Earthquake on east coast

[Macfanforever]

Originally Posted by Torri

the epicenter is about 20 miles north of me...shook the house for about 20 seconds or so...have had 4 aftershocks so far...I don't know how people in California deal with this...I'm still a bit shaky and I'm tough ...next up, the hurricane...more used to that, though...ah well, I've lived to see Stevie again on Sept. 3rd...all is good...

I'm glad to hear from you Torri.Also glad you are ok.Oh yes the hurricane.I hope it blows away.

[Macfanforever]

CNN.

[chiliD]

I guess it would be the same if California had tornadoes...midwest folk would just snicker at us Left Coasters for being so panicked.

5.9...that's a good jolt...unless my house is falling apart around me, I just consider them Mother Nature's thrill ride.

From the Weird & Eerie file: Go to the USGS site and look at their Earthquake Map of the USA. The quake in Colorado is damned near the same latitude as the Virginia quake. I think there must be a big underground extraterrestrial base that's trying to launch a big ol' UFO and didn't quite get the quality control right. Hey, ET can screw up, too, right?

"Hey, Quark, I thought you said these were the coordinates for the Bermuda Triangle? We keep hitting solid rock here!"

[bucklind17]

My building in Times Square shook pretty significantly for about 30 seconds. Long enough for us to be like "Um, are we shaking? Are we having an earthquake?!". By the time it was done, people in DC and elsewhere were tweeting and confirming it was, the first I've ever been in. We were told to leave the building for awhile but it was all pretty low-key.

I think it's funny West Coasters are laughing at the East Coast. Keep in mind that earthquakes happen here extremely rarely and are never felt, so I think it's understandable people were a little concerned. Seeing how SoCal does when it rains, I think we're even! Call us back after you have two feet of snow!

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by bucklind17

We were told to leave the building for awhile but it was all pretty low-key.

That's rule #1 of earthquakes...DON'T leave the building...especially hi-rises...who knows what's falling off the building onto the sidewalk? You risk infinite more danger from what could be raining down on you by going outdoors than staying inside a building.

Originally Posted by bucklind17

Seeing how SoCal does when it rains, I think we're even! Call us back after you have two feet of snow!

I spend a whole lotta time in Colorado during the winter, so despite being a native SoCal'er, I CAN deal with snow, cold, etc. Granted, I'm a rare individual in that, since if the car in front of you sprays too much window washer fluid onto the trailing car's windshield and the driver thinks it's starting to rain...good God, get the hell off the road, the end of days is upon us.

That we DON'T have snow in SoCal (except at extremely high elevations...geographically, I mean, not psychologically) is why all you East Coasters & Midwesterners have relocated here and jammed our freeways & crowded our neighborhoods. Left to the native SoCal'ers, we'd have less people than Nevada or Montana.

[David]

Originally Posted by Torri

the epicenter is about 20 miles north of me...shook the house for about 20 seconds or so...have had 4 aftershocks so far...I don't know how people in California deal with this...

We get quakes that we can feel so frequently in CA that we are very used to them.

Conversely, when a funnel cloud is sighted out here or a small tornado occurs, everyone goes into apoplexy. It's all about what you're used to.