Off Topic · OT: Holy CRAP! Earthquake! (page 2)

thanks, i'll have to remember that bro.

TMS, also, you have to remember than anything less than a 12.7 is considered a medium earthquake out there.

I suggest wearing plate armor.

actually my LA friends freaked out about it too so this one wasn't small by their standards... i think wearing body armor is a good idea at this point.. either that or i get myself a waterbed & a fat girlfriend & hope the next one hits when i'm gettin down & dirty w/her... that should set off some serious aftershocks.

[Edited by - TMS on 07-29-2008 7:46 PM]

Posted by Solace:

TMS, also, you have to remember than anything less than a 12.7 is considered a medium earthquake out there.

I suggest wearing plate armor.

LOL!

Posted by TMS:

actually my LA friends freaked out about it too so this one wasn't small by their standards... i think wearing body armor is a good idea at this point.. either that or i get myself a waterbed & a fat girlfriend & hope the next one hits when i'm gettin down & dirty w/her... that should set off some serious aftershocks.

[Edited by - TMS on 07-29-2008 7:46 PM]

Well, there goes dinner... j/k

Fat girlfriends are fine as long as you live in the dark.

It was a roller, I'm kind of surprised, but very grateful there wasn't more damage.

Posted by PhilinLA:

It was a roller, I'm kind of surprised, but very grateful there wasn't more damage.

u mean there's other kinds of earthquakes to watch out for? i hope there's nothing called a slammer or breaker in there anywhere.

Posted by TMS:

Posted by PhilinLA:

It was a roller, I'm kind of surprised, but very grateful there wasn't more damage.

u mean there's other kinds of earthquakes to watch out for? i hope there's nothing called a slammer or breaker in there anywhere.

Don't forget the Annihilator and the OutToSea-er.

Posted by TMS:

Posted by PhilinLA:

It was a roller, I'm kind of surprised, but very grateful there wasn't more damage.

u mean there's other kinds of earthquakes to watch out for? i hope there's nothing called a slammer or breaker in there anywhere.

Hey man, your living in california man, don't worry about it. Between the fires, floods, mudslides, wind storms, traffic, polution and over population the place is rightously rad dude!

T, you get used to it. Just like NY with its falling cranes, terror strikes and blackouts. Drama, always drama!

And the Lakers man, the Lakers!

Posted by Solace:

Posted by TMS:

Posted by PhilinLA:

It was a roller, I'm kind of surprised, but very grateful there wasn't more damage.

u mean there's other kinds of earthquakes to watch out for? i hope there's nothing called a slammer or breaker in there anywhere.

Don't forget the Annihilator and the OutToSea-er.

QUAKEBURY....

Since I came to Japan about 5 month ago, Ive been through some earthquakes here. Originally coming from Munich, Germany Ive never had any experience with it so at first it was really strange.
Now the special thing about Japan really is, that people here are so used to it and the infrastructure here is so good, that nobody really is paniking. Its freaky when there is a big earthquake in the high 6s that literally shakes your bed for about 2 minutes (which can seem like eternity) and the next morning you even have a difficult time to find something of it written in the papers! Makes you kind of calm after a while too.

As for where to go... safest place is said to be in the solid doorway I guess.

Posted by TMS:

Holy shnikeys, I just experienced my 1st earthquake!!! That was pretty intense.

At first I thought some fat person was jumping up & down in the apartment above me, but then my whole room started to shake for like 10 seconds & I was like "OH SH*T!" & ran out to my balcony. LOL. I don't even know WTF i'm supposed to do in that situation. (I live in a 3 story building so I was like fuggit, I'ma jump this biznotch if stuff starts breaking off up in here... hahaha)

They say it was a 5.6, I guess big enough to warrant a special report on the news right now.

Didn't know you lived out West. Beautiful out there. I visit S. Cal. area every two years. My girlfriends father called and apparently it was felt all the way to the Palm Springs area. He said he never felt one that strong before and it just about knocked him over. I believe it's a good 200 miles away from the coast, so that's quite an area. I think the architecture out there is supposed to be earth quake proof, but only to a certain point. I think I heard it was a 6.something and that's pretty strong. I think when you start getting over 7.0 on, then you really feel it.

I always heard that if one occurs, you are to get between a door jam. I would say get yourself a really strong table next to the door and if one ever hits again, you can crawl under the table and pull it under the jam.

this one was a 5.8 but trust me, u could feel the whole house shaking & moving underneath you... next time 1 hits i'ma put my knicks jersey on, jump on the balcony holding a bag full of rusty nails & snap a photo of myself w/the caption "EPIC FAIL"