Stupid Earthquakes

[kaiser83]

I have no clue in heck how you folks who live in California can stomach earthquakes. I experienced my first one today and am happy to just deal with the snow and flooding. Darn thing was only a 5.7 and shook the crud out of the darn Afghani built building I was in...which I rapidly vacated only to find myself between two Afghani built buildings in a narrow passage. It was 16 miles north of Jalalabad which is really stinking close to where I am. First I though it was just a big truck, but then it got bigger. You West coasters have more cojones than I do to live in the midst of those stupid things.

http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/quake-in-afghanistan-tremors-felt-in-pakistan-north-india-358316

 

[Boulder&Briar]

Be safe brother!

 

[loneredtree]

They are just not as often as tornadoes and hurricanes in the east. So, we are used to them especially the small ones. :cheers:

 

[MisterE]

Temblores are a way of life down here. We lost power on Sunday when the neighborhood power main exploded from a minor quake. Luckily, after the big one in '85, the response times by authorities is almost instant.

 

[Anonymous]

It's a trip when you see stuff in the room start swaying, isn't it ? 8) :lol:

:face:

 

[Kyle Weiss]

Hey, Cali ain't the only one that rocks'n'rolls to that music; Nevada and Alaska get plenty of 'em too. My apartment complex is built right above a major fault intersection, and a few years ago we had a swarm of about 30 3.0 - 4.5 quakes a day for two weeks. :lol: Just tacked down the breakable stuff and rode 'em out. <img class="emojione" alt="?" title=":shrug:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/emojione/assets/png/1f937.png?v=2.2.7"/> What'ev. My building's probably a bit more sound than mud huts in Afghanistan, though. :lol:

8)

 

[i.keenum]

Never experienced one. Pretty sure I'd loose my s#(* I like my ground nice and stable and my natural disasters predictable. :shock: Hurricanes don't scare me, they are just a way of life here and you know when they are coming. If it's a big one, get the hell out of dodge, small ones you just ride out.

 

[gravel]

I'd rather ride the typical western earthquake than deal with the weather crazy folks in the rest of the country deal with.

 

[Harlock999]

I'd rather ride the typical western earthquake than deal with the weather crazy folks in the rest of the country deal with.

Yes!

 

[kaiser83]

As much as lots of snow bothers me, I'll keep the Mississippi River floods and snow over the feeling of the earth under me shaking for no reason.

 

[Kyle Weiss]

I'd rather ride the typical western earthquake than deal with the weather crazy folks in the rest of the country deal with.

Yes!

Hear, hear. :cheers: Though I do have to giggle when I overhear ill-prepared Californians getting "caught in a blizzard" in Reno. (Translation: a few snowflakes were falling and it was 30F) :lol:

Just ask Pee Dee.

We have the nicest winters in the US, if you ask me. They're still winter, but nothing like northern Minnesnowta, or something up towards Canukistan.