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Posted by broken on May 1, 2005, at 18:36:23
Interesting day here for me.
I live on the New Madrid faultline, which runs through Arkansas, Southeast Missouri, etc and is usually not overly active. Today we've had 4 minor quakes. For someone from California, such as my wife, it's not all that interesting. But for me, it was pretty wild. The first woke me about 7:35, and lasted about 2 minutes. Only a 4.1, but the duration kept the bed moving enough to jar me awake. The other 3 have all been in the 2.1 - 2.7 range. Like I said, not overly exciting to most, but interesting for us. :)
Posted by KaraS on May 1, 2005, at 19:28:33
In reply to Bed was shakin, earth was quakin...., posted by broken on May 1, 2005, at 18:36:23
> Interesting day here for me.
>
> I live on the New Madrid faultline, which runs through Arkansas, Southeast Missouri, etc and is usually not overly active. Today we've had 4 minor quakes. For someone from California, such as my wife, it's not all that interesting. But for me, it was pretty wild. The first woke me about 7:35, and lasted about 2 minutes. Only a 4.1, but the duration kept the bed moving enough to jar me awake. The other 3 have all been in the 2.1 - 2.7 range. Like I said, not overly exciting to most, but interesting for us. :)I've lived in Southern California for about 5 years and I haven't experienced that many earthquakes. There was only one that I really felt strongly. It's such a wierd thing though when you haven't ever experienced it before. When the bigger one hit (I don't recall the number but the epicenter wasa good hundred miles away) I was in a tall building in the the San Fernando Valley. They had experienced a really bad earthquake a few years ago that did a lot of damage so many people there were very scared. Not having had that horrible experience, I wasn't really alarmed. Still, a very strange experience.
Posted by rainbowbrite on May 1, 2005, at 21:27:54
In reply to Bed was shakin, earth was quakin...., posted by broken on May 1, 2005, at 18:36:23
OH Fun!
Ive been through a few of those in my life, kind of an unsettling feeling huh? Anything fall off the walls? or maybe it wasnt big enough for that? But 4.1 um maybe
Posted by Susan47 on May 2, 2005, at 13:06:16
In reply to Re: Bed was shakin, earth was quakin...., posted by rainbowbrite on May 1, 2005, at 21:27:54
We get one once in a while. When they come in the middle of the night I always cry. The intense feeling of having no control over this awesome force is too strong for me, it melts me every time. It's too awesome. It sounds like a train, coming, you can feel the actual wave moving in the ground. It's a profoundly moving experience. During the day the feeling is not so intense, even when the quake is a stronger one, for me anyway. We haven't had one that I've felt here in well over a year though I think.
Posted by AuntieMel on May 2, 2005, at 14:41:08
In reply to Re: Bed was shakin, earth was quakin...., posted by Susan47 on May 2, 2005, at 13:06:16
Give me a good old hurricane any day. At least you know they're coming.
Posted by Susan47 on May 2, 2005, at 16:01:05
In reply to Re: I don't do earthquakes, posted by AuntieMel on May 2, 2005, at 14:41:08
I'd love to experience a hurricane. Hurrican Susan. Hah.
Posted by broken on May 2, 2005, at 16:10:18
In reply to Re: I don't do earthquakes, posted by AuntieMel on May 2, 2005, at 14:41:08
> Give me a good old hurricane any day. At least you know they're coming.
lol.. Well, we dont do earthquakes either, normally. We have had a total of 6 in the last 3 months, before that, the last one you could actually feel was in 1976.My little town has been on CNN twice that I know of. This weekend for the little quake, and 1998 for an F5 Tornado. I have a really nice photo of a Tornado from last spring taken from the front yard of my home. Those we are alot more familiar with.
Posted by Shy_Girl on May 2, 2005, at 16:27:39
In reply to Bed was shakin, earth was quakin...., posted by broken on May 1, 2005, at 18:36:23
The first time I experienced an earthquake (one I can remember anyways) was when I was little in Daly City, near San Francisco in California. (I was born in California, now I'm in Canada).
I was upstairs with my babysitter and someone was a teenage friend was knocking on the door and then the house started shaking badly. I thought the person outside was shaking the house because he couldn't get in!
I would like to see a tornado and be in a hurricane. I think it might be fun (as long as no one is hurt).
Posted by Susan47 on May 3, 2005, at 10:08:51
In reply to Re: Bed was shakin, earth was quakin.... » broken, posted by Shy_Girl on May 2, 2005, at 16:27:39
Oh, Shygirl that is so CUTE! I'm gushing but I can just see a little one, four or five or six, thinking the person at the door was shaking the house because he couldn't get in!!! It's like a real-life little piggy, little piggy, let me come IN!!
Posted by anastasia56 on May 3, 2005, at 18:49:39
In reply to Bed was shakin, earth was quakin...., posted by broken on May 1, 2005, at 18:36:23
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