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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 02:59 PM Original message |
Californians! and former Californians, what is your most memorable Earthquake? |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ahem - FORMER Californians? |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I agree, there are no former Californians |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. Today's |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Today's was the second-strongest I've felt here, but the first one where I sustained a boo-boo. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Oh yeah. |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. My phone call to my mom while it happened. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. This is the beauty of California, |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
33. I remember the one in Weho too. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. NOBODY remembers that one! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
55. I remember that. I was in Santa Monica. But only now did. n/t |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. You okay? |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. I am in Irvine. |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. I wish i had your number - but then, it's not good to be on the phone |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. I have your number |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. It's going to be all right. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. That earthquakes make noise is something I never thought about until I heard one. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Yep. |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
44. I heard the rumbling... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
57. I thought kids were running on our roof to get a ball |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. please do call!! |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. Oh sweetie! |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Thanks... |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. The 1971 Sylmar quake. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. We all ran into the hallway for Whittier. |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I don't blame you. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Damn. I didn't know that. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
69. Same here - see my post #68 below. |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. I haven't been here long enough to feel a very big one |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Fives aren't that bad, Sixes and Sevens are considerably less fun. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
9. Loma Prieta is most memorable, because that was the quake when I learned |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. I'll bet, a real physics lesson that day. |
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hvn_nbr_2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. Loma Prieta for me too |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. I've never actually done the duck-and-cover either, although we practiced it |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
50. Hey! |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #50 |
64. I wish I had that good of an excuse: I was grabbing crappy mismatched |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. I'm thinking some pretty interesting signage |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
15. I've never even felt one. I'm in Sacramento so nowhere near a fault. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. You'll probably feel the Rodgers Creek fault if that one ever goes. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. That makes you quite a rarity among Californians. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Yeah, we're just east of Davis. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Always a trade off... |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Oh, they're always repairing something. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Someday we'll learn... |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
20. Today's was enough, thanks. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. I understand, |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
28. Loma Preita 1989. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Dang. |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #28 |
63. Thank God you weren't on the Bay Bridge or the Cypress Overpass!! |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
39. Northridge. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I remember Northridge. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Crammed did ya? Not like cramming for a test that's for sure. |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. Yeah- that was the most memorable for me too. I slept with the lights on for 6 months |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
42. Loma Prieta, '89 |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Did you have any after earthquake depression? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. I was very nervous for quite a while |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #45 |
58. I didn't let my son go to school for a few days. |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. The fire! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. You know what was much worse for me? When that thing collapsed, |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. The Cypress Structure? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Yeah, The Cypress. I had to drive it twice a day for two years |
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litlady (360 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
49. Northridge definitely - very scary in the Valley |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
51. Loma Prieta. I almost got stomped to death by 300 freshman in Wheeler Hall |
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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
56. Northridge |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
59. 1989 Loma Prieta |
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Awsi Dooger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
60. Nothing major until I moved to Las Vegas |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
61. Toss up between Loma Prieta and the Whittier quake |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #61 |
73. Half of my family was at a Giants-As game at Candlestick |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Oh my God....I hope they were all okay |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. I think the worst part for them was that it took hours to get home. |
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Bullwinkle925 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
66. '89 Loma Preita . . . . . |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
67. actually it was the tiniest little earthquake... |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
68. 1971 Sylmar quake |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
70. Northridge |
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Born_A_Truman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
71. Landers followed by Big Bear |
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bumblebee1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
72. Lived in California for 8 yrs |
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