CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
Yesterday we experienced at 4.9 earthquake that lasted almost 6 seconds (although by the time it got to our house it was somewhere around a 4.2). It was one of the funnest earthquakes I've ever been in, except that I got seasick afterwards. For those who haven't experienced such a violent earthquake, it feels as if your were standing up in a bumper car, and then got hit from the side. What kind of natural disasters have you guys been in? EDIT: Ah here's the AlertNet article:
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kenman Member Posts: 518 From: Janesville WI Registered: 08-31-2006 |
Been involved in a few tornados, mostly when I was in Texas. They are quite impressive to watch. The one I was oustide sitting in a ditch and it went over our heads. Did not do much damage to buildings, but we watched 55 gal drums of oil fly by our heads. Nothing like a good tornado to get your life back in line!  |
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CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
quote: Hahaha. Cool I'd like to be close to a tornado sometime (may go tornado chasing too). ------------------ |
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CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
quote: Hahaha. Cool! I'd like to be close to a tornado sometime (may go tornado chasing too). ------------------ |
Mene-Mene Member Posts: 1398 From: Fort Wayne, IN, USA Registered: 10-23-2006 |
Quite a few Earthquakes in California, some light floods, thats all I remember. ------------------ |
crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004 |
I don't know if you guys count blizzards as natural "disasters" but I find them to be worth mentioning. Been in a few that nearly buried 1 story houses. I've also seen a few tornadoes. ------------------ |
Klumsy Administrator Posts: 1061 From: Port Angeles, WA, USA Registered: 10-25-2001 |
back in new zealand mostly earthquakes, ussually a couple a year ranging from 5.0 to 7.0ish .. though some volcanic explosions, flooding, cyclones, huge waves - once went surfing in a cyclone/hurricane.
however i wasn't up there then.. there is a cool photo somewhere of this eruption showing the eruption and snowboarders on the mountain at the time. my hometown back in New Zealand sufferd a large earthquake in my grandparents day that killed about 20% of the population..
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CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
quote: Hehe. Do you like the earthquakes? I went on a demo earthquake simulation... it was very fun. More so when the earthquake is real.
quote: Cool! Guatemala has about 3 active volcanos. I've never been on one when it erupted or while it was so I've never seen a lava flow  . A lot of the Govt. employed hiking guides though have seen them. Next time a climbable one erupts, I intend to go see it.
quote: That's because natural disasters scream "God made this earth and he's powerfull... more so than me!". As long as my house isn't severely destroyed by a natural disaster I enjoy them too. I've always wanted to breakdance during an earthquake, but the long ones are so few and far between (the last long one was 2 years ago) and I don't realize one is happening till it's almost over. Still though watching walls move and the floor shake and the rumble is pretty nice. ------------------ [This message has been edited by CPUFreak91 (edited December 04, 2006).] |
zookey Member Posts: 1902 From: Great Falls, Montana, USA Registered: 04-28-2002 |
Pretty tame here in Montana--one VERY light earthquake last year--just shook things slightly and I even knew people who didn't feel it---the only thing that would make you nervous about that is if it was Yellowstone---they have a bulge in one of the lakes kinda like the bulge that was on the side of Mt Saint Helens before it went----and someone I used to work with watched a Discovery thing on it that basically said that a large part of the northwestern US is a crater of an ancient volcano and that, if it went (which that bulge would be a sign) it would be a global killer---I didn't see the special myself so I don't know how true that is but when things first shook it wasn't the earthquake that was scary as much as 'is this a sign of something worse?'---it ended up being near Yellowstone but wasn't that--------other than that very tame here---we don't even get that many severe blizzards where I live--weird considering one nearby town actually has problems where people have a hard time opening their doors after some storms due to snow drifts 5 feet high and bigger--but that town is in a ravine so that may be part of the reason. ------------------ |
Ereon Member Posts: 1018 From: Ohio, United States Registered: 04-12-2005 |
I went through 3 hurricanes while my family lived in Florida. Two smaller ones, and then the infamous Hurricane Ivan that did a huge amount of damage to my town and was considered a big hurricane until Katrina came in. We're talking miles and miles of coastline literally wiped totally clean, roads and all, and washed out to sea, and mounds of tree fragments and even entire trees stacked 40-50 feet high along the roads all through town. It was a mess. The ironic thing though was that the only damage our house even had was one window busted in, and it was cracked like crazy anyway. We didn't even lose so much as a tree. Needless to say allot of people were ALLOT worse off though. ------------------ |
Max Member Posts: 523 From: IA Registered: 09-19-2004 |
tornados, and Iowa's flood of '93. Also, blizzards that rendered people in their house for about 3 days. ------------------ Blind belief is dangerous. - Kenyan Proverb Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. - Pablo Picasso |
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CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
quote: How very odd. That there was a 4.2 earthquake I was talking about that felt really violent and on EDIT:[June] 8th we had a 5.something that I never felt which was in pretty much the same place. Then yesterday (June 13th) there was a 49 second one (I trust the local seismologists more than I do those thousands of miles away for timing) that happened really close (about 70 miles from where I lived). So now I'm curious, if your house started falling apart in a natural disaster, what material things would you take with you if you had the chance? Ignore human life, because I'm assuming it's not going to be a problem (everyone will be safely... away/out/un-hurt) in this utopian disaster For me it'd be the laptop (wouldn't be able to get the power cable in time methinks ------------------ "Oh, bother," said the Borg. "We've assimilated Pooh." "Socialism works great... if there are no people involved." -- Pastor David Ginter, Union Church of Guatemala. My Programming and Hacker/Geek related Blog [This message has been edited by CPUFreak91 (edited June 14, 2007).] |
Lazarus Member Posts: 1668 From: USA Registered: 06-06-2006 |
I'd grab my wallet and my brother's AR-15 and jump out the window. We don't go in for emergency-preparedness around this house... (We used to "talk" about it alot but Mom and Dad don't really have the time to actually do it) |
Faith_Warrior Member Posts: 490 From: So.Cal. Registered: 09-05-2006 |
4.2? Anything under 5.2 I just roll over and go back to sleep usually within seconds. Wood frame houses do very well in an earthquake especially when the foundation is literally carved out of bedrock with a jack hammer and poured right in. What to take? Flashlight (if it’s still dark), boots, knife, pants, shirt and radios (all in the same location). I can always get back in to recover a hard drive, safe, guns or what not even if it collapses flat. |
Cohort X Member Posts: 126 From: The Great Pacific Northwest Registered: 09-16-2006 |
I'd grab my envelope full of receipts and my hunting knife. The receipts for the insurance company if everything turns out alright. And the hunting knife just in case the disaster destroys society/unleashes zombies onto the world/ allows some country with no defense against knives to invade/ or the insurance company needs some encouragement. |
InsanePoet Member Posts: 638 From: Vermont, USA Registered: 03-12-2003 |
Natural Disasters?
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firemaker103 Member Posts: 643 From: Registered: 07-13-2005 |
Good 'ol Ohio. None, unless you count an "almost a blizzard but not really" blizzard. ------------------ [This message has been edited by firemaker103 (edited June 14, 2007).] |
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Faith_Warrior Member Posts: 490 From: So.Cal. Registered: 09-05-2006 |
Blizzards are considered disasters. At least six are listed here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_disasters_by_death_toll
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylmar_earthquake I also grew up in L.A. (hour by bicycle to downtown), that is just one big perpetual disaster... http://www.wtv-zone.com/Mary/Animals/pig2.gif |
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CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
quote: Good uses for a knife. I always have a cellphone and a leatherman on my person at all times, even when I sleep (no I'm not paranoid, I just misplace things). ------------------ "Oh, bother," said the Borg. "We've assimilated Pooh." "Socialism works great... if there are no people involved." -- Pastor David Ginter, Union Church of Guatemala. |
bwoogie Member Posts: 380 From: kansas usa Registered: 03-12-2005 |
I live in kansas so we have our fair share of bad weather. but personally i havnt been affected by it really. However, I came pretty close once. I used to ride my bike to school but one day it was raining way to hard to ride bike so i stayed home (I had no other way, both parents were at work). If I would have went, by the time I would be arriving at my school a tornado was touching down less than a mile away. I believe it was an another time that my school suffered minor damage to the roof and lost power for a few days from a storm. I got there and they were letting kids go home since there was no electricity. But since I rode my bike they told me to stay with some other kids - i guess who walked or their parents just wanted to make them stay o_O. It was pretty fun though. We just played around all day and got free ice cream so it wouldn't melt ------------------ |
steveth45 Member Posts: 536 From: Eugene, OR, USA Registered: 08-10-2005 |
quote: Good to think ahead. I prefer shotguns when it comes to zombies. Speaking of post-apocalyptic scenarios with zombies, I just read _I Am Legend_, a book that has inspired three movies, the most recent of which is coming out later this year, starring the Fresh Prince--I mean Will Smith. It's pretty good for being written in 1954. ------------------ |
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Faith_Warrior Member Posts: 490 From: So.Cal. Registered: 09-05-2006 |
Cell phone seems like a good idea, but don’t expect it to work. You and everyone else will be using the system (overload), if that system is even able to relay due to power outages or damage. Good things to have are a CB or 6M radio (easy 6M license but not sure of the laws outside the US). If you are lucky you can relay an email message over the CB to someone outside of the effected area. Or contact someone directly on a 6M that may be outside of the effected area to send out a call, send an email thru a person or do a modem to modem over the radio or ham satellite. CB is useful though, I keep a walky-talky style CB on my desk with fresh batteries in it. I’m in range of a police station that monitors the emergency channel and during an emergency (about the only time these days) the airwaves usually see some chatter. |
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kenman Member Posts: 518 From: Janesville WI Registered: 08-31-2006 |
Just one thing to carry out Not the grand piano either. Probably one of the pets, or my guitar which ever is making the most noise at the time |
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Mene-Mene Member Posts: 1398 From: Fort Wayne, IN, USA Registered: 10-23-2006 |
Well I don't have a laptop, so I can't exactly haul my desktop out. Probably my harddrive, and my Bible. I slept through most earth quakes. ------------------ I reserve the full right to change my views/theories at any time. [This message has been edited by Mene-Mene (edited June 15, 2007).] |
