I think you Californians are CRAZY

[CatWoman]

You laugh at earthquakes :scared:

[davidinalameda]

1. if they don't knock me out of bed

or bother the cats then they're not worth worrying about

[bridgit]

14. there it is...

:thumbsup: although i have seen a paved, blacktop road ripple like a ribbon...now that's a little odd ~

[Maddy McCall]

2. And Floridians laugh at sharks, and Mississippians laugh at the Klan.

Aren't you in Georgia? What do you laugh at? I'd laugh at those rich people in the ritzy subdivision...Buckhead, is it?

:hi:

[davidinalameda]

34. I love you Maddy!

you're the only one I've ever seen with Jesco in their sig line!

:loveya:

[MuseRider]

3. Me too!

I was in a small earthquake while in Honduras and it totally freaked me out. I would not trade tornados for earthquakes ever. Good luck to you all, you are brave souls.

[Zomby Woof]

6. I have been in earthquakes and hurricanes

I prefer earthquakes.

Tornadoes are way too scary for me. :scared:

Most quakes are soft... once you experience one, it makes you better prepared for more. :D

[MuseRider]

12. Well,,,,well,,,,well,,,,

at least we get a warning! I have a nice basement that I never use but it is there if I have the sense to use it! :hi: Zomby! Are you there yet?

[Zomby Woof]

24. 33 days!

:hi:

[merh]

23. I prefer hurricanes!

We get a warning and generally know what to expect.

Heck, Hurricane Elena, I sat and watched the tornadoes tear through our yard, uprooting trees (it was a daytime storm).

But earthquakes, well you just don't know when they will happen or how bad they will be. :scared:

[Zomby Woof]

27. The element of surprise is what works!

That way, you get all your fear in a neat, instant bundle, instead of dragging it out! :D

[merh]

28. Okay

For me its the adrenaline rush of the expected storm that is exciting.

It's sort of weird, after you have been through hurricanes, the waiting on the next one is exciting. Definite adrenaline rush. :shrug:

[CatWoman]

25. When I lived in Indiana

I got my fill of tornadoes.

Growing up in Virginia, I've had my share of hurricanes.

However, I remember a quake that shook the midwest -- sometime in the early 80's.

My cat ran up the stairs and hid under the bed. A friend then called yelling, "did you feel that"??

[Zomby Woof]

4. BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

:bounce: :crazy: Crazy Californian, checking in!

[fleabert]

5. not me...but I just live here,

(I'm a Texan, shhhhhhhh)

earthquakes scare me shitless...yesterday was my first.

[stinkeefresh]

7. I'm from Maine

but live in Cali.

Yup, I think they're fun on a bun.

Course I've never been in a huge one...

[LSparkle]

35. "Fun"? Did you say FUN??????

Northridge was a total effing nightmare! The worst part is the aftershocks -- when you have a quake as big as 6.5, you're bound to have aftershocks in the 5 range for around a YEAR. And in L.A. they usually happen AT NIGHT ... I slept with a bottle of Bushmills next to my bed for what felt like MONTHS after that thing, I'd call Suicide Prevention just to have someone to talk to, it was a psychological disaster for me. I didn't feel safe in my own home after that -- eventually I had to move, just so I wouldn't have those memories around (and to get on an upper floor ... every time my upstairs neighbor would walk across his place after the quake, I'd jump).

No, earthquakes are NOT FUN. I'd take a predicted storm of any kind (tornado, hurricane, blizzard) ANYTIME over a temblor.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

8. we only laugh at the good ones

don't even notice the others

[Debi]

9. My mother just emailed me this today (we're from Montana)

>>Four women were driving across the country. Each one was from a
>>different state: Idaho, Nebraska, Montana and California.
>>
>>Shortly after the trip began, the woman from Idaho started pulling
>>potatoes from her bag and throwing them out of the window.
>>
>>"What the heck are you doing?" demanded the Nebraskan.
>>"We have so many of these darn things in Idaho, I am just sick of
>>looking at them!"
>>
>>A moment later, the gal from Nebraska began pulling ears of corn
>>from her bag and tossing them from the window.
>>
>>"What are you doing that for?" asked the gal from Montana.
>>"We have so many of these things in Nebraska, I am just sick of
>>looking at them!"
>>
>>Inspired, the gal from Montana opened the car door and pushed the
>>Californian out.

[MindPilot]

10. And fire season is about to start

Shake & bake bay-bee!!!

:party:

[Shakespeare]

11. It's not laughing so much as going "Wheeeeeeeeee!"

Unless, of course, it's like that 5.2 that hit right under my neighborhood in 2001....that was a little sobering!

[phreakwars]

13. Not that I'm trying to Spam or anything

But check out the link on the page I moderate about idiots in america:

http://bbs.whatpissesyouoff.com/showthread.php?t=435&highlight=travelers+guide
.
.

[David Zephyr]

15. David Brenner once said that living in California reminded him

of those old vibrating beds that once frequented motels on Route 66, only where God had all the quarters.:rofl:

[bridgit]

16. eh, i reckon you got nothing to worry about...

till the earth opens up & swallows you :shrug:

[SoCalDem]

17. Me no crazeeeeeeee... me likeeeee shake shake shake

:crazy:

Love to watch the kitties skitter around the baseboards:)

The guys roofed the house yesterday, and the babies hid out all day:)

[CatWoman]

20. you just like tormenting your cats!!!

:D

:hi:

[SoCalDem]

21. I don't torment them., BUT

I DO enjoy watching them do "cartoon-cat burnouts" as they run through the house:)

[evlbstrd]

18. I'm in Central USA.

I've been in hurricanes, tornadoes, ice storms, etc. Never an earthquake.

[Mz Pip]

19. 1989 was kind of scary

but not so much when it was happening as after the fact when the neighborhood all gathered in the street and someone noticed part of the Bay Bridge had collapsed. We then noticed the fires across the bay in San Francisco. Then we got scared.

That was the biggest one I'd ever been in. Most of them feel like a cat jumping on the bed or a truck going by.

Now I think I'll go check my earthquake supply kit.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[yewberry]

22. Laugh at anything below 5-6ish

The news always interviews dopey people who call up to report that they "saw the water in the sink move." :eyes:


That 6.8 we had up here a few years ago was enough to send me scurrying, though.

[CatWoman]

26. I remember that quake that shut down the world series

I remember it vividly, because it did a lot of damage to the ballpark.

[Dukkha]

29. I've been in four quakes

They were OK pretty mild. the last one shook for a while and was a little scary. These were all in SF back in the 90's. I didn't get to experience the big one back in '89

[skygazer]

30. I'm not a native Californian

I moved here six years ago from Vermont. Out here, everyone tells me, "Oh, I could never live out there - all that snow! Aren't you afraid to drive in it?"

It's all in what you're used to. I lived in Alabama for a year, too. Lived through two hurricanes and a couple of tornado warnings.

Earthquakes are just another fact of nature. Yeah, I find them pretty cool - it's quite a thrill to have the ground shake beneath you. Wow! I also enjoy thunderstorms and the hurricanes were incredible. The power of nature is awe-inspiring and humbling.

I don't necessarily laugh at them but I do appreciate them. They're incredible and rather cool. I enjoy the fact that nature is so much more powerful than human beings can ever be.

[Initech]

31. Earthquakes? You mean when the ground shakes?

Oh yeah, those!

They're fun and unpredictable!

[Ladyhawk]

32. I've lived here my whole life and never felt anything big.

I live in the mountains and the only thing we feel are tremors from Mammoth Lake. *shrug*

[roguevalley]

33. Alaska had the big one 9.6 (upgraded I am told to 10.4) that lasted

5 and a half minutes. Awesome.

[Taverner]

36. If you laugh in the face of death

It has no power...

Death - where is thy sting?

[maveric]

37. I usually sleep through them.

The small ones are kind of cool!

[maveric]

38. My phobic Dad's 1st visit to SoCal, 1986. He was scared of quakes

and that was one of the reasons for not coming out here in the past. He and Ma came out and I told him not to worry "we probably wont have an earthquake...". That night, as Ma & Dad were sleeping in their motel room, a loud crack, like a gunshot was heard and the whole area ROCKED, knocking poor Dad out of bed.
He called me at 2:30 AM, FREAKING OUT!
Poor guy wanted to fly back to Boston immediately.

[AlCzervik]

39. we don't laugh so much as deny them unless they are really big

you can't live in fear.