Another Quake

[ACG]

Just had another 5.2, centered in Yucaipa(sp?), when I finally got thru to my kids, my priorities was go check on the dog, then make sure my bike is ok.

[caligurl]

5.3 actually! i was sitting here at my desk.. and felt it....

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/Quakes/ci14155260.htm

we've had a ton of aftershocks since, too.. haven't felt those, though!

i hate earthquakes :(

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/Maps/US2/33.35.-118.-116.html

[wabisabi]

yes, there's something about the very earth no longer being reliably stable that is very unsettling :eek:

[snapdragen]

I vaguely remember hearing something along the lines of, we had a nice long period of quiet. Now the earth is getting active again, and it will continue to be active for a while.

Or I could be making it all up. :rolleyes:

[yellow]

I think it's related to this rackin' frackin' weather.

Dumping (again) here in Kalifornia and expected to snow in the mountains. :mad: :mad: :mad:

Oh, did I say? :mad: :mad: :mad:

Krabby in Kalifornia (oka yellow)

P.S. :mad: :mad: :mad:

[bikerHen]

Earthquakes are one of reasons I now live in Washington State. I had my fill of them growing up in Southern California. There's not much worse than being shaken out of bed at 5AM.:eek: Sorry to hear they are rumbling again. I have inlaws in Hemet, CA that keep us posted on the weather and the quakes. This has been a weird year for the southwest.

[Trek420]

Thanks for that thought... ;-)

Trek, typing from over the Hayward Fault :eek:

Still I'd rather face the prospect of Quakes than "Hurricane Season" and "Tornado Season" each and every year.

Seriously folks those of us in the Bay Area and Kaleefornia in general it's not "if" we'll have a major quake (8.0+) but "when". So do check sites like USGS, Red Cross and formulate a safety plan such as;

http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_568_,00.html

now...one of the things mentioned there is that after a quake or natural disaster *stay off the ever lovin' freakin' phone* and that means you.

A word about that, gonna "out myself" here as a phone co. worker.

Dial tone was never meant to work for everyone at once. Your Central Office which is where your dial tone comes from (and yes folks that includes your internet access) is an amazing peice of work and simply phenominal technology but it can't handle when everyone in a local service area picks up the phone at once ..... or calls in at once. So the system is designed to "protect itself" will shut down if overloaded that way. This is why for example if you leave your phone off the hook for a long time you loose your dial tone.

Am I right Spazz "technology goddess" Dog?

So as part of your disaster plan establish a phone tree.

Pick someone in your family waaaay outside any effected area. Tell them that *when* (not if) the big one hits you will try to call them and that they can notify everyone else and everyone else can call them, not you.

You may have to wait 48-72 hours to get a call out. When you feel it's ok if you pick up the phone and there is slow dial tone or no dial tone *stay on the line* don't hang up and try again. Repeated attempts slow the system for all. Make your call to the outside world and then get back to whatever.

Trek "safety first" 420

[BikeMomma]

Earthquakes are one of reasons I now live in Washington State. I had my fill of them growing up in Southern California. There's not much worse than being shaken out of bed at 5AM.:eek:

Sooooo....to get away from earthquakes, ya moved to Washington State, where not only do they get (small) earthquakes, but they have an active volcano, that ---ummm--- could also wake you up at 5am and fill the air with ash to boot! :D :D

Just had to tease ya, BikerHen!

Washington sure is pretty...I don't blame you. But I honestly don't think I could bear to move too far away from my dear Yosemite National Park, and I rather dig earthquakes (however, I might think a little more conservatively if I lived closer to a major fault line, Trek :p You guys get soooo many little ones every day up there that you don't feel!! Comforting not, I'm sure). I think I was a seismologist in my past life. ;) All this worldwide earthquake activity since Indonesia Dec. 26 is extremely intriguing.

Oh yea! Editing to say that we had yet another in California earlier this evening...6.4 (per first reports by the USGS) off the coast, just to the east of the off-shore 7.0 we had the other day. Fun!

[MightyMitre]

Eeek - earthquakes, volcanoes! Very glad I'm in boring, damp old England. It must be terrifying to live somewhere that has earthquakes. Hope everyone is safe and well, if a little shook up.

[jobob]

First earthquake I ever experienced was when I was living outside of Boston (the epicenter was in southern Maine). Few places are earthquake-free.

[gilly]

We're not always boring MM ;)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2275158.stm
Okay it was in 2002 ;) ;)

No, the idea of living with even the remotest possibility of a severe quake does not appeal.
Hope you're all okay over there :)

[caligurl]

2 more ovenight! whoa! and the one yesterday afternoon downgraded to 4.9... i don't like this :mad: :(

i'm particularly worried about being on the "wrong" side of the san andreas tomorrow.... :( :( :( :(

[Trek420]

caligurl "i'm particularly worried about being on the "wrong" side of the san andreas tomorrow.... :( :( :( :("

is that the side that floats out to sea?
:rolleyes:

I've read one should plan to be on your own for about 72 hours. Most of us have camping supplies, good idea is to organize them outside your house in case of damage and you can't get in. Have plenty of water, non perishable food. I'm treating this as a reminder to be better prepared than I am.

[Irulan]

how many of you are truly prepared... several days worth of emergency supplies in weather proof accessible container that you'll be able to get to in event of the "big one?"

[caligurl]

yep... i'll be on the floating to sea side tomorrow!

we have all our camping gear in one spot in the garage... we do have an eathquake box.. but, sadly, it is out of date.. we really need to go through it!

we normally have water... but i think we drank it and never replenished it.. MUST do that..

however... tomorrow.. we'll be 3 hours from home and the dogs and cats will be home alone! i will really freak and panic if i can't get to them! (heck.. i freaked duing the hector mines quake cuz tyler was still a puppy and sleeping in a crate in the bedroom.. hubby was dragging me down the hall and i'm screaming "I WANT MY PUPPY! I WANT MY PUPPY!" (brie was following us!) not sure how i managed to get kassie in her cat carrier and in the car to safety! i'm such a drama queen! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: )

p.s. the camping stuff and earthquake box are on the shelf at the very front of the garage so we can dig through the rubble and get it... it's not outsidw where is really should be!

[Irulan]

we kept ours in a sealed 55 gal drum out in the yard. My hubby is a geologist, have to be earth-aware at our house.

Up here, now we just have to worry about fire storms, ice storms and ash from Mt St Helens or Raineir should they blow again. We get dust storms too but those aren't life threatening for most.

Irulan

[Surlygirl]

[QUOTE=Trek420]caligurl "i'm particularly worried about being on the "wrong" side of the san andreas tomorrow.... :( :( :( :("

is that the side that floats out to sea?
:rolleyes:

Sorry girls I know this is serious, I have family in Californina but I laughed my you know what off. Trek420 you are to funny.

[SadieKate]

Maybe it's all has to do with familiarity but even after being semi-thrown out of bed in the 1971 Sylmar earthquake and growing up with SoCal brush fires, I'll still take them to hurricanes, tornados, floods, etc.

[Trek420]

caligurl "yep... i'll be on the floating to sea side tomorrow!"

just think of the property value on ocean front property!

"we have all our camping gear in one spot in the garage... we do have an eathquake box.. but, sadly, it is out of date.. we really need to go through it!"

ok, none of you are invited to the pitty party so don't even think about crashing it. the thought just occured to me that my ex and I had the complete emergency set up: 3-4 huge boxes by the garage door with everything from soup to nuts including water enough for the neighborhood (rotated like clockwork each 6 months) even and this is most important, a hand operated coffee grinder.

So I'm starting over on all that. But if i run out of ground coffee, I'll be cranky and PK, if you're lurking I know where you live ;-)

"p.s. the camping stuff and earthquake box are on the shelf at the very front of the garage so we can dig through the rubble and get it... it's not outsidw where is really should be!"

What I've read says by the door is ok, just not well inside the house because with damage you might not be able to get all the way inside safely. But I see that Irulan and her live-in-Geologist (Everyobody sing! "it's so nice to have a Geologist in the house") keep theirs out in the yard. Probably wise.

I have a storage shed in the patio. I think that'll be the spot.

[Irulan]

But I see that Irulan and her live-in-Geologist (Everyobody sing! "it's so nice to have a Geologist in the house")

kept, kept. It's been a good 15+ years since we left the earthquake zone.

~I.

[Steph_in_TX]

Geez, I'll take my Texas tornados anyday over all the stuff you deal with. I know someone who refuses to move from CA to TX because she's afraid of a tornado...ummm, hello, there's generally warning of a tornado coming...I figure you need the gift of prophecy and a helicopter to avoid a quake!

Hoping you stay connected to the mainland...Steph

[CorsairMac]

I'll take my state TYVM! we don't have earthquakes or tornadoes here and I've experienced both. The only thing I've got to worry about is fire - and I promise you can see And smell one of those coming! (ok...so we do have dormant volcanoes on the west side of the city but they haven't been active in something like millions of years so I'm not really counting those! )

[bouncybouncy]

...ummm, hello, there's generally warning of a tornado coming

Steph...I agree with that! I grew up in CA and always thinking "OK if an earthquake hits...which way do I run?" or "What would be safest to crawl under?" I also lived in tornado alley for 5 years...can you say basement? Now I am in hurricane alley if you will! I spent DAYS waiting in (what they call) the cone of death :eek: I not only had time to prepare with food and supplies but I painted the bathroom, fixed up the spare room, cleaned out 2 closets, and sorted through pictures, all while my fiancee tuned up all the bikes, cleaned out the garage, and caught up on the finances...before any evacuations were issued!!! We were lucky not to be in any of the many final paths...but if we were, we were definitely ready!

Not to say we are any safer or we aren't likely to be hit but I do like the warning! I hope all you in CA are safe and prepared...

[wabisabi]

Well, we did have another one, 6.5, out to sea about 190 miles, and we were all blissfully sound asleep. Mother earth seems to be restless and shifting around out here! It was another horizonal one, which is better than a vertical one, apparently. And, I must echo Yellow, it is raining like crazy, the highest wiper setting kind. I am actually a great lover of rain--I lived in the desert for a long time and am yin (or is it yang?) deficient, so I alway enjoy it, and this area was in a bit of a drought AND it is good for the salmon and the redwoods, and we all have a lot of goretex and camping gear, so it is OK. I guess I could just camp out in my VW van worse come to worse.

[bouncybouncy]

I must add to my last post...

You gals sure do heve better trails (on & off road) than here...I would much rather be in an earthquake sometimes than to deal with some of these crazy drivers :eek:

I guess that is why we are in the process of moving to N Carolina! :p Wonder what kind of natural "occurances" I have to look forward to there?

[RoadRaven]

San Andreas fault
moved its fingers
through the ground
earth divided
plates collided
such an awful sound
(Natalie Merchant from the album TigerLily)

My thoughts are with you all, I live on a fault line too - virtually right on top of where the tectonic plates down here meet.
I HATE earthquakes
Take care
Raven

[snapdragen]

I've read one should plan to be on your own for about 72 hours. Most of us have camping supplies, good idea is to organize them outside your house in case of damage and you can't get in. Have plenty of water, non perishable food. I'm treating this as a reminder to be better prepared than I am.

I have a friend who calls it his bugout kit for when the zombies come. :eek: OK - he's a little strange.....

[spazzdog]

I had a little "bugout kit" right after 9/11. I worked in Cambridge, just outside of Boston and that day was pretty bizarre around the office. Located across from a Fed Transportation building, we also were an active pharm. manufacturing facility... plus I was on the IT Disaster Recovery Team. I was one of the last allowed to leave that day (still out by 3 PM), but it was spooky. Noone on the subways, fewer still, by then, on the commuter rail.

I packed a kit in my courier bag and it went everywhere with me for about a month. I still have that dern can of SPAM...

spazz - in New England where there is no rock-n-roll, not even in the ground