In light of current events, any of you want to re-think facing a 10-30 second earthquake??

Hurricanes and floods seem to be much more inconvenient, if you ask me.

Sorry dude, I'll take inner tubing down the Delaware over being sucked into the ground!

LOL Sorry MACS, have to go with JR on this one.

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In light of current events, any of you want to re-think facing a 10-30 second earthquake??

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What happens when it is more than 10-30 second earthquake ?!?!?!?

Depends on where you are Ram. If you're in a parking lot, or out in the desert, it can pretty much shake till the cows come home; you'd just keep falling down: maybe a few scrapes & bruises. One of the main differences between Hurricanes & earthquakes is frequency. Florida & the gulf coast have been receiving blow after blow (no pun intended). The last earthquake we had was in 1989. It' scared me, but besides a crack in the plaster in the upstairs bedroom the size of a large needle, no harm was done.

Earthquakes don't suck you into the ground, stuff shakes loose and falls on you, crushing you, but only if there's tall unstable stuff near you.

Yeaup. If it lasts for more than a minute... maybe even 5 minutes... who cares? It's over in 5 minutes.

These folks have had their homes pretty much ruined. Power is out, won't be coming back any time soon and when the water finally recedes... you'll have a lot of crap to clean up.

Remember, i'm originally from the east coast. I have very little desire to return.

Yeah, I remember the 89 quake. I was in SF, on the street next to tall buildings and under powerlines. I just stood there looking up so that I would know which way to run.

It was funny b/c right after the quake, I went to wait at the bus stop. There were already about 5 people there and no said anything as if nothing happened. After 5mins or so someone finally said, "did you feel that?".

I swear, we are so jaded in CA about earthquakes.

One of the worst things about earthquakes (now I know), isn't being on land, but on land's edge. The whole tsunami thing was pretty hairy. An earthquake is one thing, but ton after metric ton of water is 1000 times more disastrous. I doubt many cows in cow pastures get hurt even in the largest quake; maybe a few chipped teeth.

Here's a cool site I just found on California Earthquakes. I didn't know it but it turns out we just had a 4.3 near Ocotillo Wells, CA at 5:28 PM. Click on the map for details.

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/ 

Here's another called ShakeMap Archive.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/shakemap/list.php?y=2006&n=sc 

Doing fine in North Augusta, South Carolina, it rained a few inches here and the river came up about ten inches. We are roughly 75 plus miles from the South Carolina coast.

We do have an occasional earthquake, but the fire danger is much less. Heck people put several inches of pine needles around their homes as ground cover. Out West that would be the equivalent of spreading gasoline around your home. The humidity level keeps them safe and the AC units humming.

There are many folks moving to this area to get away from the low costal hurricane areas in Florida, Georgia and SC.

I don't worry about fires. Even when they're close. My house, and every other house for miles around, has automatic sprinkler systems.

8^)

I don't worry about fires. Even when they're close. My house, and every other house for miles around, has automatic sprinkler systems.

8^)

I rather take flooding anytime over an earthquake. At least with the flooding you are somewhat prepared. Hard rain for a week is a definate warning sign like we have had.

I would not want to be traveling on that two-tier Bay Bridge in San Fran when all of a sudden it was gone. I'd rather get wet than have a building fall on me! No Thank you, I will learn how to swim before that!

I don't think most buildings in NYC can sustain any earthquake.

My second thought, most buildings in the East Coast for that matter.

"Author: MACS(SW) Date: 06/30/2006 08:55 AM

I don't worry about fires. Even when they're close. My house, and every other house for miles around, has automatic sprinkler systems."

No sooner did I say this and FOX News had a story about how folks on the 15 freeway in Temecula were stuck because it was closed down due to a fire that jumped from one side of the freeway to the other.

Right before my exit.

I'll just shut right up now...

Mornin' MACS(SW), er eh afternoon or whatever.

JJ

I'm 11 hours ahead of you. It's 2pm.

I'm told we have an average of an earthquake a day here, but you don't even feel most of them! maybe one every three months is ... feelable? Is that a word? anyway, a BIG earthquake would make me nervous since I live on the seventh floor, but anything up to a 5.5 (what I've felt so far) Nah! I'll take that over a Hurricane! (BTW I'm a veteran of Isabel 2003, Floyd 2000, Alicia 1983, and Carla 1962, I DO have a basis for comparison!) another BTW, if you never experienced one, the Richter scale, is NOT linear! it takes about a 3 to even feel it, a 5 is about like having a train or truck pass CLOSE by your house (stuff rattling on the walls, and by the time you go up 2 or 3 more points, stuff is getting REALLY jacked up!