Earthquake

[murphysranch]

Well, there have been a couple in Mexicali and in San Diego in the last two weeks. Scary for sure.

 

[enjoy the ride]

Thanks for your concern.

I was definately not calm. In all my years of earth quakes, this is the first on that actually got my heart beating faster. I think it was because it started with a jolt and kept getting bigger. But then there was a large jolt at the end and it stopped. But for a few seconds I thought that this was "it"- the big one. But it just stopped.

I have been known to wake up during and earthquake then roll over and go back to sleep before it ended. But this one was scary. I can't wait to see what fault slipped. We have a half dozen big ones here because this is where the San Andreas goes out to the ocean. I wonder if there will be more shaking down south to settle it out.

This is certainly an advertisement for stocking up some- I think all the major grocery stores will be cleaning up and repairing.

 

[ORChick]

Thank goodness for my backup generator. Hi from earthquake central for today.
It was a scary one. Chandeliers swinging and drawers open by themselves. It was a 6.5 which is not horrible large but it was close to the surface and could be strongly felt- About 11 aftershocks so far.
I'm about 7 miles west of Arcata/Eureka. Power went out of course- goats running everywhere. Even the dog got her old bones up with something like speed.
The local news has been- I don't know if this is a word used much anymore, gallantly broadcasting. They don't have any power so they got their portable 29 years old news van out and juryrigged it in the parking lot and have sent all their reporters all over town to get information. All of the reporters are fresh out of school and are doing a seriously good job. They have a little hand written sign on the side of the van saying stay tuned for emergency coverage. Then about every 15 minutes they come on to update.
A number of fires, houses off of foundations- one fell onto a gas line and ruptured it, gas leaks. In old town, an older building slipped off it's foundation and collapsed. I guess old town has had the most widespread damage. All the larger grocery stores have had partial roof collapses.
But no reports of fatalities or even really serious injuries- emergency room is busy but with scrpes and bruises.

So dodged another one and have supplies for a long time- my next door neighbors were sitting in their car, drinking wine and listening to the radio- very Humboldt Co.

ETR - - 7 miles west of Eureka? Must be kind of damp there, isn't it?
Seriously though, I'm glad to hear that you are alright. We lived about 10 miles from the epicenter of the Loma Prieta 'quake in 1989, and that was the worst one I have experienced. Luckily we had very minor damage from it.
I hope the lovely Victorians in Ferndale made it through; we always make a point of stopping there for a bit on our way south.

 

[Ldychef2k]

I was about 30 miles from the epicenter of the 6.6 San Simeon earthquake on 12-22-03. My then four year old DGD and I were puilling into a parking space when all of the cars, including ours, started bouncing up and down. It was SO wierd. We made it back to my apartment, to find pretty much everything on the floor. Lost some stuff, but it was only stuff. Not sure what it would have been like had we been in the building ! Two people were killed in Paso Robles, as I recall, when some historical buildings collapsed.

 

[enjoy the ride]

ORChick- see- I'm sll shook up.

Earthquakes are funny. The Richter scale is based on power released I think. Anyway- we went through something that was closer to 7 than this one but it was in slow motion- lasted almost 2 full minutes, enought time to get curious and walk outside to watch the telephone pole sway. But it was a roller- fun not scary.

This one shook a lot but was pretty short and ended with a big thump. Lucky it wasn't too long as it was pretty violent. Usually they start with a thump then shake til they end.
It takes a bit for building to break apart so short is good.

 

[murphysranch]

I didn't want to embarrass you, cus I also wondered about "west" of Eureka! Splish splash! LOL!!

I rode thru the 89 quake at work, and it took me over an hour to go 9 miles to the daycare to get my daughter (2). Went home, saw that only had minor damage, and then went to Mother's. That is when the relationship changed from Mother and daughter to Daughter who is now responsible for Mother. She was standing in the driveway, all alone, waiting for anyone of her children to arrive to check on her. I was the only one out of 4 who did, prob cus I'm the eldest.

 

[TanksHill]

Looks like the settling happened a bit further south than So Cal. The poor people of Haiti. They are not equipped to handle something like this.

They are in our prayers.

gina

 

[bibliophile birds]

too many earthquakes..... not good news.

glad everyone is ok in N. Cal. Haiti, unfortunately, not nearly as lucky.

i'm trying to find out if i can get on a plane to Haiti. my work usually gets me into places like this after the rescue part is done, i do mostly rebuilding research, but i WANT to go to Haiti, like, tomorrow. i've worked with lots of Haitians in the states and feel like it's something i need to do. i don't speak a lot of French, so that may be a problem, but i'm hoping to find a way around that.

when you stop to think that this is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere... something like this is completely catastrophic. i mean, think New Orleans after Katrina times about 25. i remember seeing the Saints stadium then, in all it's filth because there were so many people living there without resources. now, that seems like a dream-come-true. there aren't even places like that to live in filth left in Port-au-Prince. all 3 of the Doctors without Borders hospitals, probably the best in Haiti, are gone.

it's just devastating.

 

[Dace]

Well, there have been a couple in Mexicali and in San Diego in the last two weeks. Scary for sure.

Really? Huh, I mist have missed them.

The one is Haiti is an utter tragedy on a massive scale....not good.

 

[TanksHill]

I honestly don't know much about Haiti or the Dominican Republic. I have learned quite a bit in the past couple days about the relationship between the two as well as North America. Canada especially.

From what I heard flying into Haiti is impossible at this time even for rescue efforts. Can't the help fly into the DP and drive there? How about boats? How ling does it take to motor from Fl. Down that way?

It seems the bureaucratic red tape is already stalling the efforts.

Sad.

gina