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6.5 Earthquake... Damn that was scary!!!
« on: December 22, 2003, 02:33 PM »
Dammit, I'm getting tired of these things!  Especially when I'm high up in a hi-rise building!  Our whole building started swaying back and forth, and it felt like I was surfing in my office (we're on the 11th floor).  The blinds were swinging and kept banging into the windows, and you could hear the whole building creaking.  I bolted out the door and stupidly into an elevator which was already at the wait, which made matters even worse.  That thing was swinging all over the place.  Somebody wound up getting on at the 5th floor, so I wisely jumped out and took the stairs the rest of the way.  I was the first one out of the building, and thought I must've just been imagining it, until the rest of the building wound up evacuating a minute or two later...

Registered at 6.5, and was located up near San Simeon (Hearst Castle), which is about 4 hours away from here.  That should tell you how powerful this thing was!  But considering I felt the Northridge quake all the way out in Las Vegas, it's not surprising I guess.

My legs are still shaking right now!  God, I hate quakes.   :'(
« Last Edit: December 22, 2003, 02:48 PM by JediMAC »

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Re: 6.5 Earthquake... Damn that was scary!!!
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2003, 02:37 PM »
Yeah I just read that, you OK???

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Re: 6.5 Earthquake... Damn that was scary!!!
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2003, 02:40 PM »
Everyone okay here in SoCal.  My Vader's tie and P-51 Mustang are still shaking hanging from my ceiling.  I was laying in bed watching In the Line of Fire and felt the wall moving and was thinking it was an Earthquake.  Hopefully everyone will be okay and there will be no serious damage.

Matt, I haven't had the experince of being in a high rise when an Earthquake struck but from what you just said I don't want to be in one when one does.  THe worst thing for me is just waiting to see if it will stop or not.  WIth Northridge I remember it was slowing down a little then it went all out and from then on I always wonder if its just a small one or if its going to be a big one.
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Re: 6.5 Earthquake... Damn that was scary!!!
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2003, 02:43 PM »
Crap, you guys got my heart racing reading this.  Everything OK?

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Re: 6.5 Earthquake... Damn that was scary!!!
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2003, 02:44 PM »
Hmm, suddenly it doesn't feel that cold here.  

Hope y'all are doing well and no damage :o
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Re: 6.5 Earthquake... Damn that was scary!!!
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2003, 02:45 PM »
Everything seems OK around here, but considering this was located so far away, I have no idea what happened closer to the epicenter up north.  Sounds like it may have been out in the middle of nowhere, which would obviously be a good thing.

Matt, I haven't had the experince of being in a high rise when an Earthquake struck but from what you just said I don't want to be in one when one does.

Let me tell ya', it's the worst.  I swear to God you think your building is just going to topple right over.  This is at least the 4th time now I've been in a hi-rise for a big quake.  I think I pissed my pants...   :-\

Fox News story, MSNBC news.  Looks like it was in a pretty uninhabited area, thank God.
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Re: 6.5 Earthquake... Damn that was scary!!!
« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2003, 02:49 PM »
Watching the news now and it sounds like (from early reports) not to much damage happened it seems.  Like Matt said it sounds like it hit in a low population area.  So hopefully this will leave the damage to be low and the injuries low.

In under an hour there's been 19 aftershocks.

EDIT: A building clock tower collasped trapping people in a store below it.  Just heard this on the news.  No reports yet of causilites.
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Re: 6.5 Earthquake... Damn that was scary!!!
« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2003, 02:50 PM »
Just got this off CNN:

Earthquake hits central California

Glad everything is OK.

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Re: 6.5 Earthquake... Damn that was scary!!!
« Reply #8 on: December 22, 2003, 03:03 PM »
I just saw this now as well, I hope all of you in the area (and your loved ones), are safe and sound.  I've never been through anything like that (don't get much of that in Nebraska), but I can't imagine how scary it probably is.  God bless you all.

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Re: 6.5 Earthquake... Damn that was scary!!!
« Reply #9 on: December 22, 2003, 03:11 PM »
Sounds like it was in a remote area which is great news.  When I was in Georgia last summer there was a small quake, I slept through it blissfully unaware as to what happened.  Hope all is well with everyone

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Re: 6.5 Earthquake... Damn that was scary!!!
« Reply #10 on: December 22, 2003, 03:27 PM »
Sounds like it was in a remote area which is great news.  When I was in Georgia last summer there was a small quake, I slept through it blissfully unaware as to what happened.  Hope all is well with everyone
Some of the cities in the area  are tourist locations so it may still turn out bad but not as bad as Northridge or San Fransico.

Edit:  Paso Robles Downtown has a lot of damage to the old buildings and cars were crashed when the building bricks fell.  Still no word on deaths some minor injuries so far.
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Re: 6.5 Earthquake... Damn that was scary!!!
« Reply #11 on: December 22, 2003, 03:58 PM »
Hope you guys are ok,man am I glad I live on the east coast.
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Re: 6.5 Earthquake... Damn that was scary!!!
« Reply #12 on: December 22, 2003, 04:24 PM »
why didnt i feel anything, i am right here in Central Calfirnoria, and didn't feel anything at all!!
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Re: 6.5 Earthquake... Damn that was scary!!!
« Reply #13 on: December 22, 2003, 04:28 PM »
glad you guys are Ok out there. I never felt an earthquake before and I am in no hurry to do so.
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Re: 6.5 Earthquake... Damn that was scary!!!
« Reply #14 on: December 22, 2003, 04:37 PM »
At least 1 person died so far.  

The death toll is up to 2 3. :'(
 
Here are some pictures of damage:


« Last Edit: December 22, 2003, 06:27 PM by Darth Kenobi »