4:20AM Wake Up Call

[Kanth]

hmmmmmm

Originally posted by Skuzzy
That was the second scariest thing I have ever had to deal with in my life.

[Sandman]

Originally posted by midnight Target
5+ quake on the richter scale. I live in a 2 story house... it shook.

Centered about 30 miles from my house.

Recent Earthquakes

[Mini D]

For 3 or 4 days after any earthquake, I carry my Remmington Model 700 around with me in case I need to aproach any homes with a porch light on.  I fire 3 rounds into each window and door from a distance just to be sure its safe.

MiniD

[Lizard3]

Originally posted by midnight Target
5+ quake on the richter scale. I live in a 2 story house... it shook.

Centered about 30 miles from my house.

I gave those up for good BBQ.

Used to live in Poway, Temecula and Sun City. No, not the golf cart side.

Having grown up in AK though, it just aint right if the ground doesn't  move once every 6 months or so.

[MrBill]

during the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake we just fired up the generators and kept working.  Will admit that there were a lot of lemmings running around like lost children.  But there were a lot of people working to get things back to normal also.
 The wife says I'm weird, but I just never had the time to be scared,  I was alive, and there was to much that needed to be done to be fooling around being scared.

[Rude]

Originally posted by weazel
Really......it is.

We know Weazel.....it's the fear that is the basis for all of your anti-Bush postings...very common reaction.

You're going to be ok:)

[OZkansas]

That was great practice for the comming of N Korea WMD!  Course we all know that they don't have WMD as they said they don't have them.  Was good practice just in case  the "Star Wars" defence fails, but N Korea doesn't have WMD as they said , course they also have no delivery system either as they said they don't have any way at all!  I hope this makes you all on the west coast feel better and you have to look at the quake as good practice for the plans your family made in case of any kind of emergency:)

[Habu]

Originally posted by Skuzzy
Good to hear you're okay.

Been through only one earthquake in my life.  Was a while back...the one that collapsed the Oakland Bay bridge.

I was in Santa Cruz doing some work for HP via Adaptec.  We were in a 2 story wood frame building (pre-earthquake type) when it hit.
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We hit the parking lot just as the rest of the second floor collapses.


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I sleep in my car that night as my hotel room decided to relocate about 300 feet from where it originally was standing and the staff was refusing to let anyone near the buildings.

Next morning,..ground was still shaking a bit.  I get my ugly self up and start to drive.  All I had on my mind was finding an airport and getting the heck out of that mess.
San Francisco was operating, and I catch a ride back to Texas.

Now,..HP was a bit pissed as I did not complete the task I was assigned, and, in fact, had lost all the code as the computer was,..very mashed.
Adaptec asked me when I was going to come back and finish.  I told them in no uncertain terms I would never step foot in that state again.

That was the second scariest thing I have ever had to deal with in my life.

lol. The reaction of HP and Adaptec make me laugh. Here you are almost killed and they should be thanking god that you all got out and were safe, and they are worried about the work they lost. They should have rented some nice space in Vegas or somewhere and put you all up for 6 months and treated you like kings. You were almost killed for Christ sake.

That reminds me of a story that happened in Nigeria when I was working there for an un-named oil company.

This engineer (from Japan) was working out of our Warrie base which is in a pretty rough part of the country. He was driving along a road in his Pegeot (sp) 504 company car and he came to a stalled truck in the road. In Nigeria a new Pegeot is like having a big sign that says "I have money to steal". Anyway this engineer was smart and saw some guys hanging around the truck that was blocking the road so he stopped quite a bit back from it and did a U-turn.

As he drove away his back windshield was blown out by a shotgun blast. It was an ambush by bandits who were probably going to steal the car and strip him naked and leave him there (best case scenario or possibly kill him). Foreign workers were not usually killed but it had happened when I was there.

So the guy goes back to our camp sees the Doctor who digs some pellets out of the back of his head and puts little while tape crosses over the wounds.

The next day the guy is back at work in the base.

I could not believe it. I thought at least gunshot wounds in the line of duty would get you a few weeks off in Europe to get your nerves together but that was not the case.

[Cobra]

Originally posted by Airhead
Most frightened I've ever been was in an earthquake. It was late at night and a trembler knocked out all the power. That wasn't too bad, but then this porch light came on but when we drove towards the house some crazy bald dude and a little kid came out and started shooting at the headlights of passing motorists. It scared me so bad I never went back to Sumner, Washington again.

Please post a link to this gem!

I can't believe I missed it.  But then again, my computer had been shot out by series of what I thought were random bullets shot through my windows and door one night while I had carelessly left my porch light on.

Cobra

[JBA]

Yet another reason for covering yourself in duct tape before sleeping......

 
dead 02/24/03

roflmao

[2Slow]

Mr. Chirac is protecting my interests. I dont trust Socialists to show the RESOLVE of the RED WHITE AND BLUE.
Bush is much more of a little whiny arse pansy than my Prez.
Keep him, he reflects your nation. I will vote for Chirac next go round, if hes willing to run. I think he reflects my nation.
-Straffo

Is it true the French Army surrendered when the Anti-War marchers passed through the Arc de Triumph?

[AWMac]

Al Gore invented Duct tape

[2stony]

I've been in four earthquakes and all of them have been in Washington state. The first one was in 1965 and was in the 6.5 range. The second one was in 1981 and was only around a 4.5. The third one was in 1998(I think)and I was in a resturant when the hanging lights started swaying. The waitress said she was from SoCal and this was nothing. The last one was in February of 2001 and was 6.8. I was at work and my office is in the basement of the museum. When the walls started shaking, I headed for the exit door which is re-enforced with a steel frame. The first and last ones were really scary. There's nothing like looking outside and seeing the asfault rolling like waves on the ocean. Oh ya, there was also that volcanic explosion in 1980 at Mt. St. Helens. It's just as fun up here in Washington as it is in California.

[midnight Target]

I was living in a 100 yr old house about 60 miles from the Landers Quake (7.4).

The weirdest thing about a really big quake is the duration. A 7.4 quake lasted almost 2 minutes where I was living. That seems like an eternity. Most are 1 -2 seconds or just an instant jolt.