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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 05:16 PM Original message |
Poll question: earthquake virgin? |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. Anyone who has spent a night in a cheap hotel shouldn't check the virgin box. Please |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. you lost me... |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Very often the walls in a cheap motel shake rhythmically though no one can put a finger |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. I've had enough natural disasters, thank you |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. Veteran of numerous hurricanes here |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Did you also used to be Peace Frog at HP? |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Nope, not moi |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. Don't get a whole lot |
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alsame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. It was the first time I felt one in NY. I had felt two |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. I have been in a few quakes, but nothing dramatic. No fallen buildings |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'm a native Californian, that pretty much says it all. nt |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. Experienced Sylmar in L.A., 1971 but live near the Virginia one now. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. ah, so you missed the 94 quake. I moved to LA in the early 80s, |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 05:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Yup, I moved back east before the big SF quake too, but felt sympathy PTSD |
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drmeow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. I agree with getting used to them |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 07:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. I experienced the Whitter Narrows. Was in Pasadena at the time. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Sylmar....my first mega quake. |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. My primary address has always been Pacific Coast between SF and Portland. |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
14. Freakiest thing I ever experienced. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. yes, that's a common response - to think that the earth is spinning because you are going to pass |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
16. I have felt one earthquake |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. did it scare you? |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Not really actually |
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Rabblevox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
20. I've been through Loma Prieta, Northridge, Katrina, and a monsoon in AZ, I'll take an earthquake... |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
21. I lived in the Los Angeles area for a year and never felt even a tremor. n/t |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
23. Many, California and Alaska. |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
27. My first earthquake experience was the 1971 6.6 Sylmar earthquake |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
28. Lived in the Upper Midwest all my life, never experienced even a tiny earthquake. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
29. We are less than 100 miles from the quake center and none of us felt it |
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