7.8 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA!!! - Page 2

Ghoulish Delight · 11-13-2008, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by mousepod

Just watching the simulations made me nauseated.

Wow, Palm Springs is TOAST. I imagine their drills today must involve rubble clearing and emergency morgue procedures.

blueerica · 11-13-2008, 12:00 PM

You guys... -sigh-

I got freaked out. Not funny. Not. Funny. I do think we would have felt it or people would be crying/freaking out/calling what happened... we have a number of So Cal'ers in this building.

I do think that this scale of disaster preparedness is absolutely necessary, esp. for So Cal, and I applaud the effort.

alphabassettgrrl · 11-13-2008, 12:01 PM

I would have found it amusing had we had an actual quake.

And yes, texting works better than trying to make an actual call after disaster. Not perfect, but better.

JWBear · 11-13-2008, 12:22 PM

I appologize to the non-Southern Californians.

lashbear · 11-13-2008, 12:23 PM

I think I felt it too...

Capt Jack · 11-13-2008, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by alphabassettgrrl

I would have found it amusing had we had an actual quake.

yeah, the guy on the news this morning was saying "if we actually have one during this drill, we'll either look like total geniuses or complete idiots"

Snowflake · 11-13-2008, 01:05 PM

Visible DP mojo.

I confess, I knew about the simulation, but when I read the thread title, I thought "Oh man! NPR has failed me!"

Not Afraid · 11-13-2008, 01:10 PM

OH! So that's why my closet collapsed.

Morrigoon · 11-13-2008, 01:14 PM

ALex and I were watching tv when the Emergency Alert thingy happened. They were saying to please drill if you were watching it, by taking cover, etc. We looked around our living room and were like, well, we're fvcked. Hehe. Of course, we're also a single door away from the outside here, and that's our nearest doorway, so I guess we'd have run outside.

Not Afraid · 11-13-2008, 01:32 PM

I hope not to be in my closet when the big one hits.

11-13-2008, 12:00 PM	#12
blueerica Nueve Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,497	You guys... -sigh- I got freaked out. Not funny. Not. Funny. I do think we would have felt it or people would be crying/freaking out/calling what happened... we have a number of So Cal'ers in this building. I do think that this scale of disaster preparedness is absolutely necessary, esp. for So Cal, and I applaud the effort. __________________ Tomorrow is the day for you and me
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11-13-2008, 12:01 PM	#13
alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	I would have found it amusing had we had an actual quake. And yes, texting works better than trying to make an actual call after disaster. Not perfect, but better. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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11-13-2008, 12:22 PM	#14
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11-13-2008, 12:23 PM	#15
lashbear SwishBuckling Bear Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In Isolation :) Posts: 6,597	I think I felt it too... __________________ *I Heart* my Husband - I can't think of anyone I'd rather be in isolation with.**
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11-13-2008, 01:05 PM	#17
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	Visible DP mojo. I confess, I knew about the simulation, but when I read the thread title, I thought "Oh man! NPR has failed me!" __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	OH! So that's why my closet collapsed.
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11-13-2008, 01:14 PM	#19
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	ALex and I were watching tv when the Emergency Alert thingy happened. They were saying to please drill if you were watching it, by taking cover, etc. We looked around our living room and were like, well, we're fvcked. Hehe. Of course, we're also a single door away from the outside here, and that's our nearest doorway, so I guess we'd have run outside. __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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11-13-2008, 01:32 PM	#20
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	I hope not to be in my closet when the big one hits.
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