of the country).
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Yesa, like Schro I was in the 89 quake, working in the garage before going to a friends house for the marvelous Battle of the Bay. Went to the garage door and my mom was in the kitchen doorway, the conversation that transpired was as follows...
Mom - is everything off in there?
Me - Yep
Me - this is a big one.
Mom, yeah, its lasting awhile too.
Me - I wonder if the series is gonna be canceled.
then it ended.
We giggle about it to this day, one of our most classic mother / son experiences. I will say, if you are in a bad situation (as Schro mentioned) it can be very scary.
I was also in Livermore during the 1980 Livermore earthquake (5.5), I was writing "Handship" in the 2nd story classroom of our school and it shook like God was trying to get ketchup out of it.
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schro & marz: those were some gr8 stories. thanks 4 sharing. i wonder what tyler, robmeister, baldandre, rob6, and slysurfer have 2 say.
WARHAWK O0
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Quite amazing stories you guys tell.
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schro & marz: those were some gr8 stories. thanks 4 sharing. i wonder what tyler, robmeister, baldandre, rob6, and slysurfer have 2 say.
WARHAWK O0
I grew up in the Bay Area and had a few experiences with quakes. You really don't think about it much until you're in one. For me, it kind of stops me in my tracks, almost like you got up too fast and you're a little off kilter. In grade school, we constantly had earthquake drills. Get away from plate glass windows and crouch into a ball under your desk, hands clasped behind your head. Or stand in a doorway. Or in a wide open space if outdoors.
When the "Big One" (Loma Prieta) hit, I was living three hours from the epicenter (and still do), but still had substantial movement in my city. Nothing even close to what they felt in the Bay Area, though. Also rocked and rolled in the Northridge one. I think a few months ago, I was surfing SBG and one hit...quickly posted a question to see if Tyler and other Cali guys felt it. They did.
It's all just part of the culture. Don't forget about the San Jose Earthquakes soccer team. Our AYSO team was called the Tremors.
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Hey Rob6, where are you in NorCal?
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I'm in Central California. Landlocked between the National Parks and the coast!
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I dont live in or have ever lived in Cali...I live in SW Indiana right along the Madrid Fault. Several years ago I was sitting at the city park in my car on my lunch break. I had just finished my sandwhich when i reclined my seat back ..enjoyin the warm spring day listening to the radio. I had my eyes closed and it felt like my truck was rolling. I raise up thinking someone was playing a trick on me and I was like what the hell....no one around...wind wasnt blowing ..nothing. I get out of my truck and I can feel the ground shaking. I didnt know what to think cause I had never been in an earthquake. I just sorta brushed it off thinking I was off my rocker.. I go back to work...this is when I was a manager at a grocery store and I walk in to a complete mess. Stuff was on the floor and we actually did have an earthquake. No major damage to anything structural....just shook people up a tad.
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I was in the earthquake that hit Atlanta several years ago. Never been through anything like it ... loud pop and the house shook a couple of times .... Windows rattled and alarms went off all over the place.
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The wife was in one of the big one's (the Northridge one 93?) before we met...said it was one of the scariest things ever..
Both of us experienced a good sized one in our home in Whittier...being a home from 1925 the thing I'll always remember is the metal weights in the old windows knocking around against the walls..
the ground turned to liquid waves..
thank goodness it wasn't the big Whittier quake of 88!
I would rather experience that than a tornado or hurricane or flood..
it hits quick and fast and you hope you're ok.... and with most modern or well built structures they hold up well against it!
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The wife was in one of the big one's (the Northridge one 93?) before we met...said it was one of the scariest things ever..
I would rather experience that than a tornado or hurricane or flood..
it hits quick and fast and you hope you're ok.... and with most modern or well built structures they hold up well against it!
January 17, 1994 was the Northridge quake. I know that because I was supposed to fly to LA for business that morning. I went to the SF Airport thinking it'd be business as usual. Well, all flights into SoCal were affected.
Gotta hand it to the SoCal politicians, they knew where the priorities were and repaired the vital highway infrastructre in less than a month whereas the San Francisco politcians took a decade to figure out what they were going to do. :/O
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Grew up in Long Beach....recall several earthquakes.
Big ones were Sylmar....in the early '70's....that was scary...I was around 10.
Happened to be visiting the folks for the Jan. 1994 quake that Schro mentioned ....that was another big'n.
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Oh, I completely forgot this one...I was in Palm Desert (1993?) for an annual golf trip when an earthquake hit in that area. I believe the epicenter was near the Joshua Tree monument. Anyway, it hit around 6am and we had just come off a hard night of drinking (given it was the last night of the trip). Anyway, there were a couple of guys that were running around crazy & panicked (not native Californians). What did I do? I stuck my leg out from under the covers and put my foot on the floor thinking I had a severe case of the bedspins from my raging hangover. :o
The best part of the whole episode was on the flight home. It was on Southwest, so open seating. I got their early enough to get an aisle seat. As the plane was filling up, a gorgeous (I mean "stop traffic beautiful") girl was coming down the aisle. I was thinking "please sit here, please sit here". Well she took the middle seat next to me. ::) We started talking. Turns out, she was in the Joshua Tree National Park camping on a bachelorette weekend when the quake hit. She had never been in one and was shaken big time (gotta admit, the more she spoke, the less attractive she became ;D). I was able to tell her what I knew about earthquakes and she calmed down a bit. Anyway, it was a bumpy flight (lots of air turbulance) and she was quite "endowed" up top (remember when the stewardess in the movie "Airplane" got on the PA System and asked "Can anyone fly an airplane?" and they showed the gal's chest when everyone was panicking?..........Ok, you get the idea.....and I'm not even a boob man, much more of an "ass & leg" kinda guy). Thank god I had my sunglasses on because of my hangover. O:O
Well, because of the turbulance we had to keep our seatbelts on. During the flight, we hit an air pocket that, to this day, I have never felt anything that severe since. It was like the plane dropped a couple of hundred feet and landed on a concrete floor. BAM! She freaked out. She said she needed a drink and ordered us a couple of gin & tonics (hard for me to pass up a free beverage from a gorgeous woman). At that time, she had vowed to never come back to California and couldn't wait to get back home to the east coast (Deleware if I remember right).
Hey, I got a good laugh and a free G&T. But man, that air pocket and my "bed spins"...funny ending to a great golf trip.
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I was born in San Mateo and lived in CA, boarding school in Sacramento, but lived in Reno most of my life until I went to college. I've seen and been in several earthquakes. I don't remember the year but a buddy and I were in downtown Reno on what was then a shopping street area and saw a wave approaching from the north down the street--the paving had a wave just like at the beach--with windows breaking etc., until it got to us and threw us on the ground!. Several times I remember being awakened as my father had me in a fireman's carry up the stairs from my room in the basement of our home and waiting in the yard till he thought things had settled down.
My two widowed aunts lived in Hollister, where my father's family was from, when the World Series Earthquake hit. It was centered near there. One of the old dears moved in to the others house since it looked more sound, but the engineers got them out when it turned out to be the house that had to be leveled. They lived together until one after the other they died at 95.
Frankly, having experienced earthquakes and hurricanes--Betsy and Katrina--I'll take a hurricane. You know it's coming and if you don't feel absolutely safe you can run. No running in an earthquake except to dive under something that looks secure--but you don't know.
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Thank you for sharing these stories!
J
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I lived in Walnut from 1990 to 1992, i do remember a small eathquake.
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I lived in Walnut from 1990 to 1992, i do remember a small eathquake.
I thought you looked like a prairie boy....Walnut Grove..lol
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OK You all...Im gonna give Warhawk a GREAT BIG THANK YOU! Wanna know why? We were all sound asleep this morning at 530 am in our beds....when we start to feel our house shaking all over the place. Being that we are suppose to have severe thunderstorms today....when we felt the house shakign..here in the midwest....we have TORNADOS....so I jump up...and immediately start to wake everyone else up...but we already all awake.. SO we immediately run to the basement...as the wife and kids are going down Im grabbing the radio.....but notice that it is calm outside...i go to the basement and i look at the wife and said WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? She looks at me like what? I said its calm out side....there is NOTHING...she said well maybe it was a downburst? I was like NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...because there is NOTHING. A few minutes later I hear on the radio we just had a 5.5 Earthquake and the epicenter was located just 20 miles west of here. So thanks Warhawk for stirring things up around here LOL....we all are up now 2 hours early! LOL
TImmay
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OK you all....DONT EVER LISTEN TO ANYTHING WARHAWK SAYS...HE WILL ONLY CAUSE YOU TROUBLE! LOL
I know all of you Californians....wouldnt bat an eye at what just happened here....but in my neck of the woods you dont really ever deal with earthquakes. It has been confirmed a 5.6 with the epicenter located just 20 miles west of here. Just the weirdest feeling...but im worried because we didnt have a plan together very well. If it had been a more damaging or stronger earthquake...do you all agree that the basement is the worst place to go?? What do you all out west normally do during an earthquake??? Earthquakes are just as unpredicatable as a tornado...so you must act quickly when one happens. I would be interested to know how everyone out in California reacts when you have an earthquake...
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timmy: HOLY CRAP! I DIDN'T REALIZED THAT I HAD "POWERS" :*)) :*)) :*)) whoa timmy... that is sooo coincendental because we were just talking 'bout earthquakes yestersday on the phone. wow... i'm speechless. i think i better watch what i post or talk about these next few days. :D anyways... glad 2 know that U & the family R doing safe. oh...and 2 our california sly brothers... give timmy some good advice on "what 2 do" during earthquakes.
WARHAWK O0
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I was in a bar in San Francisco, on Castro Street, when the 1989 quake hit. I was standing in the back of the bar watching some guys play pool when it started. There was a rumbling sound, than the floor started to move and the old timber beams of the building started to shake, dust started to fall out of the ceiling. I thought that it was it for me. Everyone ran out the door and into the street. After it ended, everyone when went back in and ordered another drink. However all power went out than and they had to close down. The whole street closed due to power failure and all these people were just milling around Castro and Market. It was a strange afternoon to say the least.
I think the general rule is that if you are inside, take cover under something sturdy, or at least cover your head, with your arms or whatever. I think the old adage about getting in a door frame is not true anymore. I have put earthquake hooks on all my paintings and pictures, and strapped down all bookshelves, cabinet, etc. I have extra water and other supplies. They are saying if the big one hits in the Palm Springs area, we will be on our own for up to a month. All service will be cut off from Los Angeles and no airports will be serviceable. Should be fun.
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OK You all...Im gonna give Warhawk a GREAT BIG THANK YOU! Wanna know why? We were all sound asleep this morning at 530 am in our beds....when we start to feel our house shaking all over the place. Being that we are suppose to have severe thunderstorms today....when we felt the house shakign..here in the midwest....we have TORNADOS....so I jump up...and immediately start to wake everyone else up...but we already all awake.. SO we immediately run to the basement...as the wife and kids are going down Im grabbing the radio.....but notice that it is calm outside...i go to the basement and i look at the wife and said WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? She looks at me like what? I said its calm out side....there is NOTHING...she said well maybe it was a downburst? I was like NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...because there is NOTHING. A few minutes later I hear on the radio we just had a 5.5 Earthquake and the epicenter was located just 20 miles west of here. So thanks Warhawk for stirring things up around here LOL....we all are up now 2 hours early! LOL
TImmay
Timmay:
When I heard the news this morning, I thought you'd had another gas attack!!!!!!!!!!! :*)) :*)) :*)) :*)) :*)) :*))
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Haha! LOL....actually we just had a strong aftershock just like less than 3 minutes ago. There have been many aftershocks here all morning but this one was by far the longs and most felt aftershock...lasted about 20 seconds...
Like I said all you guys in California are probably rolling your eyes at me...but this is weird stuff, especially here in SW Indiana. I will keep you all posted
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Yup, saw that a quake hit the midwest...
Can't say it's a California thing anymore...oh and the mudslides are only near the hill areas...and there is a lot of California that is NOT by a hillside and fires happen in a lot of places and gangs and random shootings everywhere these days,
so I guess Cali doesn't stack up so bad ...
but really I'm up in Washington, so what does THAT tell ya? ;)
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The only thing I ever experienced in LA was the odd pot shot at my car when driving through different areas of East LA.HAHA
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The only thing I ever experienced in LA was the odd pot shot at my car when driving through different areas of East LA.HAHA
Well if you had stopped and read the slug, it would have said "Welcome to East LA, you are invited to a BBQ at St Helena Park this afternoon, please bring a side dish".
Thats how they welcome all visitors.
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The first quake that I ever experienced (that I didn't sleep through) was on Thanksgiving day in I believe it was 1998. I was at my parents house in Redding, CA and sitting at the kitchen table. My mom was at the stove cooking, but had just given me a glass of Crystal Light that she had made. I was talking to her and took a drink. Just as I took a drink, the wall behind her tilted to the left, but she remained straight up. I was thinking "whoa, what's in this stuff?" So, like any normal :/O person would do I took another drink...lol! Well, once again, the wall moved to the left and my mom stayed standing straight up. Just as I was about to ask her, "What the hell did you put in my drink?" the whole house started shaking. I then knew it was an earthquake. One of the weirdest things I've ever experienced! Turns out it about a 5.0.
I've been through a couple smaller ones since then. I was watching the 89 world series during the earthquake, though I was 250 miles away and didn't feel it. I just remember the screen going to static and then a minute later the cameras came on and were tilted. You could see people starting to leave the stadium and then they cut to a KTVU broadcaster.
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OK here is an update of the Earthquake situation here in the Great Midwest. As of early this morning...at 130am we had another earthquake that measured a 4.5. I really didnt know Warhawk had it in him. That man is wicked is all I can say. We have had a total of 18 aftershocks between Friday at 1130am..( that was the second earthquake measured at 4.8) and 1:30am early this morning.
Matter of fact as I am sitting here I can sorta feel the house trembling now........so I dunno. I will say one thing...IT WAS A WAKE UP CALL! Dont you all agree that teh basement is the worst place to be during an earthquake? LOL...everyone around here thought it was a tornado and it is our natural instinct to go to the basement...
My wife did make a comment that she wasnt just going to be sleeping in just a tshirt anymore lol....cause we were suppose to run out side LOL
That would ahve been a site to see at 430am...lol
Timmay
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OK here is an update of the Earthquake situation here in the Great Midwest. As of early this morning...at 130am we had another earthquake that measured a 4.5. I really didnt know Warhawk had it in him. That man is wicked is all I can say. We have had a total of 18 aftershocks between Friday at 1130am..( that was the second earthquake measured at 4.8) and 1:30am early this morning.
Matter of fact as I am sitting here I can sorta feel the house trembling now........so I dunno. I will say one thing...IT WAS A WAKE UP CALL! Dont you all agree that teh basement is the worst place to be during an earthquake? LOL...everyone around here thought it was a tornado and it is our natural instinct to go to the basement...
My wife did make a comment that she wasnt just going to be sleeping in just a tshirt anymore lol....cause we were suppose to run out side LOL
That would ahve been a site to see at 430am...lol
Timmay
End of the world Timmy...end of the world!
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No i have a bomb shelter im gonna go to when the end gets here LOL
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No i have a bomb shelter im gonna go to when the end gets here LOL
Uh,oh me too, I've got a BS too..
who would ever thunk..me and the Timster the last SLY guys on earth...
maybe I should just not go into the shelter....
juuussst kiddin' bro!...
....well kinda ;)
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Hey we would be kick ass.....why do you not think?
that worries me something awful.
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timmy: i hope that these earthquakes in indiana start 2 disappear. when i think of earthquakes... california comes 2 mind not indiana.
WARHAWK O0
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Earthquakes in southern Indiana? Now I done heard it all.
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OK here is an update of the Earthquake situation here in the Great Midwest. As of early this morning...at 130am we had another earthquake that measured a 4.5. I really didnt know Warhawk had it in him. That man is wicked is all I can say. We have had a total of 18 aftershocks between Friday at 1130am..( that was the second earthquake measured at 4.8) and 1:30am early this morning.
Matter of fact as I am sitting here I can sorta feel the house trembling now........so I dunno. I will say one thing...IT WAS A WAKE UP CALL! Dont you all agree that teh basement is the worst place to be during an earthquake? LOL...everyone around here thought it was a tornado and it is our natural instinct to go to the basement...
My wife did make a comment that she wasnt just going to be sleeping in just a tshirt anymore lol....cause we were suppose to run out side LOL
That would ahve been a site to see at 430am...lol
Timmay
Beano, it's Beano Timmay, take it for the sake of your family if not for the Mid-West's safety. Your gas is getting out of hand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!