madhat

Dang it... my first real earthquake... I've been in a few little tremors before, nothing like today. Kinda cool, actually... it was a 7.2 in Baha, Mexico, I'd guess it was about a 5 here in Yuma. I was tailgating outside with some friends, I thought someone was shaking the truck. I was like, 'Stop shaking the truck, you almost spilled my beer!' I looked over at the house, the windows were bowing, the wife's 3/4 ton was shaking something serious, and my truck was actually rocking. Enough to move the pictures on the wall, not enough to knock anything off. Shook the kegerator enough to make the next few pours a little foamy, but that did not take long to resolve

Welcome to the west coast, madaht!

pind

Must be kinda shook up, and the foam went straight to your brain....

Seriously, earthquakes are cool, and at least nobody got hurt, and nothing broken.

You'll feel more, guaranteed.

On a side note, I was down at NAPA the other day, and a couple Chinook choppers came in low and slow to the airport. You want to feel a building shake....

madhat

Funny... I've felt a lot of man made quakes... those dang 18 pilots buzzing us... kinda like some top gun!

The foam was quickly disposed of down the hatch... we have a procedure her for that!

I'm really not that scared, to be honest. We live in a one story, which is rented, so anything that happens to the house is not my problem. I have a tent.

ofcmarc

I used to live in an A-frame that was directly on the approach for and Army runway. I could easily tell which kind of helicopter was flying over by how much the walls shook. Chinooks were by far the biggest shakers. The Blackhawks weren't too bad and the Kiowas were like flys....

PistolWhipt

Quakes are fun ... as long as you are in a location where you can safely enjoy them.

My first was in Long Beach back in '87. Other than the carbide tipped milling cutters that were flying off the walls of the machine shop I was in at the time ... it was really cool watching everything, and I do mean everything start rolling like it was on a boat at sea.
The people stuck on the draw bridge outside the base had a different outlook on the situation !! Their pucker factor was pretty high !!!


Glad you and the family came through unaffected, Hat !!

Cheers,
PISTOL

rockcrawler304

I have only felt one quake and it was very minor. Still a wierd feeling.

Glad all is will madaht !!

Blake Clark

Is that the new Indian truck they got coming out.


We have enough with hurricanes and flooding down here, not sure I could handle earthquakes too....

rebal

I have lived in crappyfornia my whole life and have yet to feel one Im hopping San Fransisco falls in the ocean so I can feel one

CD in NM

I grew up in Northridge, CA - I experienced a lot of EQ's there through the years. The Sylmar quake in 1971 did a lt of damage, my home was damaged considerably, it was a 6.1 quake. The Northridge quake in the 90's really tore up the San FernandoValley.

Shake, rattle and roll . . kind of sounds like a diesel with death wobble, eh?


CD

madhat

I type like that when I drink sometimes...
If it keeps it up, I'm gonna have some ocean front property in Yuma...

All quiet here this morning.

txarrowhunter

I haven't been in an earthquake yet. If it's anything like a tornado I wouldn't want to be in one....lol. Floods are most common where I live.

cougar

Earthquakes alone are boring, so I moved to AK were I can get volcanoes too.

Hvytrkmech

My son was in Cali for the summer last year when a 6.something struck. He called me in a state of panic asking what to do. I said I don't know, never been through one.

Glad you saved the beer.

tankeryanker

Man that could have made the evening news if that kegerator blew.
I can see the headlines now. Man drowns in river of beer after 6.2 quake.

madhat

No kidding... get the wife and kids out... check. Roll kegerator out and fire up generator... check.
I would not say drown... I'd try to drink it...