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It was impressive to me

Not a Boston transplant (instead, a European one), but I sure was worried for a couple of seconds there.

Hey you! What are horse mackerel!
Hey, the chair are sailing! You believe that I am toad of the month!
(Yes, that is K-Rod's entry music, translated)

by infant on Jul 29, 2008 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

You always remember your first

Problem for me was it was the Sylmar 1972 and that has yet to be topped in my lifetime.

by Rev Halofan on Jul 29, 2008 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sylmar was very very bad, but

Whittier was more memorable because I was in a steam room in downtown LA at the time after an early morning workout and it scared the crap out of me

GA GA he's the man, if he can't do it, no one can

by Moondoggy on Jul 29, 2008 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

whittier happened the day my brother was brought home from the hospital as a newborn

i pledge alliegance... to mike Scioscia
and the angels way of baseball
and to each pennant and ring we are sure to win.
one fanatic, under the halo, unwavered
with in n out and world series rings for all

by halofan4life on Jul 29, 2008 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

I was in Whittier...

Brushing my teeth and ran outside, no school that day which was fun.

by Wytelitning on Jul 29, 2008 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh, I agree.

But even a small one can be nasty if you’re on top of the epicenter.

On the other hand, I was 3 miles from the epicenter of the Northridge quake.

Angels fan since '67

by red floyd on Jul 29, 2008 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

And you're right, by the way...

At a CalTech press conference Kate Hutton (one of the two “earthquake ladies”—Lucy Jones is the other) said that this was a small one.

Angels fan since '67

by red floyd on Jul 29, 2008 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

Okay, that's it!

I’m going to talk to the guy who runs this joint and have you banned for that last post!

Oh wait….nevermind.

I was uncool before uncool was cool.

by WiHaloFan on Jul 29, 2008 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

It was '71

agree with you totally that the transplant pussies can’t handle a little bit of groundshaking. Us homegrown SoCals ride it out. If you don’t ride it out, you’re dead. And that’s it for SoCal. You know the feeling dude.

Whingers go home. Or go to Scotland where there are no earthquakes at all and it’s actually kinda … boring

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Jul 29, 2008 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

Rev...

A bit overboard on the Red Sox hatred! Not sure where that comes from, except 1986, 2004, and 2007. For me, on top of baseball, they eliminated my Galaxy soccer team and my Rams in the Super Bowl and have owned the Lakers for most of history…so I have some really valid reason for extreme dislike.

Solely from an Angels standpoint, they’ve gotten the Angels 3 times (out of three), but it adds up for someone like me who has been repeatedly slapped by the Northeasterners.

I guess it is OK to reap the hate on anyone else but ourselves, eh?

by Downing Rules on Jul 29, 2008 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

Down to a 5.4

That was the 3rd and largest and longest I’ve been through since moving from PA 5 years ago. Maybe I’ll run back to my mommy’s nipples with the rest of us transplant pussies out here.

by ReggieBullits on Jul 29, 2008 12:37 PM PDT reply actions  

Yee Haw!

That was a pretty good jolt. I’m a block east of JWA and thought something terrible happend.

Let no joyful voice be heard! Let no man look up at the sky with hope! And let this day be cursed by we who ready to wake... the K-Rod!

by Scuff on Jul 29, 2008 12:42 PM PDT reply actions  

my mom just told me about it (we are both transplants from CA to other states)

i told her it sounded like an aftershock to me

i pledge alliegance... to mike Scioscia
and the angels way of baseball
and to each pennant and ring we are sure to win.
one fanatic, under the halo, unwavered
with in n out and world series rings for all

by halofan4life on Jul 29, 2008 12:44 PM PDT reply actions  

I live in Chino Hills

and I sell Wine and Spirits for a living I was in a liquor store doing business and it just got thrashed

Relax... Everything is fine

by Sinatrasratpack on Jul 29, 2008 12:48 PM PDT reply actions  

Hope you and your business didn't get too much damage

Hey you! What are horse mackerel!
Hey, the chair are sailing! You believe that I am toad of the month!
(Yes, that is K-Rod's entry music, translated)

by infant on Jul 29, 2008 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sounds like the Good Lord blessed you with a large sale.

Francisco Rodriguez: 190 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.

by Stirrups on Jul 29, 2008 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

first thing i said

was , “it looks like you need an order”

Relax... Everything is fine

by Sinatrasratpack on Jul 29, 2008 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

Bit of breakage then?

Must have been rough. Hope you’re OK dude

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Jul 29, 2008 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

i know some are making it sound this way, but...

we weren’t quite able to feel it over here in north dakota.

"Life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning of consciousness to the end."

by NoDakHalo on Jul 29, 2008 1:18 PM PDT reply actions  

my 81 y/o alcoholic grandmother asked me if i felt it in PA

i pledge alliegance... to mike Scioscia
and the angels way of baseball
and to each pennant and ring we are sure to win.
one fanatic, under the halo, unwavered
with in n out and world series rings for all

by halofan4life on Jul 29, 2008 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

Felt it Santa Barbara

I was teaching summer school to a bunch of 8 year olds. I was the only one in the room who felt it. I didn’t even bother making them duck and cover. Does that make me a bad teacher? I just didn’t want them all to freak out.

I swear, if one more person tells me to "work smarter, not harder"...

by Rally Manatee on Jul 29, 2008 1:23 PM PDT reply actions  

The only thing I don't miss about living in OC

Whittier was the first one I remember. Landers/Big Bear was pretty decent. Northridge was no joke. Hate those things.

I've got nuthin'...

by BeerMadeMeFat on Jul 29, 2008 1:31 PM PDT reply actions  

Try riding them out on the 50th floor of a downtown LA high-rise.

It’s like a rodeo event.

Francisco Rodriguez: 190 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.

by Stirrups on Jul 29, 2008 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

shake and bake

panther

I swear, if one more person tells me to "work smarter, not harder"...

by Rally Manatee on Jul 29, 2008 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hope everybody enjoyed it

I would have, as long as I lived. Earthquakes … rock, as long as you live in a place (like SoCal) that has the infrastructure to handle it. Otherwise they really suck.

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Jul 29, 2008 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

this one was pretty shaky here in LBC

my building is on rollers, so we got some extra action. i was kinda freaked because it wouldn’t stop—after spending the ‘94 quake in santa monica, i’m not messing around with earthquakes anymore. i’m heading for the nearest doorway.

by yeswecan on Jul 29, 2008 2:17 PM PDT reply actions  

Doorways are a myth.

Nothing structurally special about them, other than the fact that they are attached to a door the is free to swing and knock your ass over.

Francisco Rodriguez: 190 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.

by Stirrups on Jul 29, 2008 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

Not a myth

They’ll save your ass from falling plaster, glass etc and if the floor above comes down, maybe that doorway frame might be the only thing that saves your ass.

The stupid ones that get killed are the ones that run outside (vulnerable to electricity wires, down, falling masonry, falling glasses) ... and the other ones that get killed are just unlucky.

Underneath a hard structure (table, doorframe) is still your best bet. And DON’T RUN OUTSIDE.

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Jul 29, 2008 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

The new thing...

They say doorways and under tables suck…

The new thing is to lay down NEXT TO tables, beds, etc. That way the ceiling falls on them and it creates a small pocket where you’re safe. The table may get crushed, but it’ll still make a pocket next to it.

Of course I'm right... I have a UC education.

by BruinHalo on Jul 29, 2008 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

That kind of makes sense

Plus I’m too lazy usually to get under a doorframe anyway. When Northridge happened, my ex-wife and I were split up and I was staying at a mate’s house. We were both drunk and stoned and ran into each other, guitars in hand, in the doorway and both fell over.

A hell of a lot of good that did us and the guitars were both busted up.

I can see how the “pocket” theory might work, but if you get slammed trying to create a pocket what good is it to you? I still think go for the doorframe/table. A lot of people have survived doing that, not sure where these pocket stats come from but probably Japan which has suffered a lot of devastating quakes lately.

Anyway, it makes sense for all my beloved HHers to prepare an earthquake emergency kit (See Post Below), if you don’t already have one. I always had one when I lived there and I always slept better because of it.

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Jul 29, 2008 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

No! Don't believe it!

The dude that is trying to push that theory is being indicted and may go to prison. I read that it is faulty science and very dangerous. I don’t have time to dig up a link, but maybe later.

I swear, if one more person tells me to "work smarter, not harder"...

by Rally Manatee on Jul 29, 2008 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

Myth

Myth
Myth
Myth
Myth
Myth (note the explicit LACK of suggestions to run to a doorway!)

Oh, and yeah, this guy is a fraud. But he is not my source, anyway.

Francisco Rodriguez: 190 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.

by Stirrups on Jul 30, 2008 12:17 AM PDT up reply actions  

And be prepared for an earthquake in advance

Have two big massive containers of fresh Arrowhead water in your shed or wherever, plus an emergency tool kit/medical kit. Also, tie a spare pair of shoes or sandals underneath your bedframe so that you can get to them if it hits when you’re in bed overnight. If the electricity goes out and you need to go investigate it does you no good to step on a shard of shattered glass. You’ll only add to the casualty list.

Also, if a big one hits, fill your bathtub with fresh water immediately (if you don’t have the spare water containers).

This is sound advice from an old-school veterano Californio.

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Jul 29, 2008 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh yeah

and turn gas off at source immediately so know where it is. Don’t smoke after an earthquake (for a while at least).

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Jul 29, 2008 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

Another myth...

only turn off the gas, if you smell a gas leak…otherwise, it could take days to turn it back on again.

by Downing Rules on Jul 30, 2008 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

I was out on a sales call, driving on the 60 right over it when it hit.

Didn’t feel a thing.

Francisco Rodriguez: 190 career saves. 2 career Panthers, tied with Hector Carrasco.

by Stirrups on Jul 29, 2008 2:18 PM PDT reply actions  

Just another day in SoCal

I was on my apartment’s staircase. Thought it was gonna give way there for a sec.

Gather around, children, for the Legend of Mighty Kirk McCaskill

by HaloDutch on Jul 29, 2008 2:42 PM PDT reply actions  

probably just the Ninja at work on the Kotch for Tex deal.

kaboom.

load the spaceship with the rocket fuel... load it with the warriors...

by gdog009 on Jul 29, 2008 3:37 PM PDT reply actions  

i was living in Santa Clarita during the 94 quake......

i was only 11 but damn that moved me outta bed in a hurry

http://bills.sportsbloggingnetwork.com/

by norcaliangelsfan on Jul 29, 2008 8:38 PM PDT reply actions  

I was on the 405 today when it hit

right near the Sherman Oaks Galleria.

Needless to say, I didn’t feel shit.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Jul 29, 2008 11:27 PM PDT reply actions  

More damage at the Galleria ...

incurred during the filming of “Commando.”

by Downing Rules on Jul 30, 2008 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

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