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[snapdragen]

What? What? How big? You felt it all the way down in Silicon Valley? I'll have to scurry over to Press Democrat.com and check the news.

Sorry to spook you! It was a small one, 3 something. I didn't feel it, but there were reports some folks in San Jose did. No damages, no injuries!

[Pax]

Sorry to spook you! It was a small one, 3 something. I didn't feel it, but there were reports some folks in San Jose did. No damages, no injuries!

You California folks amaze me, we had one little 4 something quake here in IL back in the late 80's and it freaked me right the hell out!

[Duck on Wheels]

You California folks amaze me, we had one little 4 something quake here in IL back in the late 80's and it freaked me right the hell out!

Vikings can be pretty laid back about quakes too. We felt a 4.4 from over in San Jose the year Baby Bear and I were in Santa Cruz. I remember he was doing homework in the living room and I was in the bathroom when there was a rumble and shake and Baby Bear called out "Mom? Was that an earthquake?" "Probably. Unless a giant truck just raced by." "How big was it?" "Um, any books fall out of the bookshelf?" "No" "Light fixture swinging?" "Yeah" "Then I'd say somewhere between 3.5 and 4.5, depending on how far away it was." "Oh. Cool!" I reminded him of it today. He'd forgotten.

[Pax]

Vikings can be pretty laid back about quakes too. We felt a 4.4 from over in San Jose the year Baby Bear and I were in Santa Cruz. I remember he was doing homework in the living room and I was in the bathroom when there was a rumble and shake and Baby Bear called out "Mom? Was that an earthquake?" "Probably. Unless a giant truck just raced by." "How big was it?" "Um, any books fall out of the bookshelf?" "No" "Light fixture swinging?" "Yeah" "Then I'd say somewhere between 3.5 and 4.5, depending on how far away it was." "Oh. Cool!" I reminded him of it today. He'd forgotten.

I've been through tornados and hurricanes but NOTHING scared me like that little quake, I think it was the whole "no place to hide" thing that freaked me out.

[Trek420]

I've been through tornados and hurricanes but NOTHING scared me like that little quake, I think it was the whole "no place to hide" thing that freaked me out.

yeah, but at least there's no "earthquake season", that would flip me out.

there's earthquake weather, but no earthquake season

[Pax]

yeah, but at least there's no "earthquake season", that would flip me out.

there's earthquake weather, but no earthquake season

You just learn to read the weather, heck by the time a kid is 10 or so they can tell you what a tornado sky looks like. Those quakes sneak up on you and you can't hide, what do you guys do when one strikes...run outside and jump up in the air?

[chickwhorips]

sounds like a fun time at snap's house. though i'm not suppose to drink due to meds..... but what the doc doesn't know can't hurt her right? specially if kit is playing bartender!

just someone has to make sure i don't have a stupid moment and try to walk on my foot. trust me, it isn't pretty!

[mimitabby]

when the big one hit here, Nisqually Quake 6.8 in February 2001, that's just what I did, Queen. I was in the lab we call "the control room" and everything started to shake. I knew there was nowhere to hide. So I ran outside and held onto a jersey barrier until the shaking stopped. (Jersey barrier, a concrete thing that keeps cars in their own lanes.) I watched as the flight tower swung back and forth and also a panicked crane operator hanging on for dear life.
Because of that quake, we got a new control room. It was "totalled"

But we've had some fun quakes too, where everything just gently does a pendulum swing..