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  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    ariel wrote:
    Thanks Cosmo - my cell is dead so wasn't able to call anyway - I'll call from home tonight.


    Hope everyone else is doing okay :)
    ...
    Yeah... it was one of those minor quakes we get every so often. A co-worker works from his virtual office at home in Riverside County (nearer the epicenter) and he said stuff was flying off his bookshelves.
    Long Beach is some 30+ miles away so the effect is lessened. Yorba Linda is closer than Long Beach, so there may be minor stuff (such as broken dishes), but more than likely... nothing too serious. Placentia is about the same distance as Long Beach.
    ...
    Try sending E-Mail and have them phone you. It is easier to make calls out... than to make calls in.
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  • meistereder
    meistereder Posts: 1,577
    I think anything less than a 6.0, you're not looking at huge damage yet. The Richter scale is exponential, so a 6.8 is 10 times as big as a 5.8. That said, a 5.8 is a pretty good one.

    That Northridge quake back in 94 was nuts. My parents' house was trashed and my sister's apartment complex was destroyed.
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  • PissBottleMan
    PissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
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  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    pearljgirl2010 wrote:
    we're OK here in Hermosa Beach, just don't have any cell service (we've got Verizon, Sprint and ATT).

    that was sooooo freaky! Glad everyone is ok so far.
    ...
    It's the phone lines. All the circuits get jammed because of the overload of calls (both in and out).
    Try sending E-Mails instead.
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    Cosmo wrote:
    ...
    Yeah... it was one of those minor quakes we get every so often. A co-worker works from his virtual office at home in Riverside County (nearer the epicenter) and he said stuff was flying off his bookshelves.
    Long Beach is some 30+ miles away so the effect is lessened. Yorba Linda is closer than Long Beach, so there may be minor stuff (such as broken dishes), but more than likely... nothing too serious. Placentia is about the same distance as Long Beach.
    ...
    Try sending E-Mail and have them phone you. It is easier to make calls out... than to make calls in.


    5.8 ain't so minor if you're within 15 miles of the epicenter
  • PJPixie
    PJPixie Posts: 3,026
    The phone on my desk at work is working fine but no service on my cell.
    I still can't get a hold of my son :(
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  • pearljgirl2010
    pearljgirl2010 Shillington, PA/Tuckerton, NJ Posts: 3,428
    PJPixie wrote:
    The phone on my desk at work is working fine but no service on my cell.
    I still can't get a hold of my son :(

    I'm sure he's OK...try not to worry too much--he probably thought it was cool :-)
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  • SomethingCreative
    SomethingCreative Kazoo, MI Posts: 3,413
    stickfig13 wrote:
    Earthquake in CA is like a rain storm in Seattle

    hahaha true


    seriously though...hope everyone's ok! be safe n' sane
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  • janegosford
    janegosford Posts: 179
    meistereder wrote:
    I think anything less than a 6.0, you're not looking at huge damage yet. The Richter scale is exponential, so a 6.8 is 10 times as big as a 5.8. That said, a 5.8 is a pretty good one.

    That Northridge quake back in 94 was nuts. My parents' house was trashed and my sister's apartment complex was destroyed.

    As someone who grew up in Whittier I can't say I agree. We got hit HARD in 87 & that was less than a 6.0 :D
  • PJPixie
    PJPixie Posts: 3,026
    pearljgirl2010 wrote:
    I'm sure he's OK...try not to worry too much--he probably thought it was cool :-)


    Thanks :) He is a badass........lol.
    I'm sure he's hucking things off the balcony as we speak!
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  • SENROCK
    SENROCK Posts: 10,736
    WHAT THE FREAKIN HELL MAN!!!!!! Im OUTSIDE painting and all of a sudden I FELT THE EARTH MOVE BENEATH MY FEET!!!!! :eek: I WATCHED EVERYTHING SHAKE RAPIDLY!!!!! IM BY MYSELF!!!!!! :eek: THE GARAGE DOOR ALMOST FELL ON ME!!!!!! :eek: i freakin swear.
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  • SENROCK
    SENROCK Posts: 10,736
    janegosford wrote:
    As someone who grew up in Whittier I can't say I agree. We got hit HARD in 87 & that was less than a 6.0 :D

    IM IN WHITTIER!!!!! Right where that one in 87 happened! I just told someone that!!! hahaha Whittier is THEE WORST place for earthquakes around here.
    ~~~~~~ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD TIME~~~~~~
    Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
    EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!

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    It takes balls to put out a UKE album!
  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    SENROCK! wrote:
    WHAT THE FREAKIN HELL MAN!!!!!! Im OUTSIDE painting and all of a sudden I FELT THE EARTH MOVE BENEATH MY FEET!!!!! :eek: I WATCHED EVERYTHING SHAKE RAPIDLY!!!!! IM BY MYSELF!!!!!! :eek: THE GARAGE DOOR ALMOST FELL ON ME!!!!!! :eek: i freakin swear.
    Hope you are ok.
    That is scary.
    Do you all get used to it out there?
    And where is Trailer? Doesn't he live in Santa Barbara?
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  • PJPixie
    PJPixie Posts: 3,026
    janegosford wrote:
    As someone who grew up in Whittier I can't say I agree. We got hit HARD in 87 & that was less than a 6.0 :D

    DUDE!!! I grew up in Whittier too! In 87 I was sitting on the living room floor and the house seemed to shake FOREVER!! Wow, that was under 6.0?? Holy cow!
    I was in my first year as CSUF and I worked at the Ralphs Market on Painter and Whittier Blvd. The aisles were such a mess there, racked up a lot of overtime during the clean up but you had to be over 21 to clean up in the Alcohol Dept because all the booze was spilled all over the place!! Craziness!
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    The best expression of Love is Time.
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  • stickfig13
    stickfig13 Posts: 1,532
    It's Bush's Fault!
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  • janegosford
    janegosford Posts: 179
    SENROCK! wrote:
    IM IN WHITTIER!!!!! Right where that one in 87 happened! I just told someone that!!! hahaha Whittier is THEE WORST place for earthquakes around here.

    Hilarious! I'm in Whittier too! I live in Hollywood but spent the night at my folk's place. Whittier's pretty closer to Chino Hills/Diamond Bar I guess that's why we felt it so bad!
  • SENROCK
    SENROCK Posts: 10,736
    PJPixie wrote:
    The phone on my desk at work is working fine but no service on my cell.
    I still can't get a hold of my son :(
    i just tried to call him too. No answer so I left a message to call me ASAP!
    ~~~~~~ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD TIME~~~~~~
    Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
    EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!

    "Pearl Jam fans are obsessed, they'd see the boys in HELL if tickets were sold."-CROJAM95

    It takes balls to put out a UKE album!
  • meistereder
    meistereder Posts: 1,577
    janegosford wrote:
    As someone who grew up in Whittier I can't say I agree. We got hit HARD in 87 & that was less than a 6.0 :D


    Meh. Whittier was nothing.

    Ha. Just kidding. No, you're right. I shouldn't generalize. It matters where the quake has its epicenter.
    San Diego 10/25/00, Mountain View 6/1/03, Santa Barbara 10/28/03, Northwest School 3/18/05, San Diego 7/7/06, Los Angeles 7/9/06, 7/10/06, Honolulu (U2) 12/9/06, Santa Barbara (EV) 4/10/08, Los Angeles (EV) 4/12/08, Hartford 6/27/08, Mansfield 6/28/08, VH1 Rock Honors The Who 7/12/08, Seattle 9/21/09, Universal City 9/30/09, 10/1/09, 10/6/09, 10/7/09, San Diego 10/9/09, Los Angeles (EV) 7/8/11, Santa Barbara (EV) 7/9/11, Chicago 7/19/13, San Diego 11/21/13, Los Angeles 11/23/13, 11/24/13, Oakland 11/26/13, Chicago 8/22/16, Missoula 8/13/18, Boston 9/2/18, Los Angeles 2/25/22 (EV), San Diego 5/3/22, Los Angeles 5/6/22, 5/7/22, Imola 6/25/22, Los Angeles 5/21/24, [London 6/29/24], [Boston 9/15/24]
  • pjsyco
    pjsyco Wilmington, NC Posts: 649
    Cosmo wrote:
    We just had an Earthquake in long Beach, CA.
    WHAT THE FUCK DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH PEARL JAM????!!!!!!!! PLEASE POST IN THE APPROPRIATE PLACE!! JEEEEEEZZZZ!

    Just kidding.....I've always wanted to do that....you know, be the tattletail on the board. Didn't like it too much, though.
  • PJPixie
    PJPixie Posts: 3,026
    TrixieCat wrote:
    Hope you are ok.
    That is scary.
    Do you all get used to it out there?
    And where is Trailer? Doesn't he live in Santa Barbara?

    Not sure where Trailer lives. Santa Barbara is about 2 hours north of LA.
    Might not have felt that hit.
    The best use of Life is Love.
    The best expression of Love is Time.
    The best time to Love is Now.


    I'm never as good as when you're there.........

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