EARTHQUAKE Riverside County (Southern CA).. WOW

[SoCalDem]

This one really ROCKED :)

my kitties are still scared.. and all the neighborhood dogs are barking:)

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. now I know why the parrots were going absolutely nuts an hour ago

how strong and I owe an apology to my kids

[SoCalDem]

4. nothing on the news yet.. It was a "rock & roll" one

last week's was just a "boomer"..

My desk lamp lifted up off the desk for a second, and then settle3d back and rocked.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. yep seating here listenign to the hearings

birds were going absolutely nuts an hour ago, they were screamng their bloody beaks... I even gave them quiet time... and they would not shut up... I have apologized with the kid

[cloudythescribbler]

36. the best is optiscan ...

w/ no more than one computer in any (large) precinct for people who speak some other language than the main five or six (like Urdu or Lao etc). It's the only reason you would need a computer. Can have paper ballots for that too.

[Booster]

2. WhooHoo - did it ever. Haven't felt one that big in a long time.

[doublethink]

3. Just felt it in San Diego too ...

not that bad where I am ... :scared: Peace. :)

[Cleita]

5. You're okay. I'm glad I'm not there.n/t

[SoCalDem]

6. Just Mother Nature saying.. Hellooooooo

:)

[Cleita]

23. When we lived in Chile (lots of earthquakes there),

my Chilean mother would say that it was how the earth breathed.

[SoCalDem]

33. We had them every day in Panama

all the cupboards had outside locks to keep them from emptying out at night:)

even the refrigerator had a latch on the door

[Pithy Cherub]

31. That was a nice big hello, time to start drinkin!

People scare me when I hear them run outside! It was a nice "attention please" from Mother Nature here in the OC. :)

[Carla in Ca]

62. I'm in Orange

Any damage? My front door is tweaked, you can see a sliver of light from the top of it now. All else is OK.

[LightningFlash]

7. Right in the middle of where Arnold and his faith fundies....

Are going crazy trying to take over, not a surprise. Neocons and Arnold deserve no space in CA. :mad: :mad:

[arcane1]

9. USGS map:

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. primary readying 7.0 + ok lets hope we don't get much damage

[Kraklen]

12. Not up yet.

That 4.5 or so isn't it. The way everybody's talking I'm estimating a seven, or there abouts.

[SoCalDem]

11. map

http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latestfault.htm

[Tsiyu]

13. Hope you are all okay! n/t be safe and watch for more....

[Roland99]

14. preliminary is 5.3 per USGS

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

[SoCalDem]

15. apparently downtown LA.. saying 5.3 Thank goodness

there are not too many tall buildings:)

[Bluebear]

16. Yucaipa was the center

[Misunderestimator]

17. 5.3 magnitude

Edited to remove the erroneous info CNN spouted.

[Bluebear]

19. Yucaipa, San Bernadino Co.

[Misunderestimator]

22. Yeah, that's what I hear now.

Typical CNN.... "EARTHQUAKE HITS DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES" :eyes:

[Bluebear]

25. WAS IT TERROR???? :)

[Misunderestimator]

27. YES!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!

[VOX]

24. Per USGS, 2.3 miles NE of Yucaipa...

Event map here:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/shakemap/sc/shake/14155260/intensity.html

[OnionPatch]

35. I read the location

and I'm serious....it sounds like the damn thing happened right under my house!! I'm at work though.

Eww...I just felt an aftershock.

[nini]

18. Felt it pretty hard in Torrance

:grouphug:

[SoCalDem]

21. We're just a few miles from Yucaipa

no wonder we felt it:)

[nini]

28. Holy crap.. it was pretty good here!

Glad you're ok


:hug:

poor kitties ....

[Beaverhausen]

40. You feeling the aftershocks too?

wow! I forget how much I hate those things.

[OnionPatch]

41. If you're a few miles from Yucaipa

You're practically my neighbor! :hi:

[SoCalDem]

46. Moreno Valley, here

or as my sons called it.. Moron Valley:)or "the ghetto".

[OnionPatch]

49. Cherry Valley

But I shop at your mall. :-)

[SoCalDem]

52. I have a friend in Cherry Valley.. It's pretty up there:)

Took my kids to the apple orchards near there when they were little.. I got lost and ended up on the 10 coming home.. I was almost to Ontario, before I figured out I was lost :)

[VOX]

20. Rockin' in Westwood...

Kind of a slow roller. No damage here.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/shakemap/sc/shake/14155260/intensity.html

2.3 NE of Yucaipa

[SoCalDem]

30. It was a "Shake, Shake, Shake.. Shake MY Booty" here in Moreno Valley

:)

[VOX]

38. Long as you're not ALL shook up!

Sorry. :) Glad you'e okay, SCD!

[CatWoman]

26. Is Uncle Willy all right????

:hi:

[SoCalDem]

39. He slunk down the hall, at a high rate of speed, and dove

under the bed.. Sweets was just standing in the hall, legs spraddled apart...looking all around..

Marvin never budged from my shoulder:)

[CatWoman]

43. awwwwwww

Marvin says "I'll protect you, Mommy"

:D

[Bluebear]

29. ROVE stops at NOTHING to distract! =)

[CatWoman]

32. TRUTH BE DEMAND!!!!!!!

:hi:

[Bluebear]

37. THE QUAKE WAS HUGH!!!!!!!!!!1111111111

:hi:

[SoCalDem]

42. Are you Series????

:P

[CatWoman]

45. HAHAHAHAHA

:rofl:

[Bluebear]

47. hehehehehe

[Misunderestimator]

48. HEZBOLLAH!!

[CatWoman]

51. LOLOLOL

:rofl:

this thread is a hoot!!

:hi:

[kliljedahl]

55. Yes, Mr. Hugh Jass

Keith’s Barbeque Central

[Oggy]

34. Hope you are all OK

One site I look in on runs a new web bot technology project which is predicting something big (quakewise)around the 18th, hope it's wrong, but it did pick up the Sumatra Quake. So look after yourselves this weekend.

See link:-

http://urbansurvival.com/week.htm

[SoCalDem]

44. Our new roof is going on week after next..So if it hits, I hope it's

BEFORE we spend that $8K:)

[Oggy]

54. That

made me smile.

I've never experianced a quake, but I imagine after a few you start to think like that.

[SoCalDem]

57. We about flipped when we found out how much it would cost

I was expecting a few thousand..:(

[Oggy]

58. You should try

UK prices. I think you could double the cost here.

[OnionPatch]

53. Thanks

We'll try to be prepared. Hubby went home just now to check on the pipes and such. The epicenter was only about two miles from us!!

[Mnemosyne]

50. Stay safe! Glad all are okay! n/t

:hug:

[DistressedAmerican]

56. Shit! I'm Going To My Basement! No Wait, That's A Twister!

Too many years living in tornado alley I guess!:sarcasm:

Glad to hear you all sound safe and sound. Hell you still have internet connections!

Rocking and Rollin!:yourock:

[GRLMGC]

59. I really dislike earthquakes

and its sounds like Ron Reagan's blond co-host is really trying to scare people. I've lived in CA my whole life and I know I should be used to earthquakes but they still manage to terrify me.

[SoCalDem]

60. I have been in tornados. hurricanes & earthquakes..

Tornados are the worst..BY FAR...

Hurricanes give you a week's notice...earthquakes are over before you have time to fear it or even react..

but you have not known fear until you have camped out in a dark (no electricity) spidery basement with crying kids, and yowling pets...FOR HOURS.. as the wind howls and the hail pelts the house...all the time trying to listen to a crackly weather station as they announce that "5 are on the ground within a 5 mile radius..." of where YOU are..

and it's usually about 80-90 degrees under that rickety desk you are hiding under:)

[GRLMGC]

61. I'm sure that's true

I guess I just get all nervous about huge earthquakes and that Monica Crowley? person just keeps on speculating that the increased seismic activity might mean a huge earthquake or something. I'm a paranoid person. A scaredy cat, really

[paula777]

63. Where you here for the Northridge one? I would agree with you for run

of the mill earthquakes but ones like the Northridge one - I have to say I would take a tornado over that because after the Northridge quake, my apartment was red-tagged and destroyed, most of my 'stuff' was broken. I had to move but there were few apartments to rent because so many people were displaced. That earthquake may have been over quickly, but I 'felt' it for many, many months afterwards trying to recover.

[SoCalDem]

64. I was on my way home from Vegas that morning.

I agree with you on the "direct hit" aspect.. Glad you made it through that ohe..

[GRLMGC]

65. Ooh, I know

I was 8 and I remember trembling for a long time afterward. After that earthquake, I was also terrified about a bigger one and then I saw that awful "Big One" movie that traumatized me even more. I guess I haven't gotten over it 11 years later, hehe.