I've read all the earthquake, fire, hurricane, and tornado comments. I'm glad I live in El Paso where we don't have any of those things. Sometimes I will be out on my balcony where the sky is a cloudless blue, the temperature is warm, and a soft breeze whispers at me while I listen to the news of terrible blizzards, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, and fires everywhere but El Paso and I have weather guilt. You people suffer so much while I just enjoy another sunny day. We do get dust storms, but that's it.
I just want to say, I am in Brooklyn, and the trembling waves were a little scary, we even got an aftershock in the afternoon. Also, I have had mysterious leaking in my apartment for about 10 days and the first thought I had was that the leaks were presaging a building collapse. It had that vibe
with a grotesque 50.96 percent of the vote going to Trump in the 2020 general election. I was pleasantly shocked that over 46% of the vote went to Joe Biden that year
Well we're living here in Allentown and the factories didn't fall down but I felt it and heard my house creak a bit. This certainly happened because I am an atheist and I am sorry if you were inconveniencedd
If that tiny tremor indicated the end of the world, wait until Monday when the sun goes away. Fun fact, peak eclipse is about a quarter mile down the road from me.
I assume New Jersey is now a smoking hellscape thanks to these massive earthquakes, and while I haven't had reason to visit since Maxwell's Tavern closed I will always think fondly of my nights there.
I live in NJ. Things are bad, but we aren’t the burned out husk of city that Portland, Oregon is. I can still walk down the road, because unlike Portland we still have roads!!!!!!!!
I kind of enjoy my superior California-earthquake attitude when a wee quake rumbles through someplace Not-California and everybody loses their goddamn mind and proclaims how they'll take hurricanes over earthquakes ZOMG. Granted, I was a little shocked when a telephone pole right in front of me *bent* itself in half and then snapped back upright during the Loma Prieta earthquake, and I watched as the wires attached to the pole swung down toward my head and then flew back up into position as the pavement rolled beneath my feet like waves at the Santa Cruz beach boardwalk. But I'd still take that over a hurricane any day of the week and twice on Sundays.
Bunch of wimps I grew up in California don’t tell ME about earthquakes. I’m not talking about you all I’m talking about the news anchors that went into a complete panic.
Living in Mexico City, I kind of scoff at people being freaked out by anything less than 5.0 on the Richter Scale. Then again, having been thru a couple 7*-ers, I take earthquakes very, very seriously, and we're genuinely grateful to be one of the few cities in the world with earthquake alarms.
Living in earthquake country is not bad. Just keep heavy and/or pointy objects off the ceiling and high on the walls. Esp in the bedrooms. Anticipate a crash zone for tall furniture, like bookcases.
When Ikea says attach safety brackets to furniture and walls, do it.
Where I live, gas and electric lines can wobble around a lot before they break. And when they break, they shut off. Off course we had to burn down SF once to learn that.
Then just be patient and wait till roads open and the boys fix things.
Sadly there are usually a few folks off a lot worse than you.
Never seen any ghosts or demons though.
They probably hang out closer to Hollywood for gigs.
I deeply love the word “grotesque” to describe the Trump vote!
I've read all the earthquake, fire, hurricane, and tornado comments. I'm glad I live in El Paso where we don't have any of those things. Sometimes I will be out on my balcony where the sky is a cloudless blue, the temperature is warm, and a soft breeze whispers at me while I listen to the news of terrible blizzards, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, and fires everywhere but El Paso and I have weather guilt. You people suffer so much while I just enjoy another sunny day. We do get dust storms, but that's it.
I hope I haven't jinxed anything.
Oregon's kind of like that as well. Until the Big One* hits.
*We refer to the hypothetical earthquake that is supposed to be imminent in the next 30 years that.
You two should both be doing some serious “wood-knocking”!
We do get forest fires every damn summer.
I just want to say, I am in Brooklyn, and the trembling waves were a little scary, we even got an aftershock in the afternoon. Also, I have had mysterious leaking in my apartment for about 10 days and the first thought I had was that the leaks were presaging a building collapse. It had that vibe
Ta, Sara. I am a fan of yours, but not of Beyoncé. Different strokes.
with a grotesque 50.96 percent of the vote going to Trump in the 2020 general election. I was pleasantly shocked that over 46% of the vote went to Joe Biden that year
*rubs eyes* whut
Has anyone checked Ivana's grave? The epicenter was within a couple of miles.
There wasn't a stone to be rolled away, though
West Coasters be like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsHG_qmQNVo&ab_channel=PlanetofMovies
Well we're living here in Allentown and the factories didn't fall down but I felt it and heard my house creak a bit. This certainly happened because I am an atheist and I am sorry if you were inconveniencedd
If that tiny tremor indicated the end of the world, wait until Monday when the sun goes away. Fun fact, peak eclipse is about a quarter mile down the road from me.
And then I assume you are going to stop it?! Cause you sure did nothing to stop that durned earthquake!
I have a drone. I was going to drone it.
I assume New Jersey is now a smoking hellscape thanks to these massive earthquakes, and while I haven't had reason to visit since Maxwell's Tavern closed I will always think fondly of my nights there.
I live in NJ. Things are bad, but we aren’t the burned out husk of city that Portland, Oregon is. I can still walk down the road, because unlike Portland we still have roads!!!!!!!!
Thank God, I hear Portlanders are reduced to drinking warm Ovaltine.
I believe it passed smoking hellscape around the time that Maxwell's closed. No really good reason to go there now...
I kind of enjoy my superior California-earthquake attitude when a wee quake rumbles through someplace Not-California and everybody loses their goddamn mind and proclaims how they'll take hurricanes over earthquakes ZOMG. Granted, I was a little shocked when a telephone pole right in front of me *bent* itself in half and then snapped back upright during the Loma Prieta earthquake, and I watched as the wires attached to the pole swung down toward my head and then flew back up into position as the pavement rolled beneath my feet like waves at the Santa Cruz beach boardwalk. But I'd still take that over a hurricane any day of the week and twice on Sundays.
I hear you. Grandma lived in Aptos, I lived in Santa Cruz and worked in Los Gatos at the time.
The 100 year old brick building i was in partially collapsed and i was fortunate to find an old steel desk to crawl under.
It was a big deal.
Bunch of wimps I grew up in California don’t tell ME about earthquakes. I’m not talking about you all I’m talking about the news anchors that went into a complete panic.
Living in Mexico City, I kind of scoff at people being freaked out by anything less than 5.0 on the Richter Scale. Then again, having been thru a couple 7*-ers, I take earthquakes very, very seriously, and we're genuinely grateful to be one of the few cities in the world with earthquake alarms.
My house is between 2 major faultlines. Fun!
Faultlines? How lazy. We get all our earthquakes from our own hard work fracking.
It got so bad the Republican governor put a halt to fracking.
Living in earthquake country is not bad. Just keep heavy and/or pointy objects off the ceiling and high on the walls. Esp in the bedrooms. Anticipate a crash zone for tall furniture, like bookcases.
When Ikea says attach safety brackets to furniture and walls, do it.
Where I live, gas and electric lines can wobble around a lot before they break. And when they break, they shut off. Off course we had to burn down SF once to learn that.
Then just be patient and wait till roads open and the boys fix things.
Sadly there are usually a few folks off a lot worse than you.
Never seen any ghosts or demons though.
They probably hang out closer to Hollywood for gigs.
In the 2017 quake here (Mexico City), I had a boxed set of books take a dive off the top of the bookshelf onto a laptop. And figure I got off lightly.
Fun fact: I just watched the Ya Ya video and learned that I have the same clock radio as Beyonce.
I also learned that I'm gonna have to break down and buy Cowboy Carter.