tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post6883680218522290505..comments2023-10-23T06:31:49.539-07:00Comments on Hollywood Flakes: Why I WON'T Blog about the EarthquakeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-42529293472642413362009-01-05T06:10:00.000-08:002009-01-05T06:10:00.000-08:00Coming to your BLOG, I feel a good start!Coming to your BLOG, I feel a good start!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-26142948326852161832008-08-07T09:16:00.000-07:002008-08-07T09:16:00.000-07:00My daughter and I stood at the bottom of our stair...My daughter and I stood at the bottom of our stairs also wondering what to do. "Is it going to get worse? Then what?" My oldest (15) was in the shower. As soon as the house started shaking she turned off the water. And I said, "Are you okay?!" Yeah, it's really hard to know what to do. My youngest just said, "Mom, I heard it first." And I was wobbly for a while afterwards as well. I don't want to feel anything bigger. That was enough.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00103993586753057004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-28461927610337242182008-08-01T17:00:00.000-07:002008-08-01T17:00:00.000-07:00Just to add a weird side note. We've lived a few ...Just to add a weird side note. We've lived a few places (the military does that for ya) and we felt more earthquakes in Upstate NY than when we lived in the Bay Area. What's up with that?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-13255483982500398842008-08-01T16:31:00.000-07:002008-08-01T16:31:00.000-07:00Yeeouza. Nothing funny about Earthquakes.Yeeouza. Nothing funny about Earthquakes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-11435239572333959432008-08-01T13:44:00.000-07:002008-08-01T13:44:00.000-07:00Well, after being in a 9 point earthquake in Chile...Well, after being in a 9 point earthquake in Chile, we were checking out the damage to our house and the toilet was full of pieces of the wall behind it. We cleaned it out and the next time I had to use the toilet, there was an aftershock. I shot up so quickly, and tried to get my pants back up so fast that my underwear got tangled underneath it. I had to laugh at myself. But, not the earthquake I guess. They aren't too funny but I have some kind of hobby going of seeing how many locations I can participate in earthquakes in. It's my excuse for still being in Utah, the big one hasn't hit yet.Shelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12851446861098955538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-19192179296473649692008-08-01T12:27:00.000-07:002008-08-01T12:27:00.000-07:00Give it a few weeks/months/years and you'll start ...Give it a few weeks/months/years and you'll start to see the humor.<BR/><BR/>I've never been in an earthquake. Tornadoes, on the other hand, I've experienced. And yes, they really do sound like a freight train.Jessica G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10641255166732692924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-77217746810405162392008-08-01T09:48:00.000-07:002008-08-01T09:48:00.000-07:00I guess since you guys are on ground level it wasn...I guess since you guys are on ground level it wasn't as rockin. We're three stories above ground in an OLD building that should have fallen down years ago anyways. The whole place shakes when we just walk around. No wonder the earthquake was a bit more than the place could handle!<BR/><BR/>That's too funny about the CA college student "surfing" during the quake. Yeah, I'm going to have to experience a few more of them before I can really laugh about it.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09162148472659666694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-7398135520472038042008-08-01T09:37:00.000-07:002008-08-01T09:37:00.000-07:00The actual earthquakes aren't funny because you n...The actual earthquakes aren't funny because you never know how big it is going to be but it is funny afterward to laugh about how scared we were. I guess it is one of those defense mechanisms to move on.<BR/><BR/>I am surprised you had stuff fall down...even the precariously perched glasses in our dish drainer were unfazed. You must live in a rockin' part of South Pas!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-34679310853630587092008-08-01T07:42:00.000-07:002008-08-01T07:42:00.000-07:00Glad you're all ok! You'd have to go to a college ...Glad you're all ok! <BR/><BR/>You'd have to go to a college to find the humor - find a bunch of 20-somethings with no children to protect. During my last earthquake, I was in a Very Old Building on campus. I was asleep on a couch in the hall, between classes. At first, I thought it was a BIG TRUCK driving by that caused the sound and the shaking. I even went to the window to see the huge truck that MUST be driving by. I didn't see a truck, but I did see the street waving like water. <BR/><BR/>Later that day, we heard that one of our classmates (a California transplant) entertained his classmates by standing up during the quake and "surfing" the floor. He didn't fall, and we were lucky there was no damage to our building. One of the libraries lost a few stacks of books. <BR/><BR/>A bar Downtown wasn't so lucky. It was completely demolished...but it was the only building, in the entire city, that suffered such damage. Funny thing was that it was ALSO the scene of a fairly brutal attack on a womanh recently during Mardi Gras. <BR/><BR/>Draw your own conclusions.<BR/><BR/>Again, SO glad your sugar bowl was the only loss!LunaMoonbeamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09945247325982035591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-55633605056799845152008-08-01T07:38:00.000-07:002008-08-01T07:38:00.000-07:00I'm glad you're okay, too, and I just wanted to he...I'm glad you're okay, too, and I just wanted to hear about what happened. But seriously... you live in LA. You HAVE to be prepared to be okay with the earthquake thing or you're going to have to move. <BR/><BR/>The good thing is that California in general has spent a lot of time, money, and effort to make their buildings safer and earthquake resistant. When the "Big One" eventually hits the New Madrid fault, all us midwesterners are out of luck. Swaying buildings? What are those?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13311120735766549733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-65648548478571084752008-08-01T03:53:00.000-07:002008-08-01T03:53:00.000-07:00This is why I don't live in California. Glad ever...This is why I don't live in California. Glad everyone is ok.<BR/><BR/>Move to PA, we don't get too many natural disasters.Irishmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06535122131032152325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-26814839700389160812008-07-31T17:53:00.000-07:002008-07-31T17:53:00.000-07:00I'm glad to hear that you're OK. We had a very ve...I'm glad to hear that you're OK. We had a very very small quake when I was young, and it terrified me. I can't imagine going through anything even remotely "big".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-45103954315330203742008-07-31T17:49:00.000-07:002008-07-31T17:49:00.000-07:00When we lived in So. Cal I didn't hang pictures in...When we lived in So. Cal I didn't hang pictures in the babies room for fear of having them fall off the walls and hurt my babies during an earthquake. No, not funny.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16575936726304867096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-75487849808003847622008-07-31T14:23:00.000-07:002008-07-31T14:23:00.000-07:00What earthquake? ;)What earthquake? ;)Alliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10619278153816672815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-90004097726300935392008-07-31T14:21:00.000-07:002008-07-31T14:21:00.000-07:00Glad you are safe! I hope to never experience an e...Glad you are safe! I hope to never experience an earthquake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-22248066091433685502008-07-31T13:58:00.000-07:002008-07-31T13:58:00.000-07:00Reminds me of growing up in the Bay Area. I remem...Reminds me of growing up in the Bay Area. I remember shaking my stuff being an ultra-cool (ok, I'm slightly deluded)junior high cheerleader during the quake of '89. I was out there cheering my heart out when the world began to shake.Alyson | New England Livinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16209837924378793507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-59360395678562506502008-07-31T13:41:00.000-07:002008-07-31T13:41:00.000-07:00I grew up in the Bay Area and was there during the...I grew up in the Bay Area and was there during the big '89 earthquake. The earthquake hit in the evening around dinner time. As the story goes, my dad was picking up pizza when the ground started rumbling. Instead of getting under a doorway or outside my dad runs to the glass window to look outside to see if the city water tower would topple because "dang that'd be cool to see". If that's not hilarious, I don't know what is.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11486271446969471555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-61611650468778896172008-07-31T13:07:00.000-07:002008-07-31T13:07:00.000-07:00I grew in LA, and I used to think earthquakes were...I grew in LA, and I used to think earthquakes were kind of fun (sometimes we got out of class to sit out on the lawn for hours after minor tremors, probly cause our old school buildings were death traps), until I experienced the Northridge quake, from the ringside seat of Northridge. It wasn't funny at all.<BR/><BR/>Look at the bright side. Now, you are a real Californian. It's like Governor Arnold's way of hazing you.Beeswaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10418719062005209787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-47050889969879183172008-07-31T13:01:00.000-07:002008-07-31T13:01:00.000-07:00When we lived in Monterey I was determined not to ...When we lived in Monterey I was determined not to move back to UT until I'd experienced an earthquake. When we finally did (not as big as the one you guys just had) I was pretty much done with earthquakes. Way too unsettling. It freaked me out. Glad you guys are okay, I thought of you when I heard about it.Colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12315083009789212234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-1440159175815901912008-07-31T12:57:00.000-07:002008-07-31T12:57:00.000-07:00You sure have a talent in making it sound comical!...You sure have a talent in making it sound comical! I have also always wanted to experience one. (no luck yet). I think the whole thing would get scarier with kids involved though.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04954105277732966131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-73816193964000148632008-07-31T12:44:00.000-07:002008-07-31T12:44:00.000-07:00I've experienced one SO California earthquake. We ...I've experienced one SO California earthquake. We were there on vacation and our Condo was by some train tracks. When the place started shaking, (in the middle of the night) we woke up and thought that it was just a train.<BR/>The next morning, it was all over the news. It was a good sized quake, and we weren't really that close to the epicenter. (but we still felt it)<BR/>Later that day, when our son broke a vase in the condo, we thought about blaming it on the earthquake. (we didn't)Jillybeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12150574987267072428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-47823405533784693712008-07-31T12:12:00.000-07:002008-07-31T12:12:00.000-07:00We lived just north of LA when the Northridge quak...We lived just north of LA when the Northridge quake happened. My sister and I woke up and started yelling at each other at the same time to "stop shaking the bed". I'm not sure that's super funny--it wasn't really at the time either.FoxyJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17950095008611661757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-57066721273856411642008-07-31T12:02:00.001-07:002008-07-31T12:02:00.001-07:00Hee hee hee...must have been your first earthquake...Hee hee hee...must have been your first earthquake, I imagine. Let go of the fear and just pretend you're getting a free amusement park ride. Maybe not funny, but quite fun.<BR/>BTW---my kids didn't even notice. We were in the grocery store checking out, and they didn't notice?! How is that possible? :)hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17906678797833158522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-70552866761100684912008-07-31T12:02:00.000-07:002008-07-31T12:02:00.000-07:00You're right. Not funny hunny.You're right. Not funny hunny.randa_joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13762737188214475334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702380.post-86121225411247747382008-07-31T11:37:00.000-07:002008-07-31T11:37:00.000-07:00No humor at all. I have always wondered what an e...No humor at all. I have always wondered what an earthquake would feel like. I'm sure horrible. Kinda like being in a tornado. We had a close call earlier this year here in Texas.<BR/>Glad your o.k.!Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01574439324085809271noreply@blogger.com