Wow! As you've probably heard by now, we had a major earthquake (6.5) here on the Central Coast. My house is about 20 miles from the epicenter. No structural damage, but looks like were going to have to shop for new glassware and dishes. There were two fatalities in Paso Robles, which is about 16 miles from us, but otherwise, damage seems to be minor.

Stay safe, Nukeboy! We saw it on tv over here, we thought you were having the Big one as well!

Must have been really big! Felt it here and I'm in Los Angeles. Have felt some of those nasty aftershocks too. Glad to know you are safe, Nukeboy. :)

heard there was an atomic plant there too whoever builds one on a fault? good luck to you nuke boy

I can't imagine what it's like to be in one, or to live in constant fear of the big one. Keep your head down and your spirits up. (Vodka, whisky, doesn't matter, but all helps ;-)

ysvry, Diablo Canyon, a few miles from San Luis Obispo. Not really on a fault, but close by. So far it's been pretty reliable, from what I've heard. ... Nukeboy, Man! I heard it rattled on for about 45 seconds at 6.5. I remember a couple of them about that size growing up In San Francisco, but nothing that long. According to George*, a bartender at one of the bars I occasion, her manager's family owns that shop in Paso Robles they're showing on TV where the two women died. Them temblors can be pretty scarry. During the Loma Prieta quake a few years ago, a friend's house in Santa Cruz, an old 3 story Victorian with a vaulted ceiling in the living room, broke a couple of rafters. I can't even imagine the repair bill for that but I'm pretty sure insurance covered it eventually; it could have been a lot worse. I'm glad that in your case the damage was only glass and dishware. Hope all remains well, - TJ *her names actually Marie.

I recently made a sarcastic remark about a couple of centimetres of snow bringing the UK to a standstill but thank god we dont have to put up with earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes (well, we did have one a few years back), monsoons, volcanos and tsunamis and the like. Think Ill stay where I am, in boring old England. Glad to hear it only cost you glassware, Nukeboy.

Yeah I am with Sambucus on that one, what with all the snow they have in Canada and the earth shaking further down south I am glad to be on this side of the pond. Glad you are OK

Us Brits do like to moan about the weather, but compared to what the rest of the world puts up with..... I was chatting to my GF over netmeeting a few months back and the tornado alarms went off and she just calmly said she had to go to the basement and would be back later!! And I'm moving to that country!!!! The UK knows nothing about the true power of nature.

heck, the worst I have to deal with here near Green Bay is the occasional tornado (always miles away), the rare blizzard (maybe 1 a year tops, and the even more rare minor flood (one every 10 years). I feel really bad for the people in Great Britain who lost loved ones in the cold snap that just killed 2500 with temps here that would barely cause much more than an increase in gripeing.

Good gosh Nuke, glad to hear you're safe. Nature can be quite unrelenting at times. A few years back we had a small quake here in NY. I was sitting down having coffee very early in the morning when all of a sudden everything just started to rattle, shake and clank together for a few seconds. I could only imagine what a 6.5 must be like.

Good thing your alright man... I'm fine here as long as the New Madrid fault stays quiet and same kind of weather that mboncher mentioned doesn't get me.

I've stood in the eye of a hurricane.....isn't nature awesome? !! Stay safe, guys!

Bikermouse: the Big "D" is my base, so to speak. I was on site at the aforementioned time. The epicenter was approx. 45 miles NNE of the plant. After an extensive walkdown, no damage of anykind was found, tho the office I was in rock-and-rolled pretty good! pauljs75: New Madrid, is that the fault in Missouri that was supposedly predicted by some guy?

When I lived in So.Calif.. it was earthquakes...in Alaska I had avalanches and earthquakes...now here in Arkansas I have tornadoes! Just can't seem to get away from Mother Nature, can we?

Ps...DO stay safe everyone!

Glad you are ok Nukie! Of course when you guys drop off I plan on having beach front property lol!

I've stood in the eye of a Hurricane (Fran), then said "what the #$%^ am I doing?", and went back to shelter..Floyd and the other one weren't so bad..

Went thru hurricane david in the west indies in 1978 or was it 79? knocked the island flat.. not a single tree stood. Darn scary. Had an earthquake inbetween. national Geo had a cover story on us. No school for months, no water for months..we took river dips and washed our clothes and dishes in the river. No electricity. bed by 5:30..6. What a life! Went thru a bunch of hurricanes after this..

I've been through a couple of 7.0 earthquakes, one in Taipei, one in L.A., several monsoons, a hurricane, 2 tornadoes and some blizzards, but never anything quite as devastating as what erosiaart went through. That had to be tough!

well..the best part was..school reopened late. We had a 6 mnths summer hols!! :) But yeah..it' something no one forgot. That actually woke up the whole caribbean. After David hit Dominica that bad, everyone in the islands started taking precautions every hurricane season. Anyone going there? ther's a tree that fell ontop of a school bus in the botinical gardens..kept as a reminder....

I just hope the weather/earthquakes etc don't spoil christmas or whatever for anyone.

Ooh, aftershocks! Nothng bad, but when you feel that shaking start, it's nerve time!

New Madrid, is that the fault in Missouri that was supposedly predicted by some guy? Yeah, it more or less runs along the Mississippi River. In fact, geological records have shown that the course of the river has changed when this one went off before. If I recall what I've read on it, the last time it went off was sometime in the early 1800s. But then again I could be wrong. I'm pretty sure I'd feel it here in northern Illinios because of the nature of the geology in the area (most land sits on top of limestone bedrock or hard clay), but if it goes off again - St. Louis or maybe Memphis would get the brunt of it. Supposedly if it ever goes again it could be somewhere in the 7's.

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