Anyone feel it besides me? :D

I did not feel it, but my mother did.

I was on-line here sitting and noticed a slight movement in the back of my chair. 

yes, i felt it as i was sitting in a plush cushiony rocking chair at home in El Sobrante, probably about 65 miles away from the epicenter and i felt the chair start bumping, rumbling, and was wondering what it was and then the ceiling fan started to sway a little bit and I felt the ground shake, but not very strong from where i was, but i thought it lasted about 15 seconds. my daughter Julie in her dorm at San Jose State University said it shook and rumbled very strong there as the school is near downtown which was only 9 miles from the epicenter.  no big deal, it's California  8)  but not a bad idea for us to be prepared for bigger and possibly catastrophic disasterous conditions if a giant one were to occur

I did not feel it here in Ohio  ;D

Neither did I...in Pa. (Har har)


Seriously though...I'm glad you all are okay!! :)

My mom said she felt it (they live about 60 miles away from the epicenter). She said that the parakeets started freaking out, but that the lazy assed dog didn't even get up off the floor. ;D

If you girls had felt it in Ohio & Pennsylvania, we'd be in BIG trouble
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If you girls had felt it in Ohio & Pennsylvania, we'd be in BIG trouble
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oh hell ya. That would suck so bad. :\'(

oh hell ya. That would suck so bad. :\'(
yeah, it sure would and mostly because we'd probably lose the internet and not be in touch with fellow board members, How sucky would that be  :\'(

yeah, it sure would and mostly because we'd probably lose the internet and not be in touch with fellow board members, How sucky would that be  :\'(


I would do more than cry. :(

I would do more than cry. :(
so maybe a good idea for members to have other means of contact just in case. I remember when the boards were down for a couple of days that I emailed a few people and that was cool.

so maybe a good idea for members to have other means of contact just in case. I remember when the boards were down for a couple of days that I emailed a few people and that was cool.


you all can have my phone number, email..whatever it takes. I don't wanna lose contact with anyone!!! :)

so maybe a good idea for members to have other means of contact just in case. I remember when the boards were down for a couple of days that I emailed a few people and that was cool.


That's a good idea, does anyone know Semifore or can light signal fires?  Does anyone have a CB radio?  lol

That's a good idea, does anyone know Semifore or can light signal fires?  Does anyone have a CB radio?  lol


hahaaha..my parents have a CB radio. They listen to it when they go on trips. ;D

you all can have my phone number, email..whatever it takes. I don't wanna lose contact with anyone!!! :)
I don't wanna lose contact either, & my email is always available to anyone here as needed and my number may be a bit more closely guarded, but I've given it out and actually had a close encounter of the 2nd kind



That's a good idea, does anyone know Semifore or can light signal fires?  Does anyone have a CB radio?  lol
what the heck is that? ^

  Felt it while I was on my lunch break...

  Scary...

Nothing has been reported on the earthquake over here.

My mom said she felt it (they live about 60 miles away from the epicenter). She said that the parakeets started freaking out, but that the lazy assed dog didn't even get up off the floor. ;D
parakeets freak out a lot! ;D ;D

what the heck is that? ^



Semifore is what sailors (or...I dunno...maybe non-sailors too) use...it's like coded communication with flags and stuff.
This isn't a good picture example but it's the best I could find.

http://www.dragonflyint.com/dju/course-catalog/images/semifore.jpg


edit:  Apparently I misspelt it (what else is new), it's supposed to be semafore not semifore. 
http://www.anbg.gov.au/flags/semaphore.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semaphore

Nothing has been reported on the earthquake over here.
Yeah i checked BBC

Yeah i checked BBC
Nothing on the hourly raido reports.

I did not feel it, but my mother did.
Where does she live?I live in south san jose,in the area kniown as Robertsville.

I felt it the other night too. I'll admit ever since 1989, it had been a casual fear in the back of my mind living in Northern California, the possibility that another one could hit. So much was going through my mind in that first two seconds, like....is my stuff gonna get messed up, destroyed, or much worse, are any of us about to be hurt and/or killed? All I could actually say was, "Oh sh*t! Earthquake" really loud though, lol. My parents and I (for anyone that doesn't know, I still live at home) just stood in a safe place 'till it died down. Thankfully it was just for a few seconds and nothing was even misplaced. The epicenter was around Alum Rock, too, which is only about 10-12 miles from me. That probably explains why it seemed much, much more centralized and violent than the Loma Prieta quake from a North Bay perspective (even though that one was alot bigger actually).

See, this is one thing I hate about not having a time machine! You don't know if stuff like this is lurking just around the corner. That's always a passively scary thought.

On a serious note though, as far as really big quakes are concerned, I don't think they normally hit the same area more often than about a quarter century, if not more. There's a good chance the Bay Area won't have to worry about it seriously until the 2020s, but like I said, it's hard not to feel worried to an extent. Just like tornadoes for the midwest in some respects.

I have never been near a real earthquake before, I think you lost your trust in Mother Earth when all you have to stand on is sudden withdrawn from you.

...I think you lost your trust in Mother Earth when all you have to stand on is sudden withdrawn from you.


Huh?  :o

Huh?  :o
Aspposed to a hurricane where yiou are suddenly with drawn form the earth below yiou

   Felt it while I was on my lunch break...

   Scary...
Where do you work?

Where do you work?


  C&H Sugar...

   C&H Sugar...
Is that downtown?

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Davester works about 10-15 miles away from me

Davester works about 10-15 miles away from me



  Hey, neat..!  Never seen the place from that angle...

  http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1193336/Friday.jpg

   Hey, neat..!  Never seen the place from that angle...

   http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1193336/Friday.jpg
it is a nice picture and by the way, excellent photo shopping yourself into the pic Davester  ;D so you work right there practically over the water. So where are the sugar cane fields  ???

it is a nice picture and by the way, excellent photo shopping yourself into the pic Davester  ;D so you work right there practically over the water. So where are the sugar cane fields  ???


  The company purchases raw cane from different parts of the world, not from Hawaii, anymore (too expensive).  Sometimes the sugar comes from Australia, Africa, South America, the Phillipines, the Carribbean, any number of Pacific islands.  Sometimes the sugar we get is good, sometimes it's of such poor quality that it will shut the plant down when we're trying to process it, like last year...

  Hawaiian sugar and Cuban sugar is still considered the best...

I still have not heard of any reports of this earthquake in the UK media.

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Davester works about 10-15 miles away from me
That's a cool photo. :)

I still have not heard of any reports of this earthquake in the UK media.
Well it's on the wrong side of the country to cause a tsunami there--plus it was too small!! ;) :D ;D ;D ;D

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Davester works about 10-15 miles away from me
Where is this?Downtown?

Where is this?Downtown?


  It is.  It's on the water... :)