As a newlywed living far from home in Lisbon, Portugal, I was awakened during the middle of the night.......the sound of buildings heaving against the tremors....the sound of things crashing to the floor....the floor moving under my feet. I was terrified and ever since, I have been unable to step on uneven ground. I can still feel the overwhelming sense of being unable to control anything....not knowing what to do and where to go....35 years later it still haunts me. My daughter now lives in Los angeles and I have nightmares about her being caught in an earthquake. If you experienced a similiar situation, has it had a long-term affect on you?
2006-10-04 14:18:16 · 10 answers · asked by DogLady 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Sorry about the "survived"........If you survived you'd still be alive to speak of it, if you didn't then how could you? OOPS!
Di
2006-10-05 01:31:48 · update #1
I have spent a good amount of time in the Philippines.
There earthquakes are fairly frequent occurances. I was there during two which were not major disasters, but scary enough to warrant my future caution against spending much time in hazardous areas.
Significant parts of the Philippines are the exposed volcanic mountains that have risen up off of the sea floor over thousands of years. Some of the volcanos are still active and emit smoke and debris when ever things get to a certain critical point. Volcanists use measuring equipment to estimate when these things might happen.
I can tell you that the rather flimsey houses shook like crazy, and trees fell everywhere. Rock and mud slides were evident on many mountainous slopes. Roadways were damaged, and electrical lines were down. Most of the inhabitants ran outside to escape from falling roofs and debris inside of their homes. The only places that felt safe were in the middle of the undulating crop fields where nothing could apparently fall upon you. The shaking and rolling of the earth went on for three or four minutes, followed by some more shaking a little while later. As you can imagine, all of the women were running around and screaming like mad. It was a scary event.
I was lucky not to have been near any large slopes or cliff edges at the time or I might have witnessed some landslides.
2006-10-05 01:58:38 · answer #1 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lisbon was obliterated by a huge earthquake in 1700. Had to be rebuilt from ground up. Portugal never recovered as a world power.
It all depends of the level of the quake. I live in New Zealand and I experience several 4 and 5 pointers per year. Scary, but your Lisbon experience sounds worse.
Funny thing though, we had one 6.9 on Ritcher about 150 kms away. We didn't feel a thing, but it slopped 6 inches of water out of our inground swimming pool. We only heard about it on the news, but til then we had no idea how all that water came out of the pool. How do you work that one out?
2006-10-04 15:50:35 · answer #2 · answered by nick s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seismologists are not accepting my design of early warning instrument for earthquakes. This has proved its capability on the day of Tsunami and in some other occasions. In the absence of reliable forecasting system for earthquake my instrument can be used time being to alert the people living in vulnerable areas. I made study on several this types of quake alarm. I took some special care to avoid false alarm. If this was accepted we should have saved several thousands from Tsunami and Earthquake. God only knows when we are going to have really good people who will value the life of innocents. I have experience only artificial earthquake at Universal Kingdom in Orlando. When they are unable to find fool proof method for forewarning they have to study the real use of these types of alarm. The one I have designed can be manufactured for just US 25. This instrument has helped me to issue the Tsunami warning 2 hours before it struck our Indian coast.
2006-10-05 02:33:45 · answer #3 · answered by A.Ganapathy India 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, once I was watching TV and saw that the table was shaking. Turned out to be some earthquake in Sumatra or something. Oh yes, and my Rhydon got hit with Earthquake, only to Counter it back for a KO.
2006-10-04 14:27:33 · answer #4 · answered by Kraz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I stay in CA... of direction i've got been in an earthquake and that i think of I survived. The Northridge quake replaced into the worst. each and every little thing toppled in my condominium. My entire development ended up dozing interior the Cull-da-sak for something of the evening / morning.
2016-10-15 12:59:01 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I was 2 miles from the epicenter of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in the San Fran Bay Area, unfortunately, I did not survive......DUHHHHHH!
2006-10-04 21:57:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm from California and live right on top of the San Andreas fault. It can be a little scary, but I prefer earthquakes over turnados!
2006-10-04 14:27:52 · answer #7 · answered by lildevilgrl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in the Midwest, so we don't have that phenomenon here (yet, anyway)......I also have a child that lives in southern California, and I too feel your apprehension. I guess Mother Nature presents challenges to each and every place on earth.
2006-10-04 14:56:02 · answer #8 · answered by Di 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my best friend was born during an earthquake in california
2006-10-04 14:25:43 · answer #9 · answered by kait 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you meet someone that has been in and not survived an earthquake and they leave you a message, let me know (wink) jus playin nope never been in one,
2006-10-04 14:32:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋