Just experienced my first Earthquake

Lol, Fuzzy. That's what I posted in the link earlier.
 
ok so Washington is on the West Coast what we deal with is lots of Rain and snow that is wet..read you can wring it out.. add to that.. hills....steep hills ..
a totally different issue than on the
East Coast.I have lived there..
oh yeah and remember 1980.. Mt St helens???

we all have our own issues to deal with..tho I don't find it funny that you had a 5.9 earthquake..
btw..there's more to eathquakes then just how they register on the richter scale..the damage is often attributed to how shallow vs how deep plenty of reading for you on these. but glad you all survived.

and even tho I've lived thru a few damaging earthquakes.. it is very unsettling to experience these
 
i missed it was in truck hubby driving around driving me crazy,..lol couldnt feel anything,.. but yes animals know when its comming,.. so keep and eye out on them,..
 
Star_Rider said:
there's more to eathquakes then just how they register on the richter scale..the damage is often attributed to how shallow vs how deep plenty of reading for you on these. but glad you all survived.
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Yes, I know. I should have noted further that this was a shallow earthquake (6 km underground) -- shallow earthquakes are more damaging to infrastructures. Scientists are saying that this earthquake is something that is along the lines as a, "once in a century" kind of event for this area. I didn't mean to point any fingers in my previous post; when I wrote my post, I had just read an article about some Californian man who was cracking jokes and belittling the reactions of those who live in the east. I didn't find that all funny or amusing given the fact that there were a lot of people who were sincerely shaken up by yesterday's earthquake - to make jest of it as if it was "nothing" because they had to deal with those kinds of things on a normal basis was insensitive (it's something called desensitization). California is actually due for one of the bigger, more damaging earthquakes soon -- do you think we will be laughing and cracking jokes here in the east coast when that happens? I think not. But it's whatever -- we live a different lifestyle here in the east. Perhaps the humor lies in the fact that we are so different.
 
Stargazer53 said:
Yes, I know. I should have noted further that this was a shallow earthquake (6 km underground) -- shallow earthquakes are more damaging to infrastructures. Scientists are saying that this earthquake is something that is along the lines as a, "once in a century" kind of event for this area. I didn't mean to point any fingers in my previous post; when I wrote my post, I had just read an article about some Californian man who was cracking jokes and belittling the reactions of those who live in the east. I didn't find that all funny or amusing given the fact that there were a lot of people who were sincerely shaken up by yesterday's earthquake - to make jest of it as if it was "nothing" because they had to deal with those kinds of things on a normal basis was insensitive (it's something called desensitization). California is actually due for one of the bigger, more damaging earthquakes soon -- do you think we will be laughing and cracking jokes here in the east coast when that happens? I think not. But it's whatever -- we live a different lifestyle here in the east. Perhaps the humor lies in the fact that we are so different.
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no matter what happens there is always a person who will be just like this California man....some people are just insensitive..you don't have to look very far to see shining examples of this..I'm sure there are a lot more people that empathize with what has happened..

sometimes I think the media goes out of their way to find these folks ;)
 
I think a lot about the California comments comes from the fact that the damage/death was relatively very low. The extra shock from it being rather unusual probably added to it being viewed in more of a funny way.


Sort of like how if this glorified thunder-storm doesn't do much damage we'll be laughing at you down here for complaining about all the rain. :evil_lol:
 
Stargazer53 said:
Yes, I know. I should have noted further that this was a shallow earthquake (6 km underground) -- shallow earthquakes are more damaging to infrastructures. Scientists are saying that this earthquake is something that is along the lines as a, "once in a century" kind of event for this area. I didn't mean to point any fingers in my previous post; when I wrote my post, I had just read an article about some Californian man who was cracking jokes and belittling the reactions of those who live in the east. I didn't find that all funny or amusing given the fact that there were a lot of people who were sincerely shaken up by yesterday's earthquake - to make jest of it as if it was "nothing" because they had to deal with those kinds of things on a normal basis was insensitive (it's something called desensitization). California is actually due for one of the bigger, more damaging earthquakes soon -- do you think we will be laughing and cracking jokes here in the east coast when that happens? I think not. But it's whatever -- we live a different lifestyle here in the east. Perhaps the humor lies in the fact that we are so different.
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5.9-magnitude earthquake shakes East Coast, no serious injuries reported
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this is the point.... it was a little shake... nothing to flip over about.... yet people keep going on as if it was some horrible accident. oblivious if people get badly hurt or killed people wouldnt be making fun of the reaction. its the fact no one dies is what you can laugh over.


the big one has been coming for 60+ years or more..... you live with that few feet of snow ill sit here waiting for the "big one"
 
Mgamer20o0 said:
this is the point.... it was a little shake... nothing to flip over about.... yet people keep going on as if it was some horrible accident. oblivious if people get badly hurt or killed people wouldnt be making fun of the reaction. its the fact no one dies is what you can laugh over.


the big one has been coming for 60+ years or more..... you live with that few feet of snow ill sit here waiting for the "big one"
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Well, when you say "Nothing to flip over about" many would find that a crazy way to think. If you got 3ft of snow, you'd flip over about it too, because it's so rare you don't think it could actually happen. I honestly can't say I ever expected an earthquake, so people in my area are scared crapless of it. Likewise, something like a massive blizzard, meh, get those every winter, power goes out, pull out some more blankets. It's all a matter of perspective.
 
Mgamer20o0 said:
this is the point.... it was a little shake... nothing to flip over about.... yet people keep going on as if it was some horrible accident. oblivious if people get badly hurt or killed people wouldnt be making fun of the reaction. its the fact no one dies is what you can laugh over.


the big one has been coming for 60+ years or more..... you live with that few feet of snow ill sit here waiting for the "big one"
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I think you completely missed my points -- the west coast is equipped for earthquakes. We, in the east coast are not. We are equipped for heavy winters, the west coast is not. This " little shake" has damaged the National Monument and has shut it down indefinitely. The National Cathedral's tip fell off. A Best Buy in Maryland had the roof cave in. A wall in Vienna, VA fell on two cars -- so this "little shake" caused damage to our area. If we were conditioned for earthquakes, we wouldn't have been on edge, but obviously if our cellphone service was down for an hour, it was a little more than a "little shake".
 
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