View Full Version : Just Had A Earthquake 5.8 !!!!
FIREWALL
07-29-08, 01:54 PM
Just had a 5.8. Center is not that far North of me.
House shook and felt like a semi hit it.
Land line and cell phones out.
Power and Internet still works.
Gonna go check on some neighbors that are senior.
V.C. Sniper
07-29-08, 02:09 PM
Epicenter seems to be around Chino Hills. Felt it here in Gardena which is about 50 miles away, thought an M1 tank just rumbled by when the windows began to shake.
FIREWALL
07-29-08, 02:15 PM
@V.C. Sniper
I'm at my mainland house in Carson. Heck were neighbors. :D
Hope you didn't have any damage. I didn't thankfully. :yep:
Just had a 5.8. Center is not that far North of me.
House shook and felt like a semi hit it.
Land line and cell phones out.
Power and Internet still works.
Gonna go check on some neighbors that are senior.
:huh:
Saw it now on the news here:o !Hope that everything is fine!
@ work in Glendale...
thought a truck hit the building!
But not wanting to pass up a great opportunity.. I immediately called my boss and asked him if he just fell down... :lol:
V.C. Sniper
07-29-08, 03:05 PM
@V.C. Sniper
I'm at my mainland house in Carson. Heck were neighbors. :D
Hope you didn't have any damage. I didn't thankfully. :yep:
No damage found on pressure hull of my Balao. :up:
FIREWALL
07-29-08, 03:12 PM
@V.C. Sniper
I'm at my mainland house in Carson. Heck were neighbors. :D
Hope you didn't have any damage. I didn't thankfully. :yep:
No damage found on pressure hull of my Balao. :up:
Good :up:
CptSimFreak
07-29-08, 03:29 PM
That tested my 'get the frak out of here' responses.....1 mile from epicenter.
That tested my 'get the frak out of here' responses.....1 mile from epicenter.
.. and how did that work out for ya?
CptSimFreak
07-29-08, 03:32 PM
Just got hit by another one.....smaller.
FIREWALL
07-29-08, 03:33 PM
That tested my 'get the frak out of here' responses.....1 mile from epicenter.
WoW !!!! :huh: Here come the Aftershocks. Still be carefull. :yep:
CptSimFreak
07-29-08, 03:36 PM
That tested my 'get the frak out of here' responses.....1 mile from epicenter.
.. and how did that work out for ya?
No damage.... other than cell phone texts are inop.
That tested my 'get the frak out of here' responses.....1 mile from epicenter.
.. and how did that work out for ya?
No damage.... other than cell phone texts are inop.
Good there was no damage.. but no cell texting!!!! OMG the end of western civilization! :p
FIREWALL
07-29-08, 03:41 PM
The biggest aftershock so far 3.8.
And yes cellphone probs. And I thought they would be better than landlines during this. :roll:
Pioneer
07-29-08, 03:41 PM
So there I was out hiking in the hills with my dog when he started acting "squirrelly". We stopped and he literally burrowed under the low branches of a tree. Within a minute the LA quake rolled under us, literally lifting an irrigation pipe on the trail out of the ground (but not breaking it.)Coming from the land where the earth is a plate and the local garden variety snake will kill you, this "roller" was a first for me.
Heading to the mall now for a change of boxer shorts.:up:
DeepIron
07-29-08, 03:43 PM
You guys are all right. I just Googled "California" and you're still attached to the North American continent... ;)
BTW, I grew up in Alaska on the "Rim of Fire" and I can understand exactly what your experiencing...
FIREWALL
07-29-08, 03:46 PM
OH NO !!!! It gets WORSE.
Now we have to listen to the LongWinded L.A. Politicians. :eek:
CptSimFreak
07-29-08, 03:49 PM
OH NO !!!! It gets WORSE.
Now we have to listen to the LongWinded L.A. Politicians. :eek:
Quickly! Turn off TV and get out of the house!
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
FIREWALL
07-29-08, 04:04 PM
Thx to all for responding. :up:
On the lighter side. I remember wakeing up about 5 mins before the Northridge quake to have a smoke.
After an eternity and the shakeing was over I looked up at the ceiling and said.
OK I can take a hint ... I'LL QUIT SMOKING !!! :p
ASWnut101
07-29-08, 04:12 PM
Dang. The US Geological Survey has declared it a Magnitude 5.4 quake, centered 3 miles WSW of Chino Hills, CA, at 8.5 miles in depth.
Hope all you guys near there are ok. I've never experienced an earthquake before, what's it like?
DeepIron
07-29-08, 04:37 PM
I've never experienced an earthquake before, what's it like?Ever seen one of those "bobble head" dolls? You know, the kind you stick on the dash of your car and the head "wobbles" around when you hit a bump?
http://www.northrim.net/jhouck/images/bobblehead.jpg
It's like that only bigger...
ASWnut101
07-29-08, 04:45 PM
I've never experienced an earthquake before, what's it like?Ever seen one of those "bobble head" dolls? You know, the kind you stick on the dash of your car and the head "wobbles" around when you hit a bump?
http://www.northrim.net/jhouck/images/bobblehead.jpg
It's like that only bigger...
Hm. Must be something. :)
Platapus
07-29-08, 04:59 PM
Hey, just wait a moment here. Let's figure this out
jimbuna has a birthday today
Good likelyhood that jimbuna will be drinking many brews in celebration
Knowing the effect that brew chugging has on some guys...gas wise (either end).
jimbuna lets one go and all of a sudden we have this 5.8 "earthquake"?
jimbuna at least say "excuse me" :yep:
SUBMAN1
07-29-08, 05:46 PM
You need a bunch more of those. You haven't been getting enough down there. The less you have, the worse. You will end up with a big one if you don't relieve some of that stress!
-S
Hey, just wait a moment here. Let's figure this out
jimbuna has a birthday today
Good likelyhood that jimbuna will be drinking many brews in celebration
Knowing the effect that brew chugging has on some guys...gas wise (either end).
jimbuna lets one go and all of a sudden we have this 5.8 "earthquake"?
jimbuna at least say "excuse me" :yep:
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
Now let's get serious! Oh my god, jimbuna lets one go and causes this kind of damages???????????????????? JASUÓ!!!!!!!!! :D
FIREWALL
07-29-08, 06:13 PM
Nothing but Babble News on tv now.
Crap !!! If WWIII or a UFO landed we here would be the last to hear about it. :p :rotfl:
They'll beat this into the ground.
Usaully when a bad event happens elsewhere there's alway's some slight connection to some fool in L.A.
Their caught with their pants down this time. :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
OneToughHerring
07-29-08, 06:14 PM
Would be nice to experience an earthquake, from a safe place of course. If there indeed is a safe place when one occurs.
baggygreen
07-29-08, 06:36 PM
Like what subman said, the more often you have small ones, the better - if you build it up, its only gonna be bigger and badder...
Tchocky
07-29-08, 06:51 PM
Glad to here y'all are ok.
Never really experienced an earthquake when I lived in LA, mostly because I slept through this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Northridge_Earthquake) :p
FIREWALL
07-29-08, 06:57 PM
Glad to here y'all are ok.
Never really experienced an earthquake when I lived in LA, mostly because I slept through this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Northridge_Earthquake) :p
Read Post#20:D
CptSimFreak
07-29-08, 08:00 PM
Glad to here y'all are ok.
Never really experienced an earthquake when I lived in LA, mostly because I slept through this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Northridge_Earthquake) :p
Geez...how much drinking were you doing that night? :dead:
raymond6751
07-30-08, 07:20 AM
Talk about immersion gaming!
You guys in CA can now say you know what a DC attack is like.
Rock n roll
Damage report, all compartments! Steady men...
Jimbuna
07-30-08, 07:55 AM
Hey, just wait a moment here. Let's figure this out
jimbuna has a birthday today
Good likelyhood that jimbuna will be drinking many brews in celebration
Knowing the effect that brew chugging has on some guys...gas wise (either end).
jimbuna lets one go and all of a sudden we have this 5.8 "earthquake"?
jimbuna at least say "excuse me" :yep:
Excuse me :oops:
:lol:
Sailor Steve
07-30-08, 08:00 AM
I've never experienced an earthquake before, what's it like?Ever seen one of those "bobble head" dolls? You know, the kind you stick on the dash of your car and the head "wobbles" around when you hit a bump?
http://www.northrim.net/jhouck/images/bobblehead.jpg
It's like that only bigger...
Hm. Must be something. :)
A decade ago I was visiting family in L.A. Something woke me up in the middle of the night. I heard the water in my brother's aquarium sloshing around. Then I realized my brother didn't have an aquarium, and what I was hearing was the water in the swimming pool sloshing around! Back when I lived there I went through quite a few, mostly small ones. That one was small, too, but it makes you wake up fast when you think about that on the spot.
We have earthquakes everyday in this country and we just go on with are business and you want to know why? We are British with a stiff upper lip old boy. ;) :p
nikimcbee
07-30-08, 09:20 AM
Would be nice to experience an earthquake, from a safe place of course. If there indeed is a safe place when one occurs.
Sit on your bed and have someone shake it.
FIREWALL
07-30-08, 09:39 AM
Hi All :sunny:
What doe's an earthquake feel like ?
I think to best answer that, To most here who are new to them you feel Helpless.
You have no control over the situation so you just ride it out.
This one was just a jolt but, a good wakeup call.:yep:
Jimbuna
07-30-08, 11:34 AM
Would be nice to experience an earthquake, from a safe place of course. If there indeed is a safe place when one occurs.
Sit on your bed and have someone shake it.
The wife does that often enough thanks :lol:
Friend of mind has a hobby shop. Reports all airplane models got dumped on the floor. Big mess.
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