10-28-12 Los Angeles just had an EQ

[Herding Cats]

I'm very glad you asked, HC. It was the adult way to handle the situation and I appreciate it.

I try to always check and make sure...LOL, no sense getting upset if there's no need to, you know? I'm glad I asked, too.

Best-
Herding Cats

 

[legalmania]

I'm not an expert on ancient Maya culture, but my understanding is that their calendar just ends in our December 2012. It doesn't actually say time ends on that date, no more than my kitchen calendar says the world ends on its last page.

IIRC the ancient Aztecs believed we are in the "Fifth World" and it will end in earthquakes. But they didn't predict anything as specific as "East Coast v. West Coast". (They also didn't predict the even more catastrophic epidemics that arrived with the Spanish in 1519.)

Speaking of predictions, about three weeks ago the weather people predicted that we would have a very dry warm winter. Then came Sandy. If this is a sign of things to come we are in for just the opposite.

 

[Nova]

What did the quake sound like Nova?

I've been thinking about your question and today it occurred to me that the closest equivalent I can think of is standing above a subway grate in New York City. You hear the rumbling train from the ground (rather than through the air) and it gets louder until the place where you are standing begins to shake.

Then it disappears into the opposite direction.

 

[LinasK]

When I lived in Southern California as a kid I slept thru any earthquakes we had. Felt the one in Missouri, so many years ago, woke me up. Didn't remember any noises just a rumbling like a large semi truck was passing us by. Items shaking on our dresser as it was like 4 oclock in the morning.

Glad you are safe and prepared!

As posters have said, what a weird week.

Yeah, but us native Californians know we always get earthquakes in February, and particularly October, when the weather is warm...
The Loma Prieta quake happened on Oct. 17th. P.S., I grew up in So. CA too!
I live on top of the Calaveras Fault, but although earthquakes terrify me, I'm not going to let the prospect stop me from living my daily life...

 

[Reality Orlando]

I've been thinking about your question and today it occurred to me that the closest equivalent I can think of is standing above a subway grate in New York City. You hear the rumbling train from the ground (rather than through the air) and it gets louder until the place where you are standing begins to shake.

Then it disappears into the opposite direction.

Nova, I've never felt a quake, but I could totally relate from your description. Let's hope you don't have to relate again anytime soon!

 

[Nova]

Nova, I've never felt a quake, but I could totally relate from your description. Let's hope you don't have to relate again anytime soon!

I don't get to NYC all that often now that I have grandkids in Massachusetts, but when I do, I always think we're having an earthquake the first time I hear the subway coming. I don't know why I didn't think of it in the first place.

 

[Show Me]

Yeah, but us native Californians know we always get earthquakes in February, and particularly October, when the weather is warm...
The Loma Prieta quake happened on Oct. 17th. P.S., I grew up in So. CA too!
I live on top of the Calaveras Fault, but although earthquakes terrify me, I'm not going to let the prospect stop me from living my daily life...

Strange why that happens!

I lived in greater Los Angeles area and San Diego area, but not on top of a fault line that I was aware of. Back then few fault lines were known, not like today's world.

In the end it doesn't matter where you live....a natural disaster can happen anywhere at anytime. Floods, blizzards, ice storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, drought, earthquakes, fires, tsunamis, dust storms etc.

I'm like you Linask, you live your life and don't worry what mother nature will do.

 

[Nova]

Strange why that happens!

I lived in greater Los Angeles area and San Diego area, but not on top of a fault line that I was aware of. Back then few fault lines were known, not like today's world.

In the end it doesn't matter where you live....a natural disaster can happen anywhere at anytime. Floods, blizzards, ice storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, drought, earthquakes, fires, tsunamis, dust storms etc.

I'm like you Linask, you live your life and don't worry what mother nature will do.

I don't want to pick a fight with my friend, LinasK, but I don't think there's any evidence that earthquakes are more likely in certain months. But we tell ourselves (I do it, too) to "watch out" in October, so October earthquakes are noted in our minds.

http://www.livescience.com/6887-march-earthquake-month-shaky-facts.html

 

[legalmania]

I don't want to pick a fight with my friend, LinasK, but I don't think there's any evidence that earthquakes are more likely in certain months. But we tell ourselves (I do it, too) to "watch out" in October, so October earthquakes are noted in our minds.

http://www.livescience.com/6887-march-earthquake-month-shaky-facts.html

You got my curiosity up and so I looked it up. There is no certain time or date that an earthquake can occur. 80,000 monthly.

And, per second, one earthquake is felt approximately every 30 seconds.

http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/awareness/follies.html

 

[~n/t~]

We just had another one here in Montreal. 5.5 in October and 4.2 this morning at 4 am.

What's going on?

 

[michmi]

We just had another one here in Montreal. 5.5 in October and 4.2 this morning at 4 am.

What's going on?

I don't know, but I have had a recurring dream of a large one at the Cape of Good Hope that creates a tsunami.

 

[legalmania]

I don't know, but I have had a recurring dream of a large one at the Cape of Good Hope that creates a tsunami.

If we're going to count dreams I've probably been through about 20 tornadoes and quite a few earthquakes. In reality I have been through about 5 minor tornadoes and no earthquakes that I know of.

 

[Reader]

Earthquake Buddy smartphone app could save lives in an emergency

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/11...Picks&google_editors_picks=true#ixzz2BlQLspB0


I don't have a smartphone so don't know about it but it sounds good and is only $4.99....might come in handy!

 

[Nova]

For those of us without smart phones, we're supposed to agree on a long-distance person we can call outside the eq zone. (In my family, the contact is my sister in Indiana.)

As a rule, after a bad quake, long distance will often work even though local calling is blocked by all the people calling their neighbors.

This is a good reminder that I need to bring this up again for my housemates who aren't related to my sister. They may have forgotten. Thanks.

 

[KALI]

Only available now for I phones and iPads, but says android version to be released soon.
Great idea!


UOTE=Reader;8547155]Earthquake Buddy smartphone app could save lives in an emergency

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/11...Picks&google_editors_picks=true#ixzz2BlQLspB0


I don't have a smartphone so don't know about it but it sounds good and is only $4.99....might come in handy![/QUOTE]

 

[Herding Cats]

A totally low tech thing, but in the '94 quake, people had a very hard time reaching me. Often, and for whatever reason, my machine was able to get calls but if I answered, the call would disconnect. And I could not get a call out, but decided that in case someone was able to reach me, I'd leave an outgoing message on my machine (*yes, a real machine at the time...but VM nowadays works better).

I said on the machine that I was all right, that there was damage to my apartment, and that I had enough food and water for 2 weeks from the day of the quake. I also left several numbers to call on my behalf (family members) to get the message out that I was all right.

After everything settled down, I heard from family that they'd been getting calls from friends of mine telling them I was all right, and that they really appreciated it. I updated the message every few days, if there was news...and it only took about a week for my landline phone to come back all the way.

I'm posting this because it's something folks don't always think to do - leave an outgoing message on their phone. And now, with VM being the most common thing, it would be far better if one needed to get a message out...because VM is not in the phone, and lots of times VM can be reached when a person can't be.

So it's a good idea, I think...just sharing.

I saw some video of the Japan EQ that is totally, utterly chilling...and it perfectly demonstrates what I'm scared of...a 6 minute long event, with major damage...yeah, not fun.

[video=youtube;jBdvvXyS-r4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBdvvXyS-r4[/video]

(And people wonder why I "stockpile"...LOL).

Best-
Herding Cats

 

[Nova]

That's a great tip, HC. Thanks. I will use it during the next "Big One".

 

[Nova]

Obviously, the Pacific is known for its tsunamis, but the big one in 2004 was largely in the Indian Ocean. A tsunami can happen anywhere. IIRC, there are indications in the geological record that landslides in Europe have caused major tsunamis to hit the East Coast of North America.

Everybody who is anywhere near the ocean (or rivers feeding into a nearby ocean) should have a plan as to how he or she will get to higher ground in the case of a tsunami.

It's interesting in HC's link that one of the first voices we hear is a man in a car yelling, "Where do we go?" And somebody replies "To the hills." The man in the car should have known that in advance.

 

[Herding Cats]

Nova, plans are good things...it helps when we're all running around and the earth is shaking, to know what to do...

Here's a clip from an on-air shake (1989, I believe, the Whittier Narrows quake...although I'm not positive). It's David Letterman's take on things...

(the right clip, sorry...)
[video=youtube;_7sYB1uxt6o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7sYB1uxt6o&feature=related[/video]
Always better to have a plan then to wonder "what's next? Where do we go?"

And glad I could help with that VM thing. It worked very well in the '94 aftermath...very well.

Best-
Herding Cats

 

[legalmania]

I'm watching the History channel and it is about the Mayan calendar and how it ends on Dec. 21, 2012. So according to them we will cease to exist on this day. They are saying all these storms and earthquakes are all predicted in the calendar. Only time will tell. So better get your gift shopping in early.


http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/4...her-superstorm-sandy-easter-athena-brutus.htm