First Earthquake
Felt a 5.6 quake just a while back. Could not believe it when I was in the shower. Quickly came out of the house and found one of my roomies with a folder of vital documents with him. Smart guy. Even I have such a folder ready at my room for emergency situations. Got to start training my reflexes better.
It is really scary to find out we are living pretty much over some major faults, like the Calaveras and San Andreas faults. According to a news article, these are the faults along which some of the most destructive earthquakes in California have struck — including one in 1906 which, together with a subsequent fire, destroyed much of San Francisco !
Wildfires a while back down south, and now quakes. California sure has some power packed punches for us.
October 31st, 2007 at 2:02 pm
Up here in the northwest we don’t get as many big ones as California, but they do come around. I think the damp keeps things stuck together. We had a 5.3 in 1996 or 97 that was quite exciting once I decided my building wasn’t going to fall over. (If I hadn’t washed all my dishes that morning they’d have been safely in the sink instead of broken all over the kitchen floor.)
Glad you’re not squashed by falling masonry.
If your new bike gets “earthquaked” it might be fun to make one of these (http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/07/30/honda-st1300-streetfighter/) …just an idea.
November 10th, 2007 at 4:01 pm