Southern California Earthquake

Ben E Lou · 12-22-2003, 02:39 PM

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MSNBC Breaking News
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6.5 earthquake rocks wide area of Southern California - Temblor off coast felt across broad swath of state An earthquake rocked the central coast Monday and sent tremors across a wide swath of Southern California.

digamma, Sack Attack, rexallsc...who else we got in that area. Franklinnoble maybe?

digamma · 12-22-2003, 02:44 PM

Thanks. A nervous minute or two out here.

I'm ok, though a bit woozy and both literally and figuratively shaken up.

KevinNU7 · 12-22-2003, 02:50 PM

Any major damage?

MrBug708 · 12-22-2003, 02:51 PM

Boy, even Rex gets asked but not me. Im surprised Kippy didn't get asked either. LOL.

I actually didn't feel here in the Pasadena area. I saw it on a post on the UCLA recruiting site and my brother changed the channel to news.

6.5 is significant, but not "the big one" everyone projects. Maybe a precursor

Leonidas · 12-22-2003, 02:51 PM

I'm just waiting for the first idiot on CNN, FOX, or some other 24/7 news network to speculate if al-Qaida might have somehow been involved.

AnalBumCover · 12-22-2003, 02:53 PM

Here in downtown Los Angeles, I just felt a slight sway of the building. And I sit on the 8th floor of a low-rise building (22 stories). No damage, from what I can see.

AnalBumCover · 12-22-2003, 02:54 PM

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Originally posted by Leonidas
I'm just waiting for the first idiot on CNN, FOX, or some other 24/7 news network to speculate if al-Qaida might have somehow been involved.

dola.

Funny you mention it... it was brought up here at work.

digamma · 12-22-2003, 02:54 PM

I'm on the 40th floor of a building, so that may be why I felt it more than you, Bug. We had significant swaying of the building and a couple of office doors slam shut. Got everyone pretty riled up, but no damage reported thus far.

WSUCougar · 12-22-2003, 02:55 PM

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Originally posted by Leonidas
I'm just waiting for the first idiot on CNN, FOX, or some other 24/7 news network to speculate if al-Qaida might have somehow been involved.

Al-Qaida? No.

Lex Luthor? Perhaps...

clintl · 12-22-2003, 03:05 PM

I believe Franklinnoble, like me, lives in Northern California. I didn't feel it here, but I'm pretty far away. Of course, so is LA from the reported epicenter.

Chief Rum · 12-22-2003, 03:05 PM

I'm not sure what surprises me more. That A) SkyDog forgot I lived in SoCal, or B) MrBug forgot me, too, and even mentioned kippy before me; or C) that Franklinnoble and kippy both live in NorCal and aren't anywhere near the quake, or D) that, despite two dogs that would have been freaked out by it and a pretty good sensitivty for this sort of thing, I slept through it all apparently and my first indication anything happened was Ben's post.

I'm not sure whether to be more embarrassed kippy was mentioned and not me, or that I was obviously dead to the world.

FWIW, everything around me and what I can see seems to be okay. No outward sign anything happened. Still have to do a tour of the rest of the condo, though.

CR

clintl · 12-22-2003, 03:11 PM

heybrad is in Southern California, too.

heybrad · 12-22-2003, 03:12 PM

I'm on the 3rd floor of my building here in Costa Mesa and I felt swaying. The Bruce Lee bobblehead doll on my desk was shaking so I figured I wasnt just dizzy.

The epicenter was actually in Cambria which is a good 3 to 4 hours north of LA.

Ben E Lou · 12-22-2003, 03:13 PM

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Originally posted by Chief Rum
That A) SkyDog forgot I lived in SoCal

I knew you were in Cali, but for some reason I had you pictured in the central part. My bad.

Chief Rum · 12-22-2003, 03:14 PM

dola,

I just looked up the news story. It hit seven miles off the coast from San Simeon (I think?), where the Hearst Castle is. That's actually very far north of here. I would even question that is closer to LA than San Francisco. I have been to the Hearst Castle as a kid, and I thought it was up near Carmel and Monterrey Bay. So it wouldn't surpise me if NorCal posters felt it more than SoCal people (although guessing from digamma's report, it was definitely felt down here, too).

Still, I don't feel so bad for having slept through it now.

I hope everyone out here is doing okay. I'm not sure if we have an posters who live along the coast of central California. I also wonder if a seaquake like that triggered a small tsunami? I think you need much deeper water for that to happen, though. Something like that would actually scare me more than the quake.

CR

Chief Rum · 12-22-2003, 03:18 PM

Don't worry about it, SkyDog.

For future reference, I am pretty well smack down in the middle of coastal SoCal, in Orange County, a little bit southeast (along the coast) from Los Angeles, although all int he same SoCal metropolis. I currently live in Anaheim, bit I used to live a feww mile to the south in Costa Mesa, the same city heybrad works in. I didn't know that, though--where do you work heybrad?

Ironically, given your thought process there, SkyDog, and tyhe location of the quake, I would have been more affected, it seems, if I had been in central California.

CR

clintl · 12-22-2003, 03:18 PM

That part of the coast is very sparsely populated. I drove it, and went to Hearst Castle, a few years ago. Hearst Castle is still closer to San Luis Obispo than Monterey, though.

Chief Rum · 12-22-2003, 03:20 PM

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Originally posted by clintl
That part of the coast is very sparsely populated. I drove it, and went to Hearst Castle, a few years ago. Hearst Castle is still closer to San Luis Obispo than Monterey, though.

Either way, it's about as close, maybe even closer, to the Bay Area than LA. All that is a good drive north from here in SOCal. I went to San Luis Obispo more recently than my trip to Hearsty Castle as a kid, and that was a good 4-5 hour drive up the coast.

CR

clintl · 12-22-2003, 03:22 PM

I agree with that, definitely. I think SLO is about the halfway point, isn't it? And it was 30 miles north of there.

Franklinnoble · 12-22-2003, 03:24 PM

I'm NorCal - near Sacramento.

As my wife is fond of saying, "I didn't feel a thing..."

Chief Rum · 12-22-2003, 03:25 PM

Yeah, if I had to pick a halfway point, I would be hardpressed not to pick SLO.

CR

Masked · 12-22-2003, 03:25 PM

It was closer to San Jose than to LA. I am in the South Bay, but did not feel anything. However, my fiance was on the 12th floor of a 16 story building in San Jose and said the whole building was swaying.

heybrad · 12-22-2003, 03:30 PM

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Originally posted by Chief Rum
I didn't know that, though--where do you work heybrad?

I'm on the corner of Harbor and South Coast Drive.

Pyser · 12-22-2003, 03:38 PM

im in west hollywood, slept right through it on the 4th floor of apt building. mustve been further north than i thought.

Chief Rum · 12-22-2003, 03:44 PM

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Originally posted by heybrad
I'm on the corner of Harbor and South Coast Drive.

Wow. You don't work for AAA, do you? I was just at that building taking a test to be a claims agent a couple months ago (didn't pass, stupid test). I lived down just a handful of lights down Harbor on Adams for a whole year, from November, 2002-to last month.

Small world, eh?

CR

MrBug708 · 12-22-2003, 03:45 PM

Chief, I figured you wouldn't see this thread til tonight, so I left you off....lol

digamma · 12-22-2003, 03:51 PM

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Originally posted by Pyser
im in west hollywood, slept right through it on the 4th floor of apt building. mustve been further north than i thought.

Where do you live in WeHo?

Chief Rum · 12-22-2003, 04:12 PM

I thought it was Los Altos?

CR

Glengoyne · 12-22-2003, 04:20 PM

I am in Fresno, and felt it sitting at my desk on the ground floor. I am probably closer to Cambria than either the Northern or Southern Ca posters though. I can drive to Cambria in about an hour and a half, and I doubt either the SoCal or Bay area folks are that close. The parents of one of my good friends lives in Cambria, and the one thing I distinctly remember about their house is a wall consisting entirely of glass looking our over their property. Probably not something designed with a 6.5 earthquake in mind.

SackAttack · 12-22-2003, 04:59 PM

I'm in Santa Clarita, 'bout an hour north of Dodger Stadium.

I felt a couple minor tremors late last night, maybe around 4:30 am, but they were small enough that I really wasn't sure if they were earthquakes, or just construction trucks rumbling past our house (lot of home construction goin' on out here).

At any rate, we either didn't feel it, or I slept soundly through it. No damage to anything anywhere in the house, so I have to think we were far enough north that we didn't get more than a brief shake or two.

SackAttack · 12-22-2003, 05:00 PM

dola - the power did go out, at least briefly, cuz my alarm was flashing when I woke up, but the power company has been telling us for several weeks "On Monday, we're going to turn the power off sometime between 8 am and noon for upgrades," and they hadn't done it yet.

Today's Monday, so it's entirely possible that was the culprit.

tucker342 · 12-22-2003, 05:02 PM

You know what? we have a lot of California posters....

Speaking of California, anyone ever heard of Los Altos? That's where I'm from

RawIsDan · 12-22-2003, 05:03 PM

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Originally posted by WSUCougar
Al-Qaida? No.

Lex Luthor? Perhaps...

tucker342 · 12-22-2003, 05:05 PM

chief rum, yeah yeah, you know what I meant

Pyser · 12-22-2003, 05:19 PM

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Originally posted by digamma
Where do you live in WeHo?

pretty close to sunset and la brea....you near here?

digamma · 12-22-2003, 05:29 PM

I live just north of Sunset off Laurel Canyon.

AnalBumCover · 12-22-2003, 05:31 PM

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Originally posted by tucker342
You know what? we have a lot of California posters....

Speaking of California, anyone ever heard of Los Altos? That's where I'm from

I've heard of Los Altos, CA. It's the same name as my alma mater Los Altos High School in Hacienda Heights.

The football program is top notch, just won the CIF Southern Section Div VI Championship.

They're among three undefeated teams arguing to be the #1 team in the southland.

Sorry... just had to shamelessly plug my school in the conversation.

clintl · 12-22-2003, 05:34 PM

A few deaths are being reported in Paso Robles, which seems to be the city hit hardest so far. Here's the CNN article:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/12/2...ake/index.html

Danny · 12-22-2003, 05:43 PM

Just felt it a little bit in Canoga Park. Was some slight shaking in the floor for 20-30 seconds it seemed.

heybrad · 12-22-2003, 05:55 PM

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Originally posted by Chief Rum
Wow. You don't work for AAA, do you?

No, not AAA although there was a time when we did a lot of work for AAA. I'm on the opposite corner (across from the new IKEA) in the same parking lot with the La Quinta Inn.

Sun Tzu · 12-22-2003, 06:35 PM

Hey Brad.

yabanci · 12-22-2003, 08:47 PM

The thing I love about these earthquakes is they usually don't even wake me up from my sleep. I was born and raised in SoCal and have spent most of my life here. There have only been two times that scared me: One was the big Northridge earthquake in the early 1990s that almost brought the entire five story apartment complex down on top of me. The other was a when an earthquake hit while I was working on the 44th floor of a downtown LA building, and you could actually see and feel the building swaying back and forth (and when I say feel it, I mean that tipping feeling where you feel like if it keeps tipping it's going to fall over). Being 40 floors up during an big earthquake is quite an experience.

Logan · 12-22-2003, 09:47 PM

I live in Central NJ. Everything's ok here

In all seriousness, hope everything is going well for all those effected...

Pyser · 12-22-2003, 09:55 PM

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Originally posted by digamma
I live just north of Sunset off Laurel Canyon.

hey neighbor. im on sierra bonita, just south of sunset.

WussGawd · 12-22-2003, 10:07 PM

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Originally posted by Leonidas
I'm just waiting for the first idiot on CNN, FOX, or some other 24/7 news network to speculate if al-Qaida might have somehow been involved.

ROFL.

Buzzbee · 12-22-2003, 10:12 PM

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Originally posted by heybrad
I'm on the corner of Harbor and South Coast Drive.

I just hope no one is driving by asking how much for a blowjob.

DanGarion · 12-22-2003, 10:20 PM

It's a little far north from here in "The O.C." but supposedly people from here felt it, I myself just think they are crazy.

DanGarion · 12-22-2003, 10:23 PM

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Originally posted by clintl
I believe Franklinnoble, like me, lives in Northern California. I didn't feel it here, but I'm pretty far away. Of course, so is LA from the reported epicenter.

Sleeping? at 11:00 AM! Man get a job!

DanGarion · 12-22-2003, 10:27 PM

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Originally posted by Masked
It was closer to San Jose than to LA. I am in the South Bay, but did not feel anything. However, my fiance was on the 12th floor of a 16 story building in San Jose and said the whole building was swaying.

It's funny because I know exactly where that is. And looking at someone elses post that replied to you already, it appears they know that area way too well...

*looks over at Buzzbee*

daedalus · 12-23-2003, 12:00 AM

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Originally posted by SackAttack
At any rate, we either didn't feel it, or I slept soundly through it.

Lazy bum!

12-22-2003, 02:44 PM	#2
digamma Torchbearer Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: On Lake Harriet	Thanks. A nervous minute or two out here. I'm ok, though a bit woozy and both literally and figuratively shaken up. Last edited by digamma : 12-22-2003 at 02:45 PM.

12-22-2003, 02:50 PM	#3
KevinNU7 College Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: Beantown	Any major damage? __________________ Boston Bashers - III.14 - (8347)

12-22-2003, 02:51 PM	#5
Leonidas College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: East Anglia	I'm just waiting for the first idiot on CNN, FOX, or some other 24/7 news network to speculate if al-Qaida might have somehow been involved. __________________ Molon labe

12-22-2003, 02:53 PM	#6
AnalBumCover College Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: La Mirada, CA	Here in downtown Los Angeles, I just felt a slight sway of the building. And I sit on the 8th floor of a low-rise building (22 stories). No damage, from what I can see. __________________ ABC's Game Giveaway list

12-22-2003, 03:05 PM	#11
Chief Rum Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Where Hip Hop lives	I'm not sure what surprises me more. That A) SkyDog forgot I lived in SoCal, or B) MrBug forgot me, too, and even mentioned kippy before me; or C) that Franklinnoble and kippy both live in NorCal and aren't anywhere near the quake, or D) that, despite two dogs that would have been freaked out by it and a pretty good sensitivty for this sort of thing, I slept through it all apparently and my first indication anything happened was Ben's post. I'm not sure whether to be more embarrassed kippy was mentioned and not me, or that I was obviously dead to the world. FWIW, everything around me and what I can see seems to be okay. No outward sign anything happened. Still have to do a tour of the rest of the condo, though. CR __________________ . . I would rather be wrong...Than live in the shadows of your song...My mind is open wide...And now I'm ready to start...You're not sure...You open the door...And step out into the dark...Now I'm ready. Last edited by Chief Rum : 12-22-2003 at 03:07 PM.

12-22-2003, 02:51 PM	#4
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	Boy, even Rex gets asked but not me. Im surprised Kippy didn't get asked either. LOL. I actually didn't feel here in the Pasadena area. I saw it on a post on the UCLA recruiting site and my brother changed the channel to news. 6.5 is significant, but not "the big one" everyone projects. Maybe a precursor

12-22-2003, 02:54 PM	#8
digamma Torchbearer Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: On Lake Harriet	I'm on the 40th floor of a building, so that may be why I felt it more than you, Bug. We had significant swaying of the building and a couple of office doors slam shut. Got everyone pretty riled up, but no damage reported thus far.

12-22-2003, 03:05 PM	#10
clintl College Starter Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Davis, CA	I believe Franklinnoble, like me, lives in Northern California. I didn't feel it here, but I'm pretty far away. Of course, so is LA from the reported epicenter.

12-22-2003, 03:11 PM	#12
clintl College Starter Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Davis, CA	heybrad is in Southern California, too.

12-22-2003, 03:12 PM	#13
heybrad Norm!!! Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Manassas, VA	I'm on the 3rd floor of my building here in Costa Mesa and I felt swaying. The Bruce Lee bobblehead doll on my desk was shaking so I figured I wasnt just dizzy. The epicenter was actually in Cambria which is a good 3 to 4 hours north of LA.

12-22-2003, 03:14 PM	#15
Chief Rum Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Where Hip Hop lives	dola, I just looked up the news story. It hit seven miles off the coast from San Simeon (I think?), where the Hearst Castle is. That's actually very far north of here. I would even question that is closer to LA than San Francisco. I have been to the Hearst Castle as a kid, and I thought it was up near Carmel and Monterrey Bay. So it wouldn't surpise me if NorCal posters felt it more than SoCal people (although guessing from digamma's report, it was definitely felt down here, too). Still, I don't feel so bad for having slept through it now. I hope everyone out here is doing okay. I'm not sure if we have an posters who live along the coast of central California. I also wonder if a seaquake like that triggered a small tsunami? I think you need much deeper water for that to happen, though. Something like that would actually scare me more than the quake. CR __________________ . . I would rather be wrong...Than live in the shadows of your song...My mind is open wide...And now I'm ready to start...You're not sure...You open the door...And step out into the dark...Now I'm ready.

12-22-2003, 03:18 PM	#16
Chief Rum Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Where Hip Hop lives	Don't worry about it, SkyDog. For future reference, I am pretty well smack down in the middle of coastal SoCal, in Orange County, a little bit southeast (along the coast) from Los Angeles, although all int he same SoCal metropolis. I currently live in Anaheim, bit I used to live a feww mile to the south in Costa Mesa, the same city heybrad works in. I didn't know that, though--where do you work heybrad? Ironically, given your thought process there, SkyDog, and tyhe location of the quake, I would have been more affected, it seems, if I had been in central California. CR __________________ . . I would rather be wrong...Than live in the shadows of your song...My mind is open wide...And now I'm ready to start...You're not sure...You open the door...And step out into the dark...Now I'm ready.

12-22-2003, 03:22 PM	#19
clintl College Starter Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Davis, CA	I agree with that, definitely. I think SLO is about the halfway point, isn't it? And it was 30 miles north of there.

12-22-2003, 03:24 PM	#20
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	I'm NorCal - near Sacramento. As my wife is fond of saying, "I didn't feel a thing..."

12-22-2003, 03:25 PM	#21
Chief Rum Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Where Hip Hop lives	Yeah, if I had to pick a halfway point, I would be hardpressed not to pick SLO. CR __________________ . . I would rather be wrong...Than live in the shadows of your song...My mind is open wide...And now I'm ready to start...You're not sure...You open the door...And step out into the dark...Now I'm ready.

12-22-2003, 03:25 PM	#22
Masked College Starter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Bay Area	It was closer to San Jose than to LA. I am in the South Bay, but did not feel anything. However, my fiance was on the 12th floor of a 16 story building in San Jose and said the whole building was swaying.

12-22-2003, 03:38 PM	#24
Pyser Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Los Angeles	im in west hollywood, slept right through it on the 4th floor of apt building. mustve been further north than i thought.

12-22-2003, 03:45 PM	#26
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	Chief, I figured you wouldn't see this thread til tonight, so I left you off....lol

12-22-2003, 04:12 PM	#28
Chief Rum Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Where Hip Hop lives	I thought it was Los Altos? CR __________________ . . I would rather be wrong...Than live in the shadows of your song...My mind is open wide...And now I'm ready to start...You're not sure...You open the door...And step out into the dark...Now I'm ready.

12-22-2003, 04:20 PM	#29
Glengoyne Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Fresno, CA	I am in Fresno, and felt it sitting at my desk on the ground floor. I am probably closer to Cambria than either the Northern or Southern Ca posters though. I can drive to Cambria in about an hour and a half, and I doubt either the SoCal or Bay area folks are that close. The parents of one of my good friends lives in Cambria, and the one thing I distinctly remember about their house is a wall consisting entirely of glass looking our over their property. Probably not something designed with a 6.5 earthquake in mind.

12-22-2003, 04:59 PM	#30
SackAttack Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Green Bay, WI	I'm in Santa Clarita, 'bout an hour north of Dodger Stadium. I felt a couple minor tremors late last night, maybe around 4:30 am, but they were small enough that I really wasn't sure if they were earthquakes, or just construction trucks rumbling past our house (lot of home construction goin' on out here). At any rate, we either didn't feel it, or I slept soundly through it. No damage to anything anywhere in the house, so I have to think we were far enough north that we didn't get more than a brief shake or two.

12-22-2003, 05:00 PM	#31
SackAttack Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Green Bay, WI	dola - the power did go out, at least briefly, cuz my alarm was flashing when I woke up, but the power company has been telling us for several weeks "On Monday, we're going to turn the power off sometime between 8 am and noon for upgrades," and they hadn't done it yet. Today's Monday, so it's entirely possible that was the culprit.

12-22-2003, 05:02 PM	#32
tucker342 Pro Starter Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Iowa City, IA	You know what? we have a lot of California posters.... Speaking of California, anyone ever heard of Los Altos? That's where I'm from

12-22-2003, 05:05 PM	#34
tucker342 Pro Starter Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Iowa City, IA	chief rum, yeah yeah, you know what I meant

12-22-2003, 05:29 PM	#36
digamma Torchbearer Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: On Lake Harriet	I live just north of Sunset off Laurel Canyon.

12-22-2003, 05:34 PM	#38
clintl College Starter Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Davis, CA	A few deaths are being reported in Paso Robles, which seems to be the city hit hardest so far. Here's the CNN article: http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/12/2...ake/index.html

12-22-2003, 05:43 PM	#39
Danny Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	Just felt it a little bit in Canoga Park. Was some slight shaking in the floor for 20-30 seconds it seemed.

12-22-2003, 06:35 PM	#41
Sun Tzu Pro Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In the thick of it.	Hey Brad. __________________ I'm still here. Don't touch my fucking bacon.

12-22-2003, 08:47 PM	#42
yabanci College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jun 2003	The thing I love about these earthquakes is they usually don't even wake me up from my sleep. I was born and raised in SoCal and have spent most of my life here. There have only been two times that scared me: One was the big Northridge earthquake in the early 1990s that almost brought the entire five story apartment complex down on top of me. The other was a when an earthquake hit while I was working on the 44th floor of a downtown LA building, and you could actually see and feel the building swaying back and forth (and when I say feel it, I mean that tipping feeling where you feel like if it keeps tipping it's going to fall over). Being 40 floors up during an big earthquake is quite an experience.

12-22-2003, 09:47 PM	#43
Logan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: NYC	I live in Central NJ. Everything's ok here In all seriousness, hope everything is going well for all those effected... Last edited by Logan : 12-22-2003 at 09:47 PM.

12-22-2003, 10:20 PM	#47
DanGarion Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Great Northwest	It's a little far north from here in "The O.C." but supposedly people from here felt it, I myself just think they are crazy. __________________ Los Angeles Dodgers Check out the FOFC Groups on Facebook! and Reddit! DON'T REPORT ME BRO!

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