I survived my first "official" earthquake in California this morning.

[KitchenWitch]

The 4.7 rocker in Lake Elsinore.

I am still very freaked.

[Gormy Cuss]

1. What made it official for you?

Did furniture fall over? Glassware or CDs leap from shelves? Big ass cracks in the the wall?


p.s. some Californians swear that the hot fall days are "earthquake weather."

[KitchenWitch]

2. What made it official is the tremor I felt was backed up by being reported on the snooze

Still very freaked though.

[Gormy Cuss]

6. That level of quake I know well.

Your heart starts racing, adrenaline's pumping and it takes a while to calm down. The worst one for me was when it felt like somebody was rollerblading on the underside of the floor.

I'm still a CA newbie chicken.;)

[KitchenWitch]

8. You have apparently been inside my head today!

:hi:

My husband thinks I am a nutbag (well I am, but not for freaking about the quake).

[huskerlaw]

3. There was an earthquake this morning??

I've lived here for 2 years and haven't ever felt a thing.


Not that I'm complaining, mind you!

[KitchenWitch]

5. I think you are too far north to have felt it.

I called Peggy, and she had not felt it either.

[huskerlaw]

9. Ah, ok...

We've had a couple about that size recently, but I've managed to be out of the state for both.

[Kutjara]

10. We felt it over here in Brea.

It was my wife's first 'quake too. She was moderately freaked out, to the extent we spent a few hours buying the components of and assembling an
"Earthquake Kit." So now we have water, food bars, blankets and first aid kits to keep our corpses company under the rubble.

As a survivor of the '71 San Fernando Valley quake, I feigned nonchalance at this latest tremble.

[KitchenWitch]

11. Can I get a listing of the stuff needed for a proper earthquake kit?

[Kutjara]

12. We looked on...

...the Quake Care website (www.quakecare.com) and then went out and bought the stuff they sell in their kits. It probably works out a bit cheaper than buying from them.

[krispos42]

16. Here ya go:

1 U-Haul truck

Enough gas to get back to Minnesota

2 books on tape


Put all your stuff in the truck, and combine with the gas and books-on-tape to hoof it back here before an earthquake turns you into chunky salsa! :P



What did Lewis Black say about Californian earthquakes? Something about how it was nature's way of telling you you live in a place where rodents should have sex and that's about it?

:hide:

[KitchenWitch]

19. Helpful post, Mussolini!

:eyes:


















:rofl:

[krispos42]

21. Yeah, well...

When you're a resident of the Archipelago of California, don't say that the ground didn't warn you!



On the plus side, all of the survivors will have beachfront property! :rofl:

[KitchenWitch]

22. LOL!

[bridgit]

4. don't need to tell you Elsinore's in your neighborhood

i went through the Northridge quake and that was FUCKED UP!! :scared: h is from down there and has seen roads roll like a black ribbon :scared:

[KitchenWitch]

7. No lie!

And since the government has done such a lovely job of maintaining the infrastructure since 1980...

:scared:

[xchrom]

13. been here off and on my whole life -- earthquakes freak me out.

[Ellen Forradalom]

14. I slept through mine

(the Chatsworth tremor) a few weeks back. I was bummed.

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. It won't be your last

Welcome to Kollyforniya. :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. My dear KitchenWitch!

Congratulations, sweetie!

You have now lost your earthquake virginity!

Way to go, baby!

Remember....lots of little ones means we miss the big one!

:toast:

:bounce: :bounce:

[ThoughtCriminal]

18. I remember my first earthquake

It was late at night and my parents yelled at my brother and I.

"WHAT ARE YOU BOYS DOING IN THERE!"

[Fire Walk With Me]

20. "Shut up mom, or we'll do more! Moo-hoo-ha-ha!"