2006-08-13 05:45:26 · 11 answers · asked by oaksterdamhippiechick 5 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ San Francisco
Yawn..... another earthquake.
Seriously, when you have lived here for a long time, they are no big deal. 99% of them are so small that you can't really feel them. Or, if you do, they are not distinguishable from the usual city noise/vibration level of passing trucks, construction sites, upstairs neighbors getting frisky.... you don't realize there was even an earthquake until you catch the news later on.
About once every 3 years there will be one strong enough for me to think...oh... earthquake. Then I will wait a second or two sensing the situation to see how big it feels, and if it keeps going I might go stand under a doorway or something. The feeling is more of a sense of wonder and awe if that happens, rather than fear. Natural disasters are a fact of life everywhere, and if you're gonna go, you're gonna go. I would rather go that way, by surprise while living in the most beautiful city in the best state on the planet, than die cowering in a basement after a day of terror from tornado warnings living in some miserable place in the midwest.
2006-08-13 06:19:51 · answer #1 · answered by Fogjazz49-Retired 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
My first reaction is "this may be fun".
Really. I've lived in many parts of California (currently living near San Francisco), and I've experienced a lot of earthquakes in my life, and have never found them the least bit frightening. I make sure I'm not near any windows or potentially painful falling objects, but otherwise I just ride it out. There is no point in trying to go anywhere because (a) it is more dangerous to try and exit a building; and (b) most earthquakes are over by the time you walk across the room.
2006-08-13 05:54:45 · answer #2 · answered by secretsauce 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
They are usually small so I just sit and make sure nothing falls on me like pictures above my head, a lamp, etc. Sometimes I think it is a big truck shaking the ground but look and there is no truck. I have ran and got my cats and stood in the door way a couple times.
2006-08-13 10:16:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nothing. I live in California, but I don't feel them very often. I used to live in Fontana(LA area) and they were more frequent. You can't do much except hide under a table, desk, or doorframe. And when it first happens, I wonder if I'm really feeling it. I sit there about 20 seconds making sure it's not me that's moving
2006-08-13 05:50:36 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
WHOA!!!!! Then head for a doorway to stand under.
Once the initial earthquake is over, I feel extremely anxious anticipating aftershocks.
2006-08-13 05:51:31 · answer #5 · answered by Taffi 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Usually nothing, unless it's a large one and then I'll go under the doorway or a table.
2006-08-13 06:25:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i crap all over myself and hide under anything i see (ie the dog)
after its over i clean...
but usually im alseep (like the last one that was at 3am) and dont notice anything
2006-08-13 05:51:30 · answer #7 · answered by ChornayaKiska 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
to make sure my daughter gets under a doorway!
2006-08-13 05:51:58 · answer #8 · answered by blossomingcactus 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First you feel SURPRISE then fear and the thought when will it stop. Then more fear.
2006-08-13 06:07:19 · answer #9 · answered by lona b 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i usually try to do jumpingjacks, i know stupid right but i really do.
2006-08-13 05:51:05 · answer #10 · answered by G.O.A.T. 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋