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Given the relative lack of intensity, I'd be surprised if any of our forum members were hurt in this (don't get me wrong--it wasn't anything to sneeze at. It just wasn't a building leveling quake, either).
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Well, but when some of us first heard about it, we didn't yet know what intensity it was yet. I knew it several minutes before I could find anything on the web.
While searching the web, however, I did find there are a lot of articles saying that the San Andreas fault is due another "big one" some day soon.
(of course, they've been saying that for years)
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Yep, that's where I go too, KQ. Or actually, I have them email me whenever a quake above a specified magnitude (I think I picked 4.5, but I can't quite remember. It was a few years ago) happens.
In any case, Farmgirl, my first impulse was to come here and make sure that everbody was okay too, even though I knew it was only a moderate quake. Posts: 16059 | Registered: Aug 2000
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Hey, even in a moderate quake, if you're right on top of it, you could be hurt by falling objects, flying glass or scissors, or cutting your finger while chopping veggies, or the like. And even though we're no where near "right on top of it", it was still an anxious time until we heard that Emma is okay, don't want her to be scared without us, and my dad and aunt both called to check on us.
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Does the threat of the Big One really phase people living in the LA area? I suppose you get used to the possibility after a while. It would terrify me if I were living there, especially after a significant earthquake like today.
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Well, afr, it depends. My husband freaks out every time they say it, because he didn't grow up here. I just try to have things as safe as possible, and prepare for ANY size earthquake as much as possible, and teach my kids what to do, and then don't worry any more about it. Same as living in hurricane country; what can you do but have supplies of water, food, and fuel, learn what to do, put the storm shutters on, evacuate when told, and carry flood insurance? Other than that there's not much point in excess worrying.
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OK, is anyone interested in some beach front property? After the big one, we should be right on the Pacific. At least that might put out the fires. I haven't seen the sky all week.
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I was in the other LA (Louisiana), so I'm fine.
I'm actually a little sad I missed it. I've been curious for months what my first earthquake is going to feel like.
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It woke me up and made papers fall all over my room. It was so annoying. And it broke the cement in my backyard.
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My mom lost a picture frame; fell off the wall and the glass shattered. That's the only local damage I've heard of so far.
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