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#142080 - 07/29/08 06:15 PM Earthquake in SoCal
JohnE Offline
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Registered: 06/10/08
Posts: 601
Loc: Southern Cal
5.8 magnitude earthquake struck at 11:44 approx. 29 miles SE of downtown L.A.

A second smaller aftershock occurred at 11:54.

No reports of injuries or damages so far.

I could sure feel it up here in Pasadena, CA.

John E
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#142082 - 07/29/08 06:27 PM Re: Earthquake in SoCal [Re: JohnE]
m9key Offline
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Registered: 05/28/03
Posts: 143
Loc: florida
check those bobs, faks, psk kits, and edc's

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#142086 - 07/29/08 06:58 PM Re: Earthquake in SoCal [Re: JohnE]
Nicodemus Offline
Paranoid?
Veteran

Registered: 10/30/05
Posts: 1341
Loc: Virginia, US
Keep safe folks.

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#142087 - 07/29/08 07:07 PM Re: Earthquake in SoCal [Re: Nicodemus]
Susan Offline
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Registered: 01/21/04
Posts: 5163
Loc: W. WA
Some places have been hit with a moderate "foreshock", and then the Big One let loose. Hope that's not the case there.

Fill the water jugs.

Sue

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#142088 - 07/29/08 07:09 PM Re: Earthquake in SoCal [Re: Susan]
Stu Offline
I am not a P.P.o.W.
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Registered: 05/16/05
Posts: 1058
Loc: Finger Lakes of NY State
May all of the ETS members an d their families and friends be safe.
Keep the BOB's handy.
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#142091 - 07/29/08 07:13 PM Re: Earthquake in SoCal [Re: JohnE]
Russ Offline
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Registered: 06/02/06
Posts: 5357
Loc: SOCAL
Not a quiver in San Diego.
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#142092 - 07/29/08 07:21 PM Re: Earthquake in SoCal [Re: Russ]
JohnE Offline
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Registered: 06/10/08
Posts: 601
Loc: Southern Cal
Quake has now been downgraded to a 5.4 magnitude and the "official" USGS time of occurrence is 11:42 PST.

Reports of minor damage are starting to come thru on local news. No injuries or fatalities reported so far.

John E
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"and all the lousy little poets
comin round
tryin' to sound like Charlie Manson"

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#142093 - 07/29/08 07:22 PM Re: Earthquake in SoCal [Re: JohnE]
Arney Offline
Pooh-Bah

Registered: 09/15/05
Posts: 2485
Loc: California
Yup, been a while since I felt an earthquake that strong. Shook us up pretty good here in south Orange County, but not strong enough to do any damage, I think.

Twenty minutes later, I'm out driving to get some lunch. I'm stopped at a red light and I just happen to glance in my rearview mirror. Someone behind me in the next lane is coming up fast and jams on their brakes and skids to a stop half way across the intersection. Didn't notice the red light. Anyway, just goes to show how most of us will probably buy the farm the usual ways, and not in some spectacular disaster like the Big One.


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#142097 - 07/29/08 07:39 PM Re: Earthquake in SoCal [Re: Susan]
wildman800 Offline
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 11/09/06
Posts: 2851
Loc: La-USA
Good Luck everybody in So. Cal!!!

Like Susan and Nicodemus say, it's time to set ThreatCon Echo, to be prepared for aftershocks, or like Susan mentioned, perhaps this was just the "Fore Shocks" of the BIG ONE.

Get all preps up-to-date, like:
water, food, portable/temporary shelter (tents, camper, etc), means to cook, bathroom requirements, contingency plans & escape route(s) reviewed & updated, prepare/replenish your boat/camper for getting underway (if you have 1), stock up on paper products, get prescriptions refilled, etc.
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#142100 - 07/29/08 08:15 PM Re: Earthquake in SoCal [Re: wildman800]
Chris Kavanaugh Offline
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 02/09/01
Posts: 3824
I was sitting in the local Trader Joes parking lot ( for our overseas members, it is a chain grocery with wine,cheese, deli type foods.)My Toyota starts to bounce like a smallboat hitting swells. I looked at the trees, no wind. I looked behind me, no ex girlfriends. I looked around, people unconcerned. I decided it was my imagination. We then went to the Post Office. Lady in line is on the cellphone telling some suger daddy in New York she needs emergency money NOW, there is panic buying for food and water.I ask my cute korean postal clerk if we had a shaker? " Yes, it was @ 5.6 in Chino" I said " Oh, I thought my imagination was playing tricks on me." She replied " No this was much safer, Chris."I came home, Cat had dragged his sack of dried food, all 5 pounds of it under the table.

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