Earthquake 2.0!!!
I was watching Mutiny on the Bounty, the 1962 remake with Brando when I started feeling the shaking. This shaking seemed more intense than the last one I experienced. More intense, perhaps but not as long. I can still feel the vibrations in my arm.
Perhaps because I was just watching a movie about the sea, this image comes to mind–kind of how you feel after you’ve been in a boat all day.
A few things fell off shelves, but the books remained in place. It took about 20 seconds to pick up all the things that had fallen. After the first rumblings, I wasn’t quite sure what to do. I made sure I had a bottle of water handy in case there was an aftershock. I only felt one other, about 5 minutes later, much less severe than the first one.
And this time, I wondered if I should wash my dinner dish or go outside. Ah, the choices we face when a minor earthquake we experience.
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2.0? Weak… Here in San Jose We got hit with a 4.something a few weeks back… I don’t even worry till it hits almost a 5.0, me and my brother even bet on the magnitude before we check the USGS site.
Heh, I was in the bay area for the 89 quake… Now that was a shaker. My mom was in the middle of getting blood drawn at the time. The nurse tried to drag my mom out while the needle was still buried in her arm.
Actually I heard Southern Cali had been hit with a swarm of quakes earlier, so I am glad all you got was only a small one.
Comment by Stone K — May 18, 2009 @ 3:42 am - May 18, 2009
Nah. The 1935 version with Clark Gable and Charles Laughton is my fav.
BTW, what’s the bottle of water gonna do during an aftershock?
Comment by ThatGayConservative — May 18, 2009 @ 4:53 am - May 18, 2009
I heard it was a 4 something. That’s what I get for paying too much attention to twitter
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Glad you are ok.
Comment by Randy — May 18, 2009 @ 10:55 am - May 18, 2009
Has a party at the house at the time, didn’t feel it, didn’t know it happened till later when it was mentioned on twitter.
Must have been the wine!
Comment by Leah — May 18, 2009 @ 11:20 am - May 18, 2009
Glad you and Leah are OK, Dan.
I have only felt a small tremor once – it was on the island of Rhodes in 1987. We were in a small hotel lobby and it felt like the floor was going to split open. The innkeeper yelled “Seizmo!” (“Earthquake!”) and we all rushed outside. I was expecting panic but everyone else was just standing around quietly waiting and watching.
Watching for what, you ask? The birds. Seriously. If birds return to their trees and start roosting, the danger has passed. (At least that’s what one old man told me as he fingered his crucifix and worry beads.)
Sure enough, the birds came back and life returned as usual. Funny how a small incidient like stays with you after 20 years.
Since then, I have always been cautious in a city, state or country that shakes.
Regards,
Peter H.
PS: I agree with TGC – what’s with the water bottle? Broken mains?
Comment by Peter Hughes — May 18, 2009 @ 11:59 am - May 18, 2009
I should have warned everyone that I was going to have sex last night. My apologies.
Comment by Ignatius — May 18, 2009 @ 12:53 pm - May 18, 2009
#6 – You mean because it’s something nobody else can predict when it happens? Or because it’s over in a matter of seconds?
Sorry, couldn’t resist.
Regards,
Peter H.
Comment by Peter Hughes — May 18, 2009 @ 1:31 pm - May 18, 2009
#6 & 7
BOOSH!!!
Never been in an earthquake. Part of me wants to experience one. I know there’s a fault in the Atlantic that shakes Charleston, SC and even northern Florida every now and then. I suspect I’m too far south and west to feel it though.
I remember I was in HS in Mississippi when that big one hit SF. There was a program we attended at the college about the New Madrid Fault and what could happen in Mississippi if that got rolling.
Comment by ThatGayConservative — May 18, 2009 @ 1:57 pm - May 18, 2009
I was at the gym in Weho. Felt nothing.
Comment by OutliciousTV — May 18, 2009 @ 2:37 pm - May 18, 2009
Ok Outlicious,
I read that as ‘I was on Jim in Weho’
Must need more sleep.
Comment by The Livewire — May 18, 2009 @ 2:59 pm - May 18, 2009
A pretty good shake down here in north country – just lasted a few seconds. About the time I figure out what’s going on, it’s done. Glad to hear that the damage was mostly just nuisance stuff.
#1. I think “2.0″ is like “version 2″. The quake was a 4.7. Can you even feel a 2?
Comment by SoCalRobert — May 19, 2009 @ 12:00 am - May 19, 2009
North country = north county
Comment by SoCalRobert — May 19, 2009 @ 12:01 am - May 19, 2009
GPW – its good to know that you survived another 5.0 tremblor. I didnt even notice it way out here in Riverside County. I had to put up with all the “news” coverage of this over rated event. My home probably wasnt on the right fault line and so I missed all the excitement. Ignatious, you are such a hoot!!!
Comment by Duffy - Native Intelligence — May 19, 2009 @ 1:36 am - May 19, 2009
#11 – Yeah I kinda figured that out after the fact hehe… Don’t read and write after working a night audit shift. Hehe
Comment by Stone K — May 19, 2009 @ 2:50 am - May 19, 2009