sanmar
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posted on December 22, 2003 02:01:17 PM new
We is All Shook up here on the Central Coast of CA!! At 11:16 AM PST we had a 6.5 earthquake 15 miles NE of San Simion. That is where the Hearst Castle is located. Santa Maria is approx. 60 miles south of there. Knocked out our phone service, & the electric power on the east half of town. Just talked to my sweetie, & she still doen't have power& just got her phone back up. She is a Medical Transcriptionist who works from home for a firm in Denver. As an independent contractor, no work, no pay.
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marcn
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posted on December 22, 2003 02:08:46 PM new
I felt it here in Ventura County. From looking at a live news feed at http://nbc4.tv Paso Robles was hit pretty hard with collapsed buildings and some deaths.
Marc
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stopwhining
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posted on December 22, 2003 02:17:41 PM new
i heard it was felt as far as oakland
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fenix03
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posted on December 22, 2003 04:00:25 PM new
Sanmar - are you used to the by now or was this a good one? After Northridge and the mass of aftershocks I got pretty used to them, and pretty good at "Guess the Strength" - now unless architecture falls I don't think much of them.
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
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sanmar
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posted on December 22, 2003 04:17:01 PM new
fenix; I am fairly new to CA only been her 10 yrs. I was in Santa Barbara when the Northridge quake rolled me out of bed. This is the heaviest tremor to hit Santa Maria in over 100 yrs!!. NO, I am not used to it.
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sanmar
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posted on December 22, 2003 04:17:06 PM new
[ edited by sanmar on Dec 22, 2003 04:18 PM ]
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sparkz
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posted on December 22, 2003 04:48:14 PM new
Sanmar...My family felt it here in Visalia. I was on my way back from FedEx and was on a rather rough street so I didn't notice it. The first thing I thought of was all the antique shops on the central Coast and all the glassware they have on display. I would imagine some of the dealers in Paso Robles are not happy now. The good news is Diablo wasn't damaged and is running full power.
The light at the end of the tunnel will turn out to be an oncoming train.
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libra63
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posted on December 22, 2003 05:41:20 PM new
You guys in Calif must have some think skin. I don't know if I could go through that. Not knowing when it will happen. I shudder when we have a blizzard. My hats off to the people in California.
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max40
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posted on December 22, 2003 05:51:12 PM new
Aren't the Packers playing in California tonight? Hang on--aftershock.
Life is not a dress rehearsal
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libra63
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posted on December 22, 2003 05:55:40 PM new
Yes they are in Oakland. I guess you can say things happen when the Packers come to town.
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OhMsLucy
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posted on December 22, 2003 06:14:14 PM new
Hi all,
I'm in San Luis Obispo (about 30 miles north of Sanmar)
All's well here, no power loss, no broken anything. My house shook pretty hard. I was at my 'puter (naturally...) and thought, hey, we're having an earthquake. Maybe I should go wait it out in the hall. It lasted quite a while - maybe 30 seconds?
Went out a little later on to run some errands and discovered everyplace I needed to go (except the PO) was closed. Either no power or sweeping up the mess. Oh well.
Actually, earthquakes are kinda cool in a bizarre sort of way. I was in Southern California during that big on. When was it? 1971? Geeze, maybe 6:30 a.m. Woke up the whole dang family.
Lucy
I grow old...I grow old...I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled. T.S. Eliot
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meowmix71
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posted on December 22, 2003 08:02:30 PM new
Lived in Escondido which is just north of San Diego for 6 years and "freaked" every time we had an earthquake. I'd rather take the tornadoes here in OK than an earthquake. At least you can find some kind of shelter from tornadoes.
I still have family living around Escondido but not sure if it was felt that far south. Haven't heard from any of them.
My brother is in the Navy stationed in San Diego and he hasn't contacted me yet.
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fenix03
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posted on December 22, 2003 09:22:49 PM new
Meow - I am in San Diego and didn't feel a thing.
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
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stonecold613
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posted on December 22, 2003 09:33:49 PM new
So that is what that was. I thought I just had gas.
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sanmar
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posted on December 22, 2003 10:09:55 PM new
Hey, I lived in the middle west & went through blizzards, Tornados & hail storms. Lived NC & went through 2 hurricanes. I'll take the earthquake. Its a quicker way to die.
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auctionACE
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posted on December 22, 2003 10:42:50 PM new
I've expierenced many Bay Area earthquakes and they usually last a few brief seconds. Most are just a mild annoyance.
Here are some things I've learned about earthquakes. The 'stand in a doorway nonsense' is pure crap unless you are in a huge building and have no time to get out of the building. Priority One, try to get outside of any building that you are inside of. Tis better to die trying to get out of a building than to die inside it trying to ride it out. An early morning earthquake has the greatest potential for disaster because most people are sound asleep and will not try to get out of their building. I've expierenced a few early morning major earthquakes and people are too lazy to care and most go back to sleep right away. ( me included )
Yesterday on the news they were showing the Daly City ( just below San Francisco ) mudslides on the Pacific Coast and I thought that if an earthquake hit it would really send the water-soaked coastline into the ocean.
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sparkz
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posted on December 22, 2003 11:32:42 PM new
Ace is right. Get out of the building as quick as you can. Those beautiful light fixtures, chandaliers, and that collection of Fostoria you proudly display can become deadly projectiles and you would be surprised at the amount of glass chards that can come out of a single mirror or window. I've been through a couple of big ones here in California and the one thing I could recommend is to keep a cheap open end wrench wired to your gas meter. The first thing you want to do when you get outside is to cut off that natural gas. An explosion or fire will do more damage to a house than the roof falling in.
The light at the end of the tunnel will turn out to be an oncoming train.
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NearTheSea
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posted on December 23, 2003 09:26:08 AM new
sparkz, we just bought this house (well over 8 months ago) but had an 'automatic emergency gas shut off' on the outside gas. We do have earthquakes up here in WA, not as many as CA, but wondering if these gagdets really work, well I am hoping it will anyway! (I shouldn't call it a gagdet, as the gas co. installed it! )
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