Earthquake
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From: Lancaster, Pa.
I was in boomtown,nevada just before you climb into lake tahoe back in 89 or 90 and felt a good size tremor, was in my hotel- casino room on the second floor and shook pretty good for like 5 seconds. Scary stuff.
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Joined: Dec 2006
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From: Louisville, KY
My wife felt it, I was sleeping. But did anyone catch the fact that 12 bricks or so fell off the facade of an old building in downtown Louisville. I had a driver/friend call from MO and tell me about it. I saw the local news copters flying over the "scene". Damn we had a slow news day for CNN to show this.
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From: Middle Tennessee
Not necessarily when you consider most folks don't think of this area as an earthquake zone, or even know that there is a Super Volcano underneath Yellowstone. Of course knowing any of this will not help anyone either. 
Not much one can do about it. Kinda like the errant asteroid.
Not much one can do about it. Kinda like the errant asteroid.
Fleet Mechanic
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I work in Paso Robles, CA. I was at work, on a concrete ground floor, standing up talking on the phone, when the 6.6 San Simeon quake hit 24 miles away. This was back in December '03.
As someone already said, the rolling types are quite fascinating, and not all that troubling. I was mesmerized, looking out the window at all of the cars wobbling in the street. I think the total duration of the quake was 40 seconds or so, not sure. However, 20 or 30 seconds into it, there was a HUGE jolt, and that's when I started moving towards the underside of my desk. It REALLY got my attention!
Attached is a screen grab from a news helicopter that afternoon. The picture is of a building downtown that collapsed. Unfortunately, two women were killed as they were trying to get out of the building.
I should put together an animated gif from our security cam at work. The cars in the parking lot were rolling like they were on the deck of a ship.
As someone already said, the rolling types are quite fascinating, and not all that troubling. I was mesmerized, looking out the window at all of the cars wobbling in the street. I think the total duration of the quake was 40 seconds or so, not sure. However, 20 or 30 seconds into it, there was a HUGE jolt, and that's when I started moving towards the underside of my desk. It REALLY got my attention!
Attached is a screen grab from a news helicopter that afternoon. The picture is of a building downtown that collapsed. Unfortunately, two women were killed as they were trying to get out of the building.
I should put together an animated gif from our security cam at work. The cars in the parking lot were rolling like they were on the deck of a ship.
Mountain Pass
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From: Arvada, Colorado
I used to work in downtown San Francisco in a 30 story building. I happened to be in a corner office talking on a phone when a roller quake hit. I could see all the buildings swaying back and forth many feet.
The wife's and my favorite happened one afternoon when we were feeling a little romantic. You couldn't have timed it any better. That was 28 years ago but we still joke about "Did the earth move for you too?!"
The wife's and my favorite happened one afternoon when we were feeling a little romantic. You couldn't have timed it any better. That was 28 years ago but we still joke about "Did the earth move for you too?!"
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From: Ft. Wayne, IN
We felt it here in Ft. Wayne, IN. Shook the bed and the coffee in my cup. I believe the last 2 we felt around here were in 1986 and 1980, but I wasn't around in 1980 and very young in '86. Pretty cool feeling, very out of the ordinary.
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Yikes. That would freak me out, especially if I were IN one of thsoe buildings.
"So good, even the neighbors had a cigarette!"
"So good, even the neighbors had a cigarette!"