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Topic: Holy Shiite!!!!!!!!!!!
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PeteHawk
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posted 10-31- 03:17 AM
   
http://www.thedesertsun.com/news/stories/local/1004498265.shtml I just lived through a 5.1 earthquake that scared me half to death! I'm standing there getting some food out of the fridge and then... what the? OH NO EARTHQUAKE! It shook REAL good. The apartment was going not only back and forth but up and down too! What a trip, I never felt terror like this before. And yes, this was natures terror. still biting my nails... [This message has been edited by PeteHawk (edited 10-31-2001).] IP: Logged |
Pierre Radiateur
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posted 10-31- 05:28 AM
Possibly the most aptly named post I ever read....REALLY glad I don't live anywhere near a tectonic plate boundary... ------------------
The Cadet formerly known as W.T.G. IP: Logged |
semmern
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posted 10-31- 08:22 AM
Five point one!!! Shiiiiit! How does Chateau lé Pete look after this?  Anything damaged?IP: Logged |
PeteHawk
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posted 10-31- 09:02 AM
There were reports of some minor damage, but thankfully here not one thing was moved, broken, disturbed, etc. For as much as this place rocked I'm very relieved all is fine. I was in the worst place too, come to find out from some websites on earthquakes. They say if you are in the kitchen, get out due to all of the plates/glasses/appliances that can fall on you. But as for me, I must have looked like a deer caught in headlights. I was just frozen in terror and disbelief. I think it lasted about 15 seconds but if felt MUCH longer.[This message has been edited by PeteHawk (edited 10-31-2001).] IP: Logged |
Snickers
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posted 10-31- 10:36 AM
My wife came in and woke me up (she had been in the living room studying for a test) and asked me if I felt the earthquake (crud I wish she wouldn't do that, 'cause then I cant get back to sleep....) She said it happened in two parts.IP: Logged |
Spanky the Mad Dog
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posted 10-31- 11:49 AM
I'd be pissed if I missed it.
Would be a tad unerving though.IP: Logged |
PeteHawk
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posted 10-31- 04:52 PM
Yeah, me too. My good friend Dave who is my boss at UPN 13 TV slept right through it.IP: Logged |
Stark
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posted 10-31- 06:58 PM
Heya Pete! Glad to hear you and the family are OK! My sister lives down in Palm Desert too... probably right near you (on Harris just off Washnigton and Country Club). Dang, I forgot you lived down there or I would have looked you up when I was down visiting my sister the first week of October. Could have dragged somebody who enjoyed aviation to the Palm Springs air museum with me (where I got to stand 15 feet from engine number 4 on the B-17 Miss Angela as it fired up. Awesome sound and sight. It then flew to Chino for the airshow giving us a nice flyover on the way out). -Stark IP: Logged |
PeteHawk
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posted 10-31- 08:50 PM
Dang! (just watched Joe Dirt on video last night) heheI live like 100 yards from the Washington / Country Club intersection! Bummer. [This message has been edited by PeteHawk (edited 10-31-2001).] IP: Logged |
Stark
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posted 11-02- 04:39 PM
LOL! You're probably in the same danged apartment complex my sister is! Ah well... I may go down there around new years for a couple of days. If I do I will be sure to drop you a line!-Stark IP: Logged |
PeteHawk
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posted 11-02- 11:55 PM
Well shoot! Tell her I'll be right over!:P I would like to hook up with you though after all these SDOE years. Definitely let me know when you'll be back down this way. IP: Logged |
patsytwo
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posted 11-06- 01:13 AM
A real thrill, isn't it, Pete? I moved to Oregon in July of 1994 - 7 months after the Northridge Earthquake (1/17/94 - 6.8Richter - 4:31 AM). Glad to hear there was no damage (other than to your nervous system!).We lived about 3/4 mile from the Northridge Meadows Apartments - the three story complex that instantly became a two story complex. We moved to Oregon to experience a normal set of seasons, you know: Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall - rather than the standard Southern California issue of Fire, Flood, Riot and Earthquake. Momma Nature sure has some interesting moves, eh? IP: Logged |
Jerry
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posted 11-06- 01:16 AM
Yeah Pete, all we have to worry about here in Oregon are volcanoes. IP: Logged |
Werner Molders
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posted 11-06- 10:23 AM
Isn't it California that some call the "Acts of God Themepark"?Although I think Florida could safely borrow that moniker for the next few days... WM ------------------
Abbeville Field: Dedicated to the SDOE Experience. IP: Logged |
PeteHawk
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posted 11-08- 08:36 PM
Yeah, I know people who were close to the Northridge quake as well. I guess the fear I felt on Oct 30 was NOTHING compared to what they went through.Well on further introspection, the fear was just as strong. A quake is a quake is a quake. [This message has been edited by PeteHawk (edited 11-09-2001).] IP: Logged |
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