And on TOP of fire and pestilence, tack on an earthquake in Los Angeles

[radwriter0555]

A minor earthquake occurred at 23:44:48 (UTC) on Wednesday, October 29, 2003. The magnitude 3.7 event has been located in the GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA. The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 5 km ( 3 miles). (This is a computer-generated message -- this event has not yet been reviewed by a seismologist.)

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/Quakes/ci14000376.htm

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. Oh hell the people upstairs make a bigger rumble than that

:D

[Demobrat]

2. Yeah. 3.7 isn't an earthquake.

It's somebody slamming the door.

[knight_of_the_star]

6. Please

My dad's dog does more than that when she wags her tail and nails the wall!

[Dookus]

7. yup...

3.7 ain't nuthin'.

BUT.... small quakes like this sometimes presage larger quakes. THAT would be a fucking nightmare right now.

[catzies]

3. My NPR said 60+ of the 300+ quake sensors are down (fire-related)

Oh GOODY.

Not that we'd need a sensor to tell us if we're having one; we know.

[MoonAndSun]

4. Am I glad I left LA when I did last Friday. My heart breaks for the

people affected by all that has been happening out there.

[DBoon]

5. I'm on the 10th floor

in downtown Los Angeles and felt NOTHING!!

[meow mix]

8. Fires -> Mudslides

should be an interesting winter in socal.
first good storm to come, prolly mudslide all those roads out.

its been long time since we get a good EQ!
too long...
id rather we get our 6 every few years like we suppose to grr.

[Maple]

9. Next up...

grasshoppers.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

10. Then it rains frogs right?