Earthquake in Canada
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We are, at that, but a 5.0 is plenty big enough to be interesting if you happen to be within 50 miles or so. Those aren't even a daily occurrence in the Ocotillo area any more.
I'm reminded in an early scene in the movie "L.A. Story" a "Romantic Comedy" with Steve Martin about "life in L.A." In an early scene Martin's character is at a restaurant with local friends and they all having a conversation (Martin to a female friend: "So I understand you're taking a course in conversation." Friend: "Yes." Martin: "....") when an earthquake hits. They continue their conversation as if nothing is really happening, plates and glasses are rattling, a nearby table is being vibrated across the floor, no one in the restaurant is reacting other than the English "friend-of-a-friend" at Martin's table who's reacting like, well, how a normal person would react in an earthquake.
Call me crazy, but I'm jealous! <little spoiled brat> I want to experience one!</brat>
You don't have far to move if you want to go through a few of 'em.
Seriously, I don't know how you Californians do it. It was kinda cool to experience this quake (especially as it was so close), but at the same time I'd be happy to go another 12 years before another "big" one hits us. Y'all are nuts.
Eh, it's a free massage.
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I saw on CNN that the reason it felt more powerful is because it was right at the surface, meaning though only a 5.0 it caused more movement in a farther area.
She's actually remarkably relaxed for someone from out of town experiencing their first earthquake. Some do take it in stride, but I've heard more than a few stories of visiting relatives who get on the phone to the travel agency as soon as they can get their voice to stop shaking, get on a plane within hours and never come back to California.We are, at that, but a 5.0 is plenty big enough to be interesting if you happen to be within 50 miles or so. Those aren't even a daily occurrence in the Ocotillo area any more.
I'm reminded in an early scene in the movie "L.A. Story" a "Romantic Comedy" with Steve Martin about "life in L.A." In an early scene Martin's character is at a restaurant with local friends and they all having a conversation (Martin to a female friend: "So I understand you're taking a course in conversation." Friend: "Yes." Martin: "....") when an earthquake hits. They continue their conversation as if nothing is really happening, plates and glasses are rattling, a nearby table is being vibrated across the floor, no one in the restaurant is reacting other than the English "friend-of-a-friend" at Martin's table who's reacting like, well, how a normal person would react in an earthquake.
I need to get that movie on DVD, it's one of my more favorite Steve Martin movies.
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I picked it up on DVD a few months ago for $1 when Hollywood video was going out of business. Great movie.
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Seriously, I don't know how you Californians do it. It was kinda cool to experience this quake (especially as it was so close), but at the same time I'd be happy to go another 12 years before another "big" one hits us. Y'all are nuts.
You get used to it, and it even becomes fun after a while so long as nothing is falling on you. I'd much rather deal with earthquakes (if you live in an area with properly designed or retrofitted buildings, of course) then tornadoes, floods, or, hurricanes.
Well to each their own, but I'll take the occasional blizzard in exchange for knowing that the ground is usually stable.
Eh, every area is going to have its natural problems. Earthquakes, severe thunderstorms/tornados, hurricanes, Mets fans, so, you know. You're never safe.
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About the wost that can happen here in the valley, besides the seemingly non-existant earthquake is a 60 MPH / 97 km per hr south wind coming with your 45 F/7 C winter rainstorm.
Summers are nice and tranquil.
I work in Mississauga, and I definitely felt it.
I had the same thought. There used to be a member of our database team who sat on the other side of the cubicle wall from me, and he would periodically break into outbursts of drumming on his desk which would cause the unit to shake. However, he left the company a week ago, so unless he snuck back in to torment me, I knew it wasn't him. But I still thought that maybe someone had bumped the wall or sat down rather heavily in what used to be his chair.
The funny thing is, Chrinfinity was about 15 feet away from me, but didn't feel it. I suspect it might have been because he was walking across the office, whereas I was sitting still at my desk.
I'm surprised nobody's mentioned that a tornado touched down in Midland (about 90 miles due north of Toronto) a few hours later. An earthquake and a tornado in the same day isn't something you hear about all the time.
This was my second earthquake, actually. My first was back in 1989, when I was in my second-floor office at RADARSAT in Ottawa. It was also about a 5.0, if memory serves.
I had the same thought. There used to be a member of our database team who sat on the other side of the cubicle wall from me, and he would periodically break into outbursts of drumming on his desk which would cause the unit to shake. However, he left the company a week ago, so unless he snuck back in to torment me, I knew it wasn't him. But I still thought that maybe someone had bumped the wall or sat down rather heavily in what used to be his chair.
The funny thing is, Chrinfinity was about 15 feet away from me, but didn't feel it. I suspect it might have been because he was walking across the office, whereas I was sitting still at my desk.
I'm surprised nobody's mentioned that a tornado touched down in Midland (about 90 miles due north of Toronto) a few hours later. An earthquake and a tornado in the same day isn't something you hear about all the time.
This was my second earthquake, actually. My first was back in 1989, when I was in my second-floor office at RADARSAT in Ottawa. It was also about a 5.0, if memory serves.
This was my third. There was a notable and closer one in 2002 that woke me up and made me worried my building's boiler was going to explode or something. Then there was one near NYC in the 1980's or so (I was pretty young)...I was on the can at the time, not a fun place to be at a time like that!
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