Did you feel it?

[Betty]

Your Lemur warning alert today is Orange.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I assume that lemurs give alarms every hour or so

[innerSpaceman]

So with a hurricane now heading its way up the east coast, ya think eastcoasters will finally realize, with basis for comparison nicely under their belts, why we westcoasters would rather have earthquakes than hurricanes?

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

So with a hurricane now heading its way up the east coast, ya think eastcoasters will finally realize, with basis for comparison nicely under their belts, why we westcoasters would rather have earthquakes than hurricanes?

24 hours from now my house will be effected by hurricane Irene. I have water, non pershiable food and a backup power source. Try that with your precious earthquakes.

[Morrigoon]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

24 hours from now my house will be effected by hurricane Irene. I have water, non pershiable food and a backup power source. Try that with your precious earthquakes.

Water: that's what the toilet tank is for, and our obsession with bottled water
Non-perishable food: Believe it or not, we have canned food on the West Coast too, and since fresh food is so vastly much better and widely available, it usually remains uneaten in our pantries, ready for the next quake
Backup power source: Okay, ya got us there, we just have phenomenal weather.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by Alex

And the point is that knowing takes all the fun out of it.

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Oh, we KNOW it's coming!

And knowing is half the battle!

[Stan4dSteph]

I'm going to put some water in pitchers ahead of time just in case there's any flooding that affects the water supply. I'm hoping we don't lose power, but if we do I'm probably set with PB and jelly sandwiches for the duration. I also have a propane stove I could use outside. Other than that, I'm not really too worried. Hopefully nothing will fall on the house. If my car is damaged, I need a new one anyway!

[Alex]

I want hurricanes too!

Frankly, I just want the earth to reach out and threaten my life in a completely random uncaring way.

[Alex]

I have water, non-perishable food, and a backup power source too*. Then I spend 16 hours a day 40 miles away from them.

I wanna wear a tie as a bandanna and kill Piggy on Mission Streeet!


*and actually I lied**, I don't have any of that stuff. Partly because I'm lazy, partly because I'm confident that my life will continue to be extremely boring, and partly because if there is a giant civilization disrupting disaster it sounds more fun to greet it underprepared.


** actually, I lied about lying. We do have an earthquake kit in the closet and the trunk of the car***. However, they were bought in 2002 so I suspect they aren't as useful as they once might have been.

*** actually, I kind of lied about that too. Lani thinks we have one in the car, but earlier this year I was cleaning the car and got annoyed at that thing always being in the way so I tossed it****. So if she is driving alone and drives off an embankment in the middle of nowhere, breaking both legs and unable to walk but dies of thirst after dragging herself to the trunk, don't tell her.

**** yeah, a bit of a fib. I just moved it to the closet with the other one. But the point is, it's not in the car.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Alex

I have water, non-perishable food, and a backup power source too*. Then I spend 16 hours a day 40 miles away from them.

I wanna wear a tie as a bandanna and kill Piggy on Mission Streeet!


*and actually I lied**, I don't have any of that stuff. Partly because I'm lazy, partly because I'm confident that my life will continue to be extremely boring, and partly because if there is a giant civilization disrupting disaster it sounds more fun to greet it underprepared.


** actually, I lied about lying. We do have an earthquake kit in the closet and the trunk of the car***. However, they were bought in 2002 so I suspect they aren't as useful as they once might have been.

*** actually, I kind of lied about that too. Lani thinks we have one in the car, but earlier this year I was cleaning the car and got annoyed at that thing always being in the way so I tossed it****. So if she is driving alone and drives off an embankment in the middle of nowhere, breaking both legs and unable to walk but dies of thirst after dragging herself to the trunk, don't tell her.

**** yeah, a bit of a fib. I just moved it to the closet with the other one. But the point is, it's not in the car.

The point is, I get the chance to prepare when I know it's coming rather than for something I have no idea when it's coming.

Oh, and thanks for not raking me over the coals for my use of "effected"