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AN Community => AN Community => Topic started by: LADavid on July 29, 2008, 12:59:49 pm
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A bit of shanking in LA. A big quake welcomed Kathleen to LA. The biggest one I've felt in years.
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hmmmmmmm.... I thought it was just me walking down my office hallway! ::)
(Stay safe David... it's the BoSox warning you all we are going to win tonight!) :)
Phyl
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David,
Like Phyl said : stay safe. I hope hospitals are built to withstand quakes in LA. I had my second AN surgery in LA a little bit over a year ago and my biggest fear was an earthquake, not facial paralysis. I am relieved none has happened to me! Whew!
Eve
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Hi Eve
Since the Northridge Quake about 14 years ago, most buildings have been built or retrofitted to withstand a serious earthquake. The hospitals have all been designed with that in mind. A quake that would have any serious impact on the buildings would be catastrophic -- one that would pretty much be it for Southern California.
I think my concern though would be a surgeons hand as opposed to the security of a building. I sure wouldn't want any tumor removal device rattling around inside my head.
Fortunately for Kathleen tomorrow, these big ones are so rare that the chance of another one hitting tomorrow (odds-wise) is miniscule.
David
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David,
Happy to hear that you are fine. My daughter saw the banner on the TV saying there was a big quake in California.
Jean
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Ditto. I'm glad to hear that you are okay. Good news is that big quakes are fewer and farther between than they used to be it seems.
Brian
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Best Wishes to my Colorado friend Kathleen. I know your AN is in steady hands. See ya when you get back to CO. Lunch is on me!!!
Nancy
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David,
You helped reassure me about hospital buildings in California. I wish I would have known about this before my second surgery. My fear of earthquakes has been so irrational!
Kathleen, best of luck to you tomorrow. Hope you continue the trend of perfect outcomes!
Eve
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David -
Saw the story as it was breaking today on MSN.com and when I read it was in Southern California, I immediately thought of you.
After that I thought of the Jimmy Buffett song "Fruitcakes" - no, not because of you :o - because of the lyrics which in part go:
"I was out in california where I hear they have it all
They got riots, fires, mud slides
They’ve got sushi in the mall
Water bars, brontasaurs, chinese modern lust
Shake and bake life with the quake
The secret’s in the crust"
Sing it with me, Parrotheads! ;D
Anyway, my point is, I'm really glad to hear you're okay :)
You knew there was a point in there somewhere, right?
Jan
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A bit of shanking in LA. A big quake welcomed Kathleen to LA. The biggest one I've felt in years.
David,
How did you fare during the quake?
Interestingly enough, Illinois had a quake this past spring! I woke up to the bed rumbling at about 4:45 am. It seemed to go on for a couple of minutes.
It is really a strange sensation and I can't remember ever feeling a "quake" before.
That being said, when I was on Vancouver Island recently, I saw signs all over that displayed
"tsunami evacuation route". Something we don't see in the Midwest. Now that would add another layer of anxiety.
I hope you were in a safe place when it happened.
Kate
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Hijacking here -
Kate - wasn't that Illinois quake freaky? I woke up to my bed shaking and I thought one of the kids was trying to get my attention because I was sleeping on my good ear; sometimes they actually have to shake me to wake me up. After I figured out it wasn't one of my kids, I just thought I dreamed the whole thing.
The next morning my sister called me and asked if I'd felt the earthquake :o I never thought such a thing could happen in Illinois 8)
Jan
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Hijacking here -
Kate - wasn't that Illinois quake freaky? I woke up to my bed shaking and I thought one of the kids was trying to get my attention because I was sleeping on my good ear; sometimes they actually have to shake me to wake me up. After I figured out it wasn't one of my kids, I just thought I dreamed the whole thing.
Jan,
Yes it was freaky...As you know, normally we are running into basements or bathrooms in Illinois (tornado warnings). So it was quite unusual to feel the "earth move under my feet"...
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Hey David isn't "Shakin' all over " a tune from the '60's?
All joking aside I'm happy you are okay and poor Kathleen must really have the jitters now?
Anne Marie
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I hope Kathleen is okay and not rattled too much emotionally from the earthquake.
David, thanks for letting us know you are okay.
One of the reasons I love living in San Antonio, I don't have to worry about earthquakes or hurricanes, just an occasional tornado.
Julie
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Hi David,
I was living in LA (Palos Verdes) during the Northridge and Bigbear quakes. After moving out of CA it took a while to unlearn my quake senses. For a while, every time a building rumbled- like when an elevator moved nearby-- I was looking for doorways to hop to. This was very amusing to people who had never lived in a quake zone.
I was working in Santa Monica in the days after the Northridge quake, there were many closed building from quake damage, and lots of aftershocks. The day after I was eating lunch in one of the few open restaurants when an aftershock happened, half the dinners freaked out and and ran screaming out into the street. To say everyone was on edge would have been an understatement.
Regards,
Rob
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Hey All
Thanks for thinking of me. Everything is fine. I have a storage closet in disarray that I will be dealing with today -- but other than a few books knocked off the shelf and a few pictures knocked off the wall, this are OK. The problem with an earthquake is that immediately after it happens, you know you survived -- but you don't know about family members. It took me a good half hour to get through to my daughter to find out that she rode it out well. The most amazing thing about a quake is the incredible power it has -- big enough to make skyscrapers sway. For those of you who have been through one, Rob, Kate and Jan, you know what I'm talking about. Now comes the nervewracking part -- the aftershocks.
I haven't heard from Kathleen, but I do hope that she didn't get too rattled by it.
And Anne Marie, yes Shakin All Over was a 50's 60's hit. I don't remember who originally recorded it but I have a great version by the Who.
David
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Got an email from Kathleen. She thought it was her nerves shaking yesterday. She's fine now and other than a little concern for aftershocks, she is ready for her surgery this afternoon.
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David -
thanks for the update on Kathleen.
Good to know also that your daughter came through the quake okay.
Jan
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The biggest earthquake in the US was along the Mississippi, near St. Louis I believe. In the 1800s I believe. So Illinois isn't as weird as it might seem.
California girl Dana
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Hi Dana,
Yes you are right in that Illinois is near the New Madrid Fault and there was a whopper of an earthquake in the early 1800's and 1900's.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/events/1811-1812.php
It was the first in my lifetime that I remember:-)
Kate
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" Shakin all over " was first recorded by " Johny Kidd and the pirates, and then Led Zeppelin. God I am feeling old. I live in LA and didn't even feel the earthquake. Maybe that is a good side effect of AN dizziness, or not.
Lainie
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David,
Glad you're ok after that earthquake. It did more damage than I imagined a quake that size would. The Northridge quake, that was a biggie. I felt that one all the way north in Stockton.
Syl
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Fortunately for Kathleen tomorrow, these big ones are so rare that the chance of another one hitting tomorrow (odds-wise) is miniscule.
David
Kind of like getting an AN? ;) ;D
We had the Spring Break Quake up here some years back (about 1990 ish) and we lived in a house with a small in-ground swimming pool in back. I woke up to the shaking and got out of bed and looked outside and the water in our pool was sloshing so much it splashed out of the pool! Then I felt the effects of the big earthquake in Seattle a few years ago. I could hear it coming and though it was a low flying helicopter or something, and then the windows started rattling, and the dishes clinked, the light over the table swayed back and forth for 10 minutes afterward, I think! It was scary! And I live in Vancouver, a hundred and some odd miles away. The media always likes to inform us, that we in the Pacific Northwest, are going to be getting the "Big One" also. So we can sing, "Shake, Rattle and Roll" along with the other song, I guess.
Sue in Vancouver USA
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Thanks for the link to the New Madrid Quake. Very interesting. Wow, I hope nothing that big ever happens again to the midwest. That would be truly devastating.
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David, et al. -
I'm glad to learn that all of the west coast folks are O.K. following the earthquake.
I knew (from the news reports) that there were no fatalities but one still has concerns for those possibly in harms way. I lived in unglamorous North Hollywood in the mid 1970's and never experienced an earthquake but also realized that it could happen at any time. Because earthquakes are a natural phenomena, their unpredictability and potential for devastation weighs on one's mind. However, this also tends to put the petty things in one's life in somewhat sharper perspective, which is not a bad thing. Free philosophy. Worth what you paid for it. :)
Jim
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We had a slight shake here in Denver about 10 or so years ago. Can't imagine going through a "real" earthquake. I've noticed lately that a lot of people from CA have moved here to CO. We love you CA people, but we don't want you to take over our state. Of course, that is what people said when I moved here from AL. I am glad to hear all of you made it through the "shake". Let's hope you don't get a blizzard this winter!
Nancy