Shakin' all over

[LADavid]

Hey All

Thanks for thinking of me.  Everything is fine.  I have a storage closet in disarray that I will be dealing with today -- but other than a few books knocked off the shelf and a few pictures knocked off the wall, this are OK.  The problem with an earthquake is that immediately after it happens, you know you survived -- but you don't know about family members.  It took me a good half hour to get through to my daughter to find out that she rode it out well.  The most amazing thing about a quake is the incredible power it has -- big enough to make skyscrapers sway.  For those of you who have been through one, Rob, Kate and Jan, you know what I'm talking about.  Now comes the nervewracking part -- the aftershocks.

I haven't heard from Kathleen, but I do hope that she didn't get too rattled by it.

And Anne Marie, yes Shakin All Over was a 50's 60's hit.  I don't remember who originally recorded it but I have a great version by the Who.

David

[LADavid]

Got an email from Kathleen.  She thought it was her nerves shaking yesterday.  She's fine now and other than a little concern for aftershocks, she is ready for her surgery this afternoon.

[leapyrtwins]

David -

thanks for the update on Kathleen.

Good to know also that your daughter came through the quake okay.

Jan

[Dana]

The biggest earthquake in the US was along the Mississippi, near St. Louis I believe.  In the 1800s I believe.  So Illinois isn't as weird as it might seem.
California girl Dana

[Kate B]

Hi Dana,
Yes you are right in that Illinois is near the New Madrid Fault and there was a whopper of an earthquake in the early 1800's and 1900's.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/events/1811-1812.php

It was the first in my lifetime that I remember:-)

Kate

[Lainie181818]

" Shakin all over " was first recorded by " Johny Kidd and the pirates, and then Led Zeppelin. God I am feeling old. I live in LA and didn't even feel the earthquake. Maybe that is a good side effect of AN dizziness, or not.
Lainie

[Syl]

David,

Glad you're ok after that earthquake. It did more damage than I imagined a quake that size would. The Northridge quake, that was a biggie. I felt that one all the way north in Stockton.

Syl

[Sue]

Fortunately for Kathleen tomorrow, these big ones are so rare that the chance of another one hitting tomorrow (odds-wise) is miniscule.

David

Kind of like getting an AN? 


We had the Spring Break Quake up here some years back (about 1990 ish) and we lived in a house with a small in-ground swimming pool in back.  I woke up to the shaking and got out of bed and looked outside and the water in our pool was sloshing so much it splashed out of the pool!  Then I felt the effects of the big earthquake in Seattle a few years ago.  I could hear it coming and though it was a low flying helicopter or something, and then the windows started rattling, and the dishes clinked, the light over the table swayed back and forth for 10 minutes afterward, I think!  It was scary!  And I live in Vancouver, a hundred and some odd miles away.  The media always likes to inform us, that we in the Pacific Northwest, are going to be getting the "Big One" also.  So we can sing, "Shake, Rattle and Roll" along with the other song, I guess. 

Sue in Vancouver USA

PS
Thanks for the link to the New Madrid Quake.  Very interesting.  Wow, I hope nothing that big ever happens again to the midwest.  That would be truly devastating.

[Jim Scott]

David, et al. -

I'm glad to learn that all of the west coast folks are O.K. following the earthquake. 

I knew (from the news reports) that there were no fatalities but one still has concerns for those possibly in harms way. I lived in unglamorous North Hollywood in the mid 1970's and never experienced an earthquake but also realized that it could happen at any time.  Because earthquakes are a natural phenomena, their unpredictability and potential for devastation weighs on one's mind.  However, this also tends to put the petty things in one's life in somewhat sharper perspective, which is not a bad thing.  Free philosophy.  Worth what you paid for it. 

Jim

[Nancy Drew]

We had a slight shake here in Denver about 10 or so years ago.  Can't imagine going through a "real" earthquake.  I've noticed lately that a lot of people from CA have moved here to CO.  We love you CA people, but we don't want you to take over our state.  Of course, that is what people said when I moved here from AL.  I am glad to hear all of you made it through the "shake".  Let's hope you don't get a blizzard this winter! 

Nancy