The earthquake appears to have hit very close to you. It woke me up. What was
your (and Harriet's) response? My dogs jumped up and wanted outside

diddy wrote:

The earthquake appears to have hit very close to you. It woke me up. What was
your (and Harriet's) response? My dogs jumped up and wanted outside

The dogs and I slept right through it but both kids felt it.

Julian's "alarm clock" went off. He gets up in the morning when the
dogs and I start moving around the house. I'm pretty quiet but I
thought maybe it was the sound of the dogs claws on the pergo that was
cueing him in. Turns out, though, that he keeps a glass of water on the
shelf next to his bed and any little vibration makes the glass rattle
and the water ripple. So, 4:30 in the morning he thinks it's breakfast
time, comes wandering out and sees the house is still dark, so he
figured maybe a truck drove past and went back to bed.

It woke Elaine as well and was noticeable enough that she turned her
radio on, thinking maybe there'd been an explosion. That was when she
found out about the earthquake.

By the time I got up at 6 MoDot crews were already out inspecting
bridges and overpasses.

Kathleen spoke these words of wisdom in
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diddy wrote:

The earthquake appears to have hit very close to you. It woke me up.
What was your (and Harriet's) response? My dogs jumped up and wanted
outside

The dogs and I slept right through it but both kids felt it.

Julian's "alarm clock" went off. He gets up in the morning when the
dogs and I start moving around the house. I'm pretty quiet but I
thought maybe it was the sound of the dogs claws on the pergo that was
cueing him in. Turns out, though, that he keeps a glass of water on the
shelf next to his bed and any little vibration makes the glass rattle
and the water ripple. So, 4:30 in the morning he thinks it's breakfast
time, comes wandering out and sees the house is still dark, so he
figured maybe a truck drove past and went back to bed.

It woke Elaine as well and was noticeable enough that she turned her
radio on, thinking maybe there'd been an explosion. That was when she
found out about the earthquake.

By the time I got up at 6 MoDot crews were already out inspecting
bridges and overpasses.



Where are you from again?
In Indianapolis, they closed the airport for an hour and evacuated the
control tower, and inspected the runways before resuming air traffic.

Here in Central/Western Ohio, it was a magnitude 3 shaker. I woke up,
assessing the situation. My dogs were already up, badgering me to let them
out. My husband woke up and asked me to please quit vibrating the bed. I
know now a massage bed would not be appreciated by him). I told him it's
not me or the dogs, it's an earthquake. We laid there listening. I let the
dogs out, and got back in bed and it was still shaking. I live on a branch
of the New Madrid fault, so I got up and checked USGS.com and sure enough
there WAS an earthquake listed! How cool!
Bigger and closer than I thought. I guess it was NORTH of the New Madrid
fault. I wasn't aware of any other faults in this area. I thought the New
Madrid Fault was THE fault.. that extended clear to Boston Massachussetts,

"diddy" none wrote in message
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Kathleen spoke these words of wisdom in
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I live on a branch
of the New Madrid fault, so I got up and checked USGS.com and sure enough
there WAS an earthquake listed! How cool!
Bigger and closer than I thought. I guess it was NORTH of the New Madrid
fault. I wasn't aware of any other faults in this area. I thought the New
Madrid Fault was THE fault.. that extended clear to Boston Massachussetts,


Glad to hear you and yours are fine, diddy. And the others as they check
in. We have some friends driving down here. They should have been right
about in the center of it last night. I bet they'll have a tale to tell
once they arrive.


td

diddy none wrote in
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The earthquake appears to have hit very close to you. It woke me
up. What was your (and Harriet's) response? My dogs jumped up and
wanted outside

I was in the shower. Holy crap! I don't know what Harriet made of
it, but it sure as heck got my attention. I'd been planning on going
in to work today, to make up for being off yesterday (hi, Tiny!), but
decided I'd rather be at home. Call me silly, but I really didn't
like the idea of being in an 11 story building full of books if there
were after-shocks.

There were all sorts of maintenance folks milling about this
afternoon, checking for damage, I guess. We took advantage of the
spectacular weather and spent the day outside, sunning (Harriet) and
digging flower beds (me) and supervising (Pandora).

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

diddy none wrote in
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My husband woke up and asked me to please quit
vibrating the bed.

Ha! My mom said that my brother thought it was the wind. WTF?! I
realize they live in an old house, but still, an earthquake doesn't
feel like wind.

Bigger and closer than I thought. I guess it was NORTH of the New
Madrid fault.

It was on the Wabash Valley fault system. Bloomington is about
halfway between the epicenter and Indy, so it was a little too close
for comfort.

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

In article ,
Shelly wrote:
Ha! My mom said that my brother thought it was the wind. WTF?! I
realize they live in an old house, but still, an earthquake doesn't
feel like wind.

I was on the top floor of a wood frame building built on
fill in west Berkeley for the Loma Prieta Quake, and I
thought it felt like really, really bad air turbulence when
flying.

It was on the Wabash Valley fault system. Bloomington is about
halfway between the epicenter and Indy, so it was a little too close
for comfort.

Did you lose services? I've seen photos of some damage but
it's impossible to tell from the media how widespread it
was.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community

(Melinda Shore) wrote in news:fuauho$i90$1
@panix3.panix.com:

I thought it felt like really, really bad air turbulence when
flying.

I have no flying experience (well, not since I was 3-4 years old),
but that does *not* sound pleasant.

Did you lose services? I've seen photos of some damage but it's
impossible to tell from the media how widespread it was.

I've seen no serious local damage, but I didn't wander very far today
(a couple of cracked sidewalks in my complex, a new crack in one of
the cement steps up to my building, and some water in the basement).
As far as I know, no services were out, but that doesn't mean
anything, either.

I noticed that there were folks out inspecting the buildings in my
complex, presumably for damage. Harriet was kind of offended by
them, and I got the impression that the feeling was mutual.

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

Not that you would think we felt it in the Youngstown area, but I didn't -
and Atty apparently didn't, either. So there, we've "checked in" from the
NE quadrant of Ohio. Waiting to hear from my brother in Mason and college
roommate in Cinci.

just got my answer..... from Mason, Ohio....
"-Yes. Our beds were shaking for a few seconds. We were all awakened and
at our bedroom doors looking to see if the others had felt something, too. "

Just another ride at King's Island... or whatever they call it now.

Sue and Atty

diddy wrote:

Kathleen spoke these words of wisdom in
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diddy wrote:


The earthquake appears to have hit very close to you. It woke me up.
What was your (and Harriet's) response? My dogs jumped up and wanted
outside

The dogs and I slept right through it but both kids felt it.

Julian's "alarm clock" went off. He gets up in the morning when the
dogs and I start moving around the house. I'm pretty quiet but I
thought maybe it was the sound of the dogs claws on the pergo that was
cueing him in. Turns out, though, that he keeps a glass of water on the
shelf next to his bed and any little vibration makes the glass rattle
and the water ripple. So, 4:30 in the morning he thinks it's breakfast
time, comes wandering out and sees the house is still dark, so he
figured maybe a truck drove past and went back to bed.

It woke Elaine as well and was noticeable enough that she turned her
radio on, thinking maybe there'd been an explosion. That was when she
found out about the earthquake.

By the time I got up at 6 MoDot crews were already out inspecting
bridges and overpasses.




Where are you from again?
In Indianapolis, they closed the airport for an hour and evacuated the
control tower, and inspected the runways before resuming air traffic.

Here in Central/Western Ohio, it was a magnitude 3 shaker. I woke up,
assessing the situation. My dogs were already up, badgering me to let them
out. My husband woke up and asked me to please quit vibrating the bed. I
know now a massage bed would not be appreciated by him). I told him it's
not me or the dogs, it's an earthquake. We laid there listening. I let the
dogs out, and got back in bed and it was still shaking. I live on a branch
of the New Madrid fault, so I got up and checked USGS.com and sure enough
there WAS an earthquake listed! How cool!
Bigger and closer than I thought. I guess it was NORTH of the New Madrid
fault. I wasn't aware of any other faults in this area. I thought the New
Madrid Fault was THE fault.. that extended clear to Boston Massachussetts,

I'm in St. Peters, 35 miles west of downtown St. Louis. We felt it as a
5.4 and have had several major aftershocks. The kids' school buildings
are multi-storied but quite new and supposedly fairly quake-proof, but I
wasn't exactly happy it.

When we were in Nashville we stayed at a hotel that would have been a
death trap in a truly major quake. Cement slab walls and ceilings; just
like in Mexico City.

My daughter said that this quake did not originate with the New Madrid
fault but couldn't remember what the newscaster called it. Which is a
shame, actually. I'd be glad to put up with a few moderate quakes
rather than have the entire stress built up along N.M. break loose at once.