"The Big One is coming ... "
Apr 19th 2006, 5:44 pm
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"The Big One is coming ... "
Have you been in an earthquake? I have knowingly only been in one earth shaker, more like a wobbler than a real shaker ... in Preston, England of all places!
How about you? Experienced one in the USA? Do you live in SF?
San Francisco quake ... it will arrive soon on Channel News. Soon being a relative term.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4906678.stm
How about you? Experienced one in the USA? Do you live in SF?
San Francisco quake ... it will arrive soon on Channel News. Soon being a relative term.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4906678.stm
Apr 19th 2006, 6:05 pm
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Re: "The Big One is coming ... "
My Mum said that we (Mum, Dad, Brother & I) were in a small earthquake when we lived in Australia. We were also in a bush fire, we were evacuated & our house burnt down. I also got lost in the bush when I was about 2 (I went 'walkabout') & nearly drowned in a swimming pool around the same age. All this before I was 3 years old & I don't remember a thing about any of it! 
Apr 19th 2006, 6:17 pm
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Re: "The Big One is coming ... "
I barely experienced one...long time ago in New Hampshire. Yes, New Hampshire! I heard all shelves rattling but had no idea what it was, until my parents came home and told me about an earthquake in another state.
My brother, on the other hand, lived in Washington state when there was an earthquake. His apartment floor was tilting from side to side....:scared: no serious damage though, fortunately.
My brother, on the other hand, lived in Washington state when there was an earthquake. His apartment floor was tilting from side to side....:scared: no serious damage though, fortunately.
Apr 19th 2006, 6:31 pm
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Re: "The Big One is coming ... "
I experienced an earthquake while I lived in Ohio and the Netherlands, neither place being what you think of as earthquake oriented. 
Apr 19th 2006, 6:40 pm
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Re: "The Big One is coming ... "
Originally Posted by cindyabs
I experienced an earthquake while I lived in Ohio and the Netherlands, neither place being what you think of as earthquake oriented.
Here is a mother of a European one
Lived in Johannesburg for a few years, where you'd experience 'earthquakes' daily due to the blasting at the underground gold mines. First time I experienced it, not knowing what it was, I nearly PMP. It is a very scary experience. Give me a hurricane/tropical storm anyday.
Apr 19th 2006, 6:40 pm
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Re: "The Big One is coming ... "
Originally Posted by User Name
Have you been in an earthquake? I have knowingly only been in one earth shaker, more like a wobbler than a real shaker ... in Preston, England of all places!
How about you? Experienced one in the USA? Do you live in SF?
San Francisco quake ... it will arrive soon on Channel News. Soon being a relative term.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4906678.stm
How about you? Experienced one in the USA? Do you live in SF?
San Francisco quake ... it will arrive soon on Channel News. Soon being a relative term.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4906678.stm
I thought this was going to be about Rush...
Apr 19th 2006, 6:55 pm
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Re: "The Big One is coming ... "
[QUOTE=User Name]Have you been in an earthquake? I have knowingly only been in one earth shaker, more like a wobbler than a real shaker ... in Preston, England of all places!
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omg the end is nigh for the frisco lot 3 yrs ago we were in kephalonia and witnessed 5 maybe 6 scary tremors...we were sitting outside a taverna and everyone just froze and looked at each other..good job others witnessed it otherwise we'd have thought we'd have had one to many tsipouro's 
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omg the end is nigh for the frisco lot
3 yrs ago we were in kephalonia and witnessed 5 maybe 6 scary tremors...we were sitting outside a taverna and everyone just froze and looked at each other..good job others witnessed it otherwise we'd have thought we'd have had one to many tsipouro's
Apr 19th 2006, 7:03 pm
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Re: "The Big One is coming ... "
Originally Posted by TouristTrap
People don't think of Europe when they think earthquakes.
Here is a mother of a European one
Lived in Johannesburg for a few years, where you'd experience 'earthquakes' daily due to the blasting at the underground gold mines. First time I experienced it, not knowing what it was, I nearly PMP. It is a very scary experience. Give me a hurricane/tropical storm anyday.
Here is a mother of a European one
Lived in Johannesburg for a few years, where you'd experience 'earthquakes' daily due to the blasting at the underground gold mines. First time I experienced it, not knowing what it was, I nearly PMP. It is a very scary experience. Give me a hurricane/tropical storm anyday.
I had heard of it, didn't realize the magnitude and of course a tsunami to go along with it. Lovely,
Apr 19th 2006, 8:07 pm
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Apr 19th 2006, 8:11 pm
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[QUOTE=TruBrit]
We went to Kephalonia 17 years ago for our honeymoon and apparently there were earth tremors a few nights. We never noticed them. 
There were two earth tremors when I lived in Stockport.
Originally Posted by User Name
Have you been in an earthquake? I have knowingly only been in one earth shaker, more like a wobbler than a real shaker ... in Preston, England of all places!
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omg the end is nigh for the frisco lot 3 yrs ago we were in kephalonia and witnessed 5 maybe 6 scary tremors...we were sitting outside a taverna and everyone just froze and looked at each other..good job others witnessed it otherwise we'd have thought we'd have had one to many tsipouro's
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omg the end is nigh for the frisco lot
3 yrs ago we were in kephalonia and witnessed 5 maybe 6 scary tremors...we were sitting outside a taverna and everyone just froze and looked at each other..good job others witnessed it otherwise we'd have thought we'd have had one to many tsipouro's There were two earth tremors when I lived in Stockport.
Apr 19th 2006, 8:13 pm
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[QUOTE=mandpete][QUOTE=TruBrit]
We went to Kephalonia 17 years ago for our honeymoon and apparently there were earth tremors a few nights. We never noticed them. QUOTE]
Yeah - right!
We went to Kephalonia 17 years ago for our honeymoon and apparently there were earth tremors a few nights. We never noticed them.
QUOTE]Yeah - right!
Apr 19th 2006, 8:23 pm
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Re: "The Big One is coming ... "
There was an earthquake that hit the NW of England in the early 80's I was living in Chester at the time, it was around 8 am. I was in the bedroom and the wardrobe doors started to rattle, we had those sliding mirror doors at the time. Had it not been for that I don't think I would have noticed anything at all.
Apr 19th 2006, 8:24 pm
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Re: "The Big One is coming ... "
[QUOTE=mandpete]
We went to Kephalonia 17 years ago for our honeymoon and apparently there were earth tremors a few nights. We never noticed them.
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Originally Posted by TruBrit
We went to Kephalonia 17 years ago for our honeymoon and apparently there were earth tremors a few nights. We never noticed them.
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Apr 19th 2006, 9:33 pm
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Originally Posted by Partystar
My Mum said that we (Mum, Dad, Brother & I) were in a small earthquake when we lived in Australia.
though it was really weird when we reached the next town (Newcastle I think) and saw all these damadged and collapsed buildings.
Apr 19th 2006, 9:43 pm
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Originally Posted by ladyofthelake
I've been in an earthquake in Australia too. It was December 89 and I was on a Greyhound coach from Sydney to Brisbane. Didn't feel a thing.... though it was really weird when we reached the next town (Newcastle I think) and saw all these damadged and collapsed buildings.
though it was really weird when we reached the next town (Newcastle I think) and saw all these damadged and collapsed buildings.