Fucking earthquake

ledvedderman
ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
edited April 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Woke me up at 4:30 this morning. What's my first decision when I realize we're having an earthquake you might ask? To go hold the TV on top of the armoir (sp?) in our bedroom so it doesn't rattle off---THEN tell my pregnant wife to stand under the doorframe as I stand and hold the TV (which was never in any danger of falling off). Thank God I have a wife with a sense of humor and understands she married a moron who doesn't think clearly when awaken at 4:30am.
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  • ZiggyStar
    ZiggyStar Posts: 14,328
    ledvedderman wrote:
    Woke me up at 4:30 this morning. What's my first decision when I realize we're having an earthquake you might ask? To go hold the TV on top of the armoir (sp?) in our bedroom so it doesn't rattle off---THEN tell my pregnant wife to stand under the doorframe as I stand and hold the TV (which was never in any danger of falling off). Thank God I have a wife with a sense of humor and understands she married a moron who doesn't think clearly when awaken at 4:30am.

    LOL! I'm from Australia and we don't get many earthquakes here. Definitely not in northern Australia where I am. I take it the door frames are the strongest parts of the house?
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  • NYbenben
    NYbenben Posts: 1,020
    earthquakes in IL? since when?
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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    NYbenben wrote:
    earthquakes in IL? since when?
    5.2 on the richtor (sp?) scale this morning. 4:36 CST


    I actually felt it in Atlanta, GA. Albeit very small. It kind of felt like a train was passing by and rattled things a little, except i don't live near a railroad track :)

    I thought nothing of it at the time i was half awake and half asleep. i got to work and read the news and was like shit i bet that is what that rattling was this morning!
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  • dawng
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    ledvedderman wrote:
    Woke me up at 4:30 this morning. What's my first decision when I realize we're having an earthquake you might ask? To go hold the TV on top of the armoir (sp?) in our bedroom so it doesn't rattle off---THEN tell my pregnant wife to stand under the doorframe as I stand and hold the TV (which was never in any danger of falling off). Thank God I have a wife with a sense of humor and understands she married a moron who doesn't think clearly when awaken at 4:30am.

    Hah, protect the tv ;) that's funny. Glad you remembered to get your wife in the door frame!

    Living in earthquake country - my first thought is generally to get into the door frame and/or duck & cover! However, I've never been woken up by one, they've always been during the day. The last big one here I was in the bottom story of a three story building and very close to the front door...so I was out that door in seconds. Yah, I know you're not supposed to go outside, but all I could think of was I don't want a 3 story building on top of me!
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  • GraySaturday
    GraySaturday Posts: 2,878
    This woke me up last night too. I was like, what the fuck! I felt like I had drank 30 beers and the room was all ajar. However, I hadn't drank, and I was scared, so I put the sheet over my head, and my cats freaked out, and I feel back asleep.

    I'd be good in a real emergency.
  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    NYbenben wrote:
    earthquakes in IL? since when?

    We've very close to the New Madrid fault which has been responsible for some violent earthquakes. They are predicting a big one from that fault at some point in our lifetime.
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  • rival.
    rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    haha, that's hilarious!

    last week we had a fire alarm in my apartment complex, and my girlfriend had to literally talk me out of unplugging/disconnecting the TV and carrying it outside with me.

    brand new LCD, must protect at all costs!
  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    Just had a seperate earthquake scaling in at 4.5.
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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    NYbenben wrote:
    earthquakes in IL? since when?
    One of the biggest fault lines is in southern Illinois, bigger than San Andreas I think.. it just isn't as active..

    That said, I missed it. I was drunk and asleep.
  • mindi
    mindi Posts: 1,862
    I felt both of them!
    They have me scared to death right now. I am here alone with 4 of my kids and that includes my 2 year old twins and one of them is severely disabled. What the heck am I supposed to do if we have a big one?
    I don't think they ever taught us anything about earthquakes here except in elementary school where we are supposed to curl up into a ball in the hallway.
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  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    mindi wrote:
    I felt both of them!
    They have me scared to death right now. I am here alone with 4 of my kids and that includes my 2 year old twins and one of them is severely disabled. What the heck am I supposed to do if we have a big one?
    I don't think they ever taught us anything about earthquakes here except in elementary school where we are supposed to curl up into a ball in the hallway.

    Whenever one hits just stand in a doorframe. That's the safest place to be.
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  • Kilgore_Trout
    Kilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    i didnt feel any earthquake here in central IL... but i was woken up by a loud car accident...
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  • mindi
    mindi Posts: 1,862
    ledvedderman wrote:
    Whenever one hits just stand in a doorframe. That's the safest place to be.
    Well yeah that would help me, but I have my 4 kids here. Two of them could follow orders but then my 2 year old would freak out and her twin is a quadriplegic who has 5% functioning brain. So she would be my main concern. I spose I could try to get her in her wheelchair asap and then concentrate on Clara, while telling the others to follow me. No idea how we could all fit in one door frame tho.
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  • lukin2006
    lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    ledvedderman wrote:
    Woke me up at 4:30 this morning. What's my first decision when I realize we're having an earthquake you might ask? To go hold the TV on top of the armoir (sp?) in our bedroom so it doesn't rattle off---THEN tell my pregnant wife to stand under the doorframe as I stand and hold the TV (which was never in any danger of falling off). Thank God I have a wife with a sense of humor and understands she married a moron who doesn't think clearly when awaken at 4:30am.
    Hold the TV, for sure a guy thing, lol.
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  • timroth
    timroth Posts: 215
    We could feel in up here in Kitchener (100 KM's from Toronto, thats 60 miles Americans). I didnt feel it, I was sleeping but it was on the news this morning.
  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    I remember having when where I live. This was ages ago. I was a little kid. I was sleeping and I felt the bed rattle. It was so minor though.
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  • westsidepie
    westsidepie Posts: 627
    NYbenben wrote:
    earthquakes in IL? since when?


    There is a giant fault running under that whole section of the country. The last devastating major earthquake they had was in 1803, I think. Scientists have been saying they are due for another big one.
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  • Kilgore_Trout
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    oh god... OH MY GOD!

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  • AmentsChick
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    sgossard3 wrote:
    oh god... OH MY GOD!

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    GONE!

    Its ALL GONE!

    That was funny!! :D
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