The Chino area of Los Angeles had a moderate earthquake this morning at 11:42am PST. It was felt from Santa Barbara to San Diego and out to Los Vegas. At first figure out was a 5.8 and was quickly downgraded to a 5.6 and then to a 5.4 on the richter scale. I have heard through word of mouth that Temecula California lost power for a bit, and the usual broken pipes and such. The bridges and railways are getting checked just in case, but as of this moment there is no major damage. I am located North of San Diego and I did feel it, and knew right away what was happening. My mother panicked and I had to go over and calm her down. The difference between a 5.4 and a 9.4 earthquake is time! The stronger the earthquake the longer it lasts! When they had that big earthquake in Asia it lasted some nine minutes and people could not stand up at all...this earthquake was maybe 10 to 15 seconds.

I live on the southern California coastal area probably about 50 miles from the epicenter. It was only about 30 second of rumble and a little rocking. No biggie. When I realized it was an earthquake I got up and went outside. By then it had finished.

Safest place, outside away from things that can fall on you like buildings, power lines, trees and branches. I would rather risk leaving a building then stay under a desk or something like that.

Generally no damage because Chino is a relatively new area, a product of suburban sprawl. So most is built to earthquake standards. But the connection between the 241 (toll road hissssss) and 91 freeway is

new, built to standards and closed by a hole I understand.

The three cats did not show any alarm before or during the

quake. So much for animal awareness.

Oh, and "the Arnold", our Governor,

addressed the State. He said he had been

in Calif -O- nia since 1968 when he worked

as a brick layer. The earthquake then gave him

lots of chimney jobs. He spoke of the big ones

he experienced such as the early '70's Northridge

quake and one in Mexico on a film project.

This one was so iddy-biddy it amazes me the

press it gets.

Well it is California after all.

If we were still the Bear Flag Republic we would be amongst

the major economic powers of the world, no lie.

Too bad we are saddled down with the other 49 States.

We have better food purity laws then the Feds, and

Marijuana for the sick. Feds are trying to say we cannot

have either. California just banned transfats, for example.

From the great coastal redwood rain forests of the

northwest, the volcanic ranges of the North east, through

the great central valley - a major bread basket, the coastal

mountain range, the sierra nevada range, the deserts, and

some great beaches and over populated sprawling cities,

We are a great, diverse State.

So where ever you are, stay there, do not come here.

what you feel in an earthquake is this wonderful rolling effect. the farther you are from the center the longer it roles. I remember around 1970, my uncles house and his neighborhood was cleared out because of the Van Norman Dam. I watched Tom Snyder on ch5, reporting this and having grown up in SFV wondered where the hell he as talking about. Finally someone told him it was just called the reservoir. I had the good luck or bad luck to always be somewhere else when they hit.

River

Gosh, I was in California in 1968. If I had stayed, I might have become governor. :-\

My niece said that she needed a hug after the quake! She told her father that she might move to Austin, Texas. He said, "Rattlesnakes." :-\

I used to think that I experience earthquakes everyday. Someone told me that might well be the case. :-\

I live on a fault in Baton Rouge. I live directly on the fault. :-\ The apartment doors and walls shift. :-\

Talk about a rolling effect. I experienced the Guam earthquake of August 1993, which was rated as a 9.1, but which originated deep in the Marianas Trench, so fortunately didn't do a huge amount of damage. I stood in the parking lot of the apartment in which I was living at the time and watched the waves ripple through the ground and the asphalt -- and these were BIG ground waves, maybe a foot or more high, with a wavelength of (I'm remembering now) maybe 50-80 feet or thereabouts. I'd never considered that the ground could become so fluid. Prior to that,the biggest one I'd been in was a 5.8, but you couldn't see anything with that one, just feel the shaking.

We had a small quake up north yesterday but it was very small.I hope everyone is alright down south.

They said that today's earthquake was the strongest since 1994. I would rather live with earthquakes then Tornado's. Hurricanes and snow blizzards...oh my! (just had to). I have lived in California all my life and only experienced a handful of earthquakes.

What concerns me most is a earthquake on the Mississippi river which happened in 1812 and is overdue.

Even South Carolina which seems to be well within the borders of the North American Plate has earthquakes. Apparently some ancient--I mean really ancient--faults exist from former meetings of plates. The big continents have collided and moved apart more than once as the Atlantic opened, closed, and reopened.

The area around Portland, Oregon and Seattle Washington has the risk of severe quakes. The Gordo Plate roughly parallels the northern California Coast, the Juan de Fuca Plate parallels the Oregon and Washington coast, and the Explorer Plate parallels part of the British Columbia coast. That is not a fully accurate description of the arrangement because some maps describe the Juan de Fuca

Plate was parallel but west of the Explorer Plate.

But Alaska seems to be the most active part of our country. It is where archipelagoes like Japan collide to create Alaska. Alaska is formed from such accretions.

I fear tornados. Apparently, building that resist them can be built, but we do not build that kind of structure. In Louisiana, we get them with hurricanes and with thunderstorms.

Hurricanes are relentless. That is what makes dealing with them hard. Then the after effects endure as crews repair fallen power lines. The aftermath of a hurricane involves dealing with sultriness. I have grown tired of dealing with them. They did not bother me until Andrew in 1992.

Hurricane Andrew passed through the Bahamas as a Category 5 hurricane, It was much weaker when it got to Louisiana, but even in weaken form, it was a powerful storm. I was east of it, in the area less damaged by the passage, and I recall vividly the intensity of the wind the night it passed. I slept through much of it, but that is not wise. One needs to be alert because of hurricanes. If I remember correctly, Katrina hip New Orleans with 1 and 2 category intensity.

A strong earthquake could cause the kind of social dissolution people in New Orleans experiences, but I think that some reports of mayhem were overstated.

Riverwind (imported) wrote: Wed Jul 30, 2008 3:58 pm what you feel in an earthquake is this wonderful rolling effect. the farther you are from the center the longer it roles. I remember around 1970, my uncles house and his neighborhood was cleared out because of the Van Norman Dam. I watched Tom Snyder on ch5, reporting this and having grown up in SFV wondered where the hell he as talking about. Finally someone told him it was just called the reservoir. I had the good luck or bad luck to always be somewhere else when they hit.

River

I was in the quake in the SF Bay Area back in '89. It was pretty wild. I rode most of it out in a room I rented above a one car garage. Once I realized it was a good one (the mirror had fallen and all my canned beans hit the floor) I flew out the house. My place was next to the Pacific Bell tower in Redwoodcity, I never new anyone was in the building as it has no windows and a huge parking lot next to 101. But once on the street I saw people pouring outtta that huge monolith like thousands of AIMLESS FUCKING ANTS! They were running every which way screaming and crying....the biggest lot of pathetic humanity I've ever seen!

nutting up

chilli-