Woo hoo! Whole lotta shakin' goin' on.300 earthquakes here locally since 10am yesterday
Earthquakes
- Thread starter BobbyFord
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Woo hoo! Whole lotta shakin' goin' on.300 earthquakes here locally since 10am yesterday
Bobby, you can keep the shaking. 
The idea that the Earth can just shake without warning gives me the heebee jeebies.
The idea that the Earth can just shake without warning gives me the heebee jeebies.
mike honcho
Knuckleheads
Yea I don't like that shaking either.
Yeah, they don't actually bother me. I kinda like the little 5.5's
The '94 quake was a hell of a shaker.
The '94 quake was a hell of a shaker.
VaDirt
Dirt Track Fanatic
At least when a hurrican comes, I have some warning. House might get flooded, but at least I can decide ahead of time if I want to ride it out. Earthquake? Surprise, your building's collapsing!
Tennessee Racing
Formerly Stewart Fan
One of these days CA is gonna break off and drift away.
It's actually nothing like that. Usually a little shaking, sometimes a little worse. My house is 1955, slab. Still standing with no damage after several near 7 earthquakes. The media makes it seem a lot worse than it really is.
Mesko just got one...
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SST55
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My wife went through earthquakes growing up in So Cal. I saw a tornado and it's aftermath in Kansas. All things considered we've decided we'll take hurricanes any day.
But...hurricanes and tornadoes happen every year, strong earthquakes happen only every 20 years.My wife went through earthquakes growing up in So Cal. I saw a tornado and it's aftermath in Kansas. All things considered we've decided we'll take hurricanes any day.
I've been through a 6.6 and one that was close to a 7 (Northridge quake magnitude was reported at less of a strength than it actually was). Neither house that I was in suffered any structural damage. Lots of broken dishes and other glass items, though.
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SST55
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I had clients in Kansas who told me they had lived there 40-50 years and never saw a tornado. The last true hurricane to hit RI was Bob in 1991. I lost several beautiful Maple trees in that one. The kids loved those trees because in the fall they turned orange,yellow and red. Like Trix ceral!
Not to say we haven't been hit with tropical storms in the meantime but they're nothing like a hurricane. However a Nor'Easter in the winter can be a real byitch.
So Cal gets a number of mini quakes everyday. Any one of them could be the BIG ONE.
Not to say we haven't been hit with tropical storms in the meantime but they're nothing like a hurricane. However a Nor'Easter in the winter can be a real byitch.
So Cal gets a number of mini quakes everyday. Any one of them could be the BIG ONE.
VaDirt
Dirt Track Fanatic
I'd still rather stay where I am. Really love the green that surrounds me. Something that lacks in California. I saw how dry and brown the grass was around Sears Point (only about 15 linear miles form where I grew up), and was saddened.