So Cal quake: shook the snot out of me

[BigWill]

I'm very close to the epicenter. Worst one I've ever felt, and I've been in SoCal 43 years.

 

[LAktownhorn]

yeah that was a big one. i got that queezy feeling while it was starting and wondering what was going on. i actually got scared.

 

[Horn-N-LA]

I was walking down a hallway and I heard this clanking above and I thought itwas repair guys messing around up above. It wasn't until we stopped moving and were standing still that you realized it was an earthquake. Pretty freaky. Didn't help that I'm on pain meds and my head kept shaking long after the tremors had stopped.

 

[Orange&White]

I've been in hurricanes, flash floods, outside during amazing lightening storms and close enough to tornadoes to get a little nervous. None of those ever really scared me. Earthquakes scare the **** out of me.

I'm scheduled to be in San Diego Sunday - Thursday. Any reason I should be concerned?

 

[LITNIN HORN]

I was listening to the Jim Rome show when it happened. He stopped right in the middle of an interview to give earthquake commentary. He is apparently on an upper floor of a high rise and said the building was still swaying about thirty seconds after the initial tremor. I almost felt like I was living it myself, even though I'm in Austin. I couldn't find anything about it, on any of the news services, for about twenty or thirty minutes after Rome gave the play by play. He said, being a southern Californicator, he had been through several of these, but this was definitely a big one.

 

[Orangeblood]

Good to know you're alright Will.

Be careful of the (probable) aftershocks.

 

[mandingo]

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[theropods]

CNN reports that it was a 5.4, 32 miles east of LA. Glad that no one seems to have been injured.

 

[Xminus6]

The buildings in California keep moving after a quake because they're built on huge ball bearings. The ball bearings sit in shallow dishes so that the building can move around as one unit rather than shake apart. I've been in highrises twice during earthquakes in San Fran and you can definitely feel the building move for about 20-30 minutes. I got sorta queasy when during the one in my office. Generally speaking I don't find quakes that scary, but I haven't been in the middle of a big one (knock wood). Today's was pretty tame for me out here in Manhattan Beach.

 

[El_Oso]

BigWill, just make sure it doesn't shake your package clean off.

 

[trueut2003]

It's all about ball bearings these days.

 

[bevo_daddy]

I couldn't imagine living in an area where you KNOW there's going to be a huge earthquake at any time

 

[Longhorn_in_LA]

Was in my office yesterday when it happened. I found out yesterday that my office is on rollers, b/c the office was literally going back and forth for about 30-45sec.

Lived out here for 5yrs, and have experienced a few small earthquakes that lasted 1-2 seconds but nothing like yesterday. It wasn't that scary for me though b/c nothing fell over, electricity, phones, etc were not affected at all. After 5-10mins it was back to business as normal, which was kind of weird.

 

[swc.lives.on]

I've been in five earthquakes: one in Okinawa, three in Southern California, and (believe it or not) one in Lubbock. To me the worst part is after it starts you're never sure if it's going to get really, really bad, or just when it's going to stop.

I live in Florida now, and I like watching my natural disasters creep slowly across the ocean toward me. Gives me plenty of time to leave town.

 

[Napoleon]

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[BigWill]

I was in Yorba Linda...not L.A. I avoid that place like the herpes.

 

[Napoleon]

My Balinda?

 

[Texoz]

I have to say that when they're small, they're fun, but all in all, I do not miss those. Lived there from 1987 to 2003 and felt quite a few. I feel fortunate that after 16 years of living there I didn't have to deal with the "big one."