The Quake...
#1
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Location: Dayton, TN. but hometown is Rockford IL.
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Anyone feel the Quake today??!! Are you ok??!! How can the people on the west coast get use to this!! I hope and pray everyone is fine and no real damage....BIG HUGS TO ALL...
#2
I live near Virginia Beach, VA and I felt it! I didn't know what it was at first - I thought one of my daughters was crawling around behind my chair and joggling it!....Then I saw the water in the glass on the table shaking. :-)
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Location: Piedmont Virginia in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mtns.
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Well, I was in the radiology department at the big hospital, xrays had been taken, I was sitting on the edge of the huge xray table in my 2 hospital gowns with *nothing else at all* underneath, chatting with the lovely techs, waiting for the "torturer" with the needle to arrive.
I felt that quake, shot off that table like I'd never had a hip pain in my life, grabbed up my purse and ran to stand in the doorframe!! When I saw all the staff swarming out into the corridor, I said "Momma knows to stand in the doorframe during an earthquake, don't you guys?!"
They looked at me and many stepped back into doors, but they all said "Was it an earthquake? Really?" We quickly found out it was from a supervisor who had been on a conference call with people in Richmond, VA. The building shook and the phones/computers are gaflooey while I was there but we were able to reach my aunt by phone before the cell towers went nuts.
Came home to my little cottage to learn the neighbor had been outside, and felt it, saw utility poles sway, her flag on the house wave, her flower pots clatter, but she said all the animals -- cows, horses, dogs, cats -- seemed oblivious. I did find a couple of things had shifted slightly in the cottage and some mortar on the outside (unused) chimney popped out of the bricks. So, all and all here in Lynchburg and Bedford we seem to be okay, very minor damage, no injuries.
Jan in VA
I felt that quake, shot off that table like I'd never had a hip pain in my life, grabbed up my purse and ran to stand in the doorframe!! When I saw all the staff swarming out into the corridor, I said "Momma knows to stand in the doorframe during an earthquake, don't you guys?!"
They looked at me and many stepped back into doors, but they all said "Was it an earthquake? Really?" We quickly found out it was from a supervisor who had been on a conference call with people in Richmond, VA. The building shook and the phones/computers are gaflooey while I was there but we were able to reach my aunt by phone before the cell towers went nuts.
Came home to my little cottage to learn the neighbor had been outside, and felt it, saw utility poles sway, her flag on the house wave, her flower pots clatter, but she said all the animals -- cows, horses, dogs, cats -- seemed oblivious. I did find a couple of things had shifted slightly in the cottage and some mortar on the outside (unused) chimney popped out of the bricks. So, all and all here in Lynchburg and Bedford we seem to be okay, very minor damage, no injuries.
Jan in VA
#5
Originally Posted by Jan in VA
I felt that quake, shot off that table like I'd never had a hip pain in my life, grabbed up my purse and ran to stand in the doorframe!! When I saw all the staff swarming out into the corridor, I said "Momma knows to stand in the doorframe during an earthquake, don't you guys?!"
They looked at me and many stepped back into doors, but they all said "Was it an earthquake? Really?"
Jan in VA
They looked at me and many stepped back into doors, but they all said "Was it an earthquake? Really?"
Jan in VA
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Location: Central PA
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Wow! I didn't feel it, as I was in the car driving, but many of my friends did here in PA. My DBIL was in a 10 story building in Baltimore, MD and was evacuated. Couldn't get home for a while as his car was parked in the basement parking garage and wasn't allowed back in to get it! Hope everyone effected is ok. Man! When I felt the quake in New Zealand, I said, "I'm going back to PA! We don't do this there..." Well, I guess everyone had to be wrong once in a while! Yikes!
#8
The safest place in an Earthquake is OUTSIDE in the open where things can't fall on top of you! Especially if you are near the center and buildings are coming down.
A doorway or under a table is for tornados.
I used to live in San Diego, we had Earthquakes a lot. Everyone knew what to do when they happened.
Table or a doorway are not going to protect you if the structure comes down.
A doorway or under a table is for tornados.
I used to live in San Diego, we had Earthquakes a lot. Everyone knew what to do when they happened.
Table or a doorway are not going to protect you if the structure comes down.
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Originally Posted by DebsShelties
The safest place in an Earthquake is OUTSIDE in the open where things can't fall on top of you! Especially if you are near the center and buildings are coming down.
A doorway or under a table is for tornados.
I used to live in San Diego, we had Earthquakes a lot. Everyone knew what to do when they happened.
Table or a doorway are not going to protect you if the structure comes down.
A doorway or under a table is for tornados.
I used to live in San Diego, we had Earthquakes a lot. Everyone knew what to do when they happened.
Table or a doorway are not going to protect you if the structure comes down.
#10
I remember in california back in the late 60's when i was in grade school,we would have earthquake drills.and I kid you not we had to get under our desks for the entire time of the drill.Fire drills of course we went outside.I'll never forget it,even though i was in the fourth grade,that didnt make sense to me
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