I feel the earth move, under my feet

[Snowflake]

4.1 quake a few minutes ago. Centered in Milpitas.

[Alex]

I seem to have been the only one to feel it on the 6th floor of my Financial District building. Which is odd, I'm usually the the oblivious one.

[Snowflake]

I seem to have been the only one to feel it on the 6th floor of my Financial District building. Which is odd, I'm usually the the oblivious one.

I felt it too, my cubicle mate did not.

[Gemini Cricket]

I feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling down...

[blueerica]

I feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling down...

Yeah, thanks, now I have Carly Simon in my head.

[Ghoulish Delight]

You are mistaken. Earthquake weather is hot and dry. Anything that happens not during hot and dry conditions is not an earthquake.

[Alex]

Compared to my coworkers in Delaware, it is hot and dry here. Maybe, like humidity, earthquake weather is relative.

[Gemini Cricket]

I always think of millipedes when I hear "Milpitas". And, well, when I hear "Placentia" I think of... never mind, yuck.

[Chernabog]

http://twilightheadquarters.com/placenta.html

That is the grossest thing I have ever seen.
WARNING: It's really freaking gross. I am warning you.

[Andrew]

I was in a meeting (yay) at my office in Mountain View and we felt on medium jolt and then nothing else. Now I'm home and there is apparently no damage and the cats aren't noticeably more (or less) psycho than usual.

[JWBear]

I always think of millipedes when I hear "Milpitas". And, well, when I hear "Placentia" I think of... never mind, yuck.

Hey! I grew up in Placentia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placentia_CA)!

[alphabassettgrrl]

Cherny, there are ::recipes::?????

[Alex]

Sure, presumably if you're going to eat it, you'd prefer it taste good.

That said, I'm not all that ugged out. If it weren't complete social taboo, and if it could be acquired ethically, and I'd if it weren't for an extremely heightened risk of food-borne illness, I'd be willing to try haunch o' human.

Placenta would fall into that realm of meat products I don't expect to be very pleasant but there's only one way to know.

[Kevy Baby]

I always think of millipedes when I hear "Milpitas". And, well, when I hear "Placentia" I think of... never mind, yuck.What do you think of when you hear "Los Banos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Banos,_California)?"

[Gemini Cricket]

What do you think of when you hear "Los Banos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Banos,_California)?"
Exactly what you'd think I'd think.

And whenever I hear "Pico Rivera" I picture some short Latino kid following Geraldo around.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I won't be eating my placenta but I wouldn't begrudge anyone who did. Seriously.

I spent 9 months making a steak...why not get some nutrition out of it?

Ok, it's not really a steak. In fact, they say it doesn't taste good at all and needs some serious processing to get it palatable. However, if it were tasty, I'd be oddly tempted. A rare treat, eh?

Earthquake to Placenta eating in nothing flat. :D Glad to hear it wasn't too big a quake...

(BTW I thought quake weather was hazy...)

[alphabassettgrrl]

I could maybe see eating your own, but I don't think I could eat someone else's. Maybe if it were my girlfriend but even then... I think it would be a little wierd.

Then again, when faced with it for real, maybe it wouldn't be a big deal. Hard to say. For now? Wierd.

[Gemini Cricket]

Placenta: it's what's for dinner.

[Ghoulish Delight]

(BTW I thought quake weather was hazy...)
That's only in LA, but that's only because it's ALWAYS hazy. It's like saying the sun rising causes earthquakes since, afterall, every time there's been an earthquake, the sun had risen something within 24hrs preceding it.

[Chernabog]

Placenta: it's what's for dinner.

Sorry hun, I'll still take c0ck: the other white meat. :D

[Kevy Baby]

I think we just had another one. Either that, or someone ran into our building in Santa Ana (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=201+sandpointe+ave,+santa+ana,+ca&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=201+Sandpointe+Ave,+Santa+Ana,+Orange,+Calif ornia+92707&gl=us&ei=VuFLS_GqMIvKsAOd46WiCw&ved=0CAoQ8gEwAA&ll=33.697458,-117.86562&spn=0.013336,0.016072&z=16&layer=c&cbll=33.697556,-117.865612&panoid=sDY2oeENRc8w8Q57clM2aw&cbp=12,315.66,,1,-4.64).


ETA: Apparently, it was a 4.3 near Banning (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/ci14571828.php)

[Alex]

4.3, near Beaumont.

[JWBear]

We didn't feel it in Long Beach.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Dog reacting to quake (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG5w7oo-vak)

[JWBear]

Check out the cat at about 28 seconds into this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTPavuKbjzU)

[Gemini Cricket]

Check out the cat at about 28 seconds into this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTPavuKbjzU)
Could you imagine being at Lisa's house when an earthquake hits? All those cats screaming and darting around... It might feel like you're inside a blender.

:D

[JWBear]

Dog reacting to quake (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG5w7oo-vak)

The same dog can be seen here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34aWabCkrgk&feature=related) and here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojpmRaMwYFA&feature=related).

[Kevy Baby]

Dog reacting to quake (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG5w7oo-vak)I love this comment:
Its just a coincidence that the earthquake happened at that moment.. The dog was just laying there minding his own business and let out a huuuge gut-churning fart... and then the building started to shake and the dog was ll like 'damn what are they feeding me?' and decided to get the flock out of there quick!

[alphabassettgrrl]

Interesting. The dog reacted even before the shaking hit. The last quake we got here my dog just stood up and looked around nervously. Don't know how the cat reacted; she wasn't close.

[Snowflake]

No, I didn't feel it, but Haiti 7.0 today.

[Kevy Baby]

No, I didn't feel it, but Haiti 7.0 today.Seems I missed Haiti Vista.

I still prefer Haiti XP though

[blueerica]

No, I didn't feel it, but Haiti 7.0 today.

I just read about that. Yikes...

[Moonliner]

I'm probably behind the times on this but I just found out I could donate $5 to the Red Cross to aid in disaster relief via text message.

Text: give to 24357 (http://american.redcross.org/site/PageNavigator/ntld_nolnav_text2help_faqs)

Great for lazy people like me who still want to help

[alphabassettgrrl]

Thanks, Moonie! I saw that but didn't write down the number.