There was an earthquake in the middle of the night and I missed it. I've always wanted to experience one.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Eh, they're not that big a deal.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
We had one in Charlottesville about 20 minutes into my first law school exam.
I hope it wasn't a portent.
[ April 12, 2005, 01:34 PM: Message edited by: Dagonee ]
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
I'm sure you'll get another chance.
Posted by Tater (Member # 7035) on :
I've always wanted to see a tornado. See one, not be anywhere near one.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I saw one when I was little - gave me dreams about it for years after. It is sometimes an adventure living in West Texas. Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
"Did the earth move for you last night hun?" "Sure did." "Funny, I slept right through it." "That's usual, sad, but usual."
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
quote:There was an earthquake in the middle of the night and I missed it. I've always wanted to experience one.
I have an attraction/fear relationship with earthquakes. I've never experienced one, and kind of want to (just a mild one), but on the other hand I'm afraid of how I'll feel once I realize that the ground beneath my feet is not, in fact, stable.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Little quakes feel like a semi-backed into your house and didn't quite hit the loading dock correctly.
The biggies now, those are fun!
AJ
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
I should have been more clear. I want to experience one while standing or lying in a big open grassy field.
Posted by Intelligence3 (Member # 6944) on :
quote: I'm afraid of how I'll feel once I realize that the ground beneath my feet is not, in fact, stable.
That's what appeals to me, the instability. I like the idea that you can really feel like you are standing on a great big rock.
[ April 12, 2005, 01:54 PM: Message edited by: Intelligence3 ]
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:Little quakes feel like a semi-backed into your house and didn't quite hit the loading dock correctly.
Exactly - except they last about 30 seconds.
Posted by Intelligence3 (Member # 6944) on :
One of the guys on the team here who just moved here was up all night working, and when I told him that what he had felt at 4AM was an earthquake, he got really excited that he had been in his first earhtquake!
Half the team is coming in late today because they lost sleep.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
quote: I should have been more clear. I want to experience one while standing or lying in a big open grassy field.
Chicken.
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
You didn't miss much. I think I must have felt some kind of subtle vibration just beforehand because I woke up just in time to feel about a half second of shaking. I stayed awake for another few minutes just to see if there would be more, but nope.
Edit: It was actually small enough that I completely forgot about it until I read this thread.
[ April 12, 2005, 02:03 PM: Message edited by: saxon75 ]
Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
There was a small one when I was living in Ottawa. A bunch of us were sleeping in the basement and I recall saying, "Hey, it's an earthquake" and someone replying "Nah, it's just the dryer."
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
quote:Chicken.
Well, in a house I wouldn't feel that the *ground* was moving, just the house. I want to feel the ground move, but at the same time I'm afraid of the ground moving.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
When trucks go by our apartment, sometimes it shakes a bit (we're on the second floor). I'll wake up in the middle of the night, waiting to see if it's going to intensify into a real earthquake, before realizing that it's just a truck going over a bump, and I'm in Dallas. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Darn you people! I heard about the quake in the car an hour ago, and planned to post a thread asking I3 if the earth had moved for him last night.
I knew I shouldn't have stopped at the produce place on the way home. Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
quote:quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Little quakes feel like a semi-backed into your house and didn't quite hit the loading dock correctly. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Exactly - except they last about 30 seconds.
Eh, mine only lasted about 10 seconds... I thought it was a heavy-loaded freight train running the tracks behind my apartment until I saw the headlines the next day.
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
There was an earthquake in San Diego around 4:11 AM We've got the San Andreas fault nearby so maybe that had to do with it. Where else was it felt? Ironically, the magnitude was 4.11...
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
There was a tornado on my birthday once, that was pretty neat. And then on my last day of school, right before we were going to try and drive over the mountains...
No earthquakes though.
Hobbes Posted by ReikoDemosthenes (Member # 6218) on :
we had an earthquake a while back and my sister missed it because she was bouncing her feet and didn't notice it. She was incredibly disappointed, which was amusing. My dad was on the flats at the time (which are very close to the water table) and he said you could see the ground waving, almost.
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I'm sure you'll get another chance.
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