News now reporting 5.6 mag earthquake rocks San Jose, California. Talk about kicking someone when they're down, as if the fires weren't enough. What do you think?
2007-10-30 17:02:50 · 21 answers · asked by CharJ, 6 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
1st Dragon, you must be a brave person. I live in Ky. and as far back as I can remember most of what we've ever felt were tremors and they scared the living daylights outta me!
2007-10-30 18:34:58 · update #1
I haven't heard anything. Guess I haven't been watching the news. Yikes! That seems pretty scary. I have never lived in California, but I remember the quake that happened in the late 80's where a bridge collapsed and there were a lot of cars trapped underneath. This was the double bridge that had collapsed.
2007-10-31 06:56:30 · answer #1 · answered by deb2rule 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Even though California is heavily populated, it's still not as densely populated as Haiti. Also, the structures in California are designed to withstand earthquakes while those in Haiti are literally built on top of each other. Even worse, it's a very poor country that was hit by no fewer than four hurricanes in 2008 which caused a lot of damage and killed many people.
2016-04-11 04:30:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
North of the Golden Gate in Marin County (that's the North end of San Francisco Bay, with San Jose being at the bottom side) we felt it. Barely! Thought my butt was falling asleep on one side.
I was born and raised in California, this would be classed as an itty-bitty shake. Not worth the effort.
Some of the good shakes I've been in...San Fernando in 1971, Big Bear, Northridge, Loma Prieta, and the Puu OO eruption at Kilauea.
That was really cool. We were doing something like 2000 harmonic quakes a day from the lava moving underground. I'd just flown in for a Geology field school and got drafted by the USGS to work on site. It was very, very close and personal.
Am I nuts? Nope, just like earthquakes. I also know I thrive afterwards in an environment where a community comes together in mutual help and rebuilding. Found that out in Northridge and in the Marina during Loma Prieta.
2007-10-30 17:27:06 · answer #3 · answered by Craig H 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Seriously. We flew my mother and step dad up here to get them away from the fires in So Cal and now they get shook up here! I was feeling proud that my brothers and sisters in So Cal were ready to evacuate in the early a.m. but I am not really prepared here. Sheesh. With the phones (even cell phones) not working right after the shaking I was not prepared to communicate. Both my husband and I are ham radio operators so can communicate even in the worst disasters but neither of us had our radios with us. Duh. Time for all of us to wake up and prepare for the real thing -even evacuations, heaven forbid.
Monee, believe it. At least some of them were. Most were not because they were the result of embers flying miles from the crazy Santa Annas (crazier than usual). But a prisoner in Guantanamo Bay told a US agent that the next terrorist attack would be "fires in the west" and officials did catch (or find evidence of) arsonists. It's no secret that the Santa Annas come every year. Setting those fires is not a difficult way to hurt a state/country financially and hurt moral.
BTW, my sis in San Diego told me that officials from the LDS church have been sending representatives down there repeatedly since March warning them (church members) to focus on emergency preparedness. And they were all much better prepared this time in comparison to the fires from 4 years ago. Everyone was ready to evacuate in the early a.m. and ready to help when the calls went out. Hmm. Nice to have a connection with God, huh? ;)
I have to admit that if no one gets hurt you feel quite a thrill when you feel an earthquake. Kinda like the California cow commercials were the cows feel like they're getting a foot massage when the earthquake hits. LOL. Everyone here in San Jose is fine and I think we're all just a little excited or at least more awake now. Just another day. :) "If ye are prepared, ye shall not fear", huh? I'm very glad the quake was not bigger and longer all the same.
The first Dragon, I guess you aren't in San Jose. LOL.
2007-10-30 17:48:35 · answer #4 · answered by Amber 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I felt it. I am not far away from where it happened. I have felt several over my time of living in San Jose.
5.6 Magnitude
NNE of Alum Rock
8:04:54 pm 10/30/07
2007-10-30 17:43:14 · answer #5 · answered by Elizabeth 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The earthquake wasn't that strong but it was a wake up call! Scared the crap out of me still lol. I don't think I would have been as scared if I didn't have a 4 month old baby.
2007-10-31 23:40:14 · answer #6 · answered by retro 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've got lots of friends in San Jose!
2007-10-30 17:23:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i sat right through it. to be honest, i thought nothing of it til a minute later, when it hit me that it was an earthquake. im not trying to be macho or touhg or something like that, im just stating how i felt about it...
only in california can you sit through a 5.6 and not realize its an earthquake
2007-10-30 17:12:45 · answer #8 · answered by some_random_guy61 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. What's happening to California? One of the negative sides of living in the Bay Area. I'm transferring to Reno!
2007-10-30 17:12:56 · answer #9 · answered by :) 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
5.6 is a moderate one. The news said that people north of San Francisco (in the Napa and Petaluma area) felt it and people down in Monterey felt it too. I felt it and the shaking was moderate in my area. Good thing it was very short and wasnt stronger (and no aftershocks too)
2007-10-30 18:50:01 · answer #10 · answered by lildude211us 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋