By fayette (205.188.209.109) on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 - 06:47 am:

stubass your elite angel woke up this morning to
a earthquake in georgia. never felt one
before.have you been through one. i was scared
stiff.

still trembling
your elite angel
fayette

By Nancy (152.163.188.68) on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 - 07:02 am:

Everything ok Fayette, hope no one was hurt

By fayette (64.12.97.7) on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 - 07:54 am:

nancy it was a 4.9. we just had windows
rattling,floor shaking. my dove fuji was
having a hissey.don't know the damage yet,
but never remembering having one it's frightening.

By Ralph (209.240.198.62) on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 - 10:18 am:

Fayette,
Don't worry sweetie. In California we refer to a 4.9er as a nice foot massage.

By STUBASS (205.188.209.109) on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 - 10:22 am:

"ANGEL"FAYETTE : EARTHQUAKE???...GEORGIA???...NEXT THING YOU KNOW...WE'LL HAVE "UNION" TROOPS MARCHING THROUGH LOS ANGELES!!!...I DON'T QUITE KNOW WHAT TO SAY...OTHER THAN IT'S COMFORTING TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE O.K. AND YES...I HAVE BEEN THROUGH SEVERAL EARTHQUAKES OUT HERE IN THE "EARTHQUAKE CAPITAL"!!!...UNTIL THE BIG "NORTHRIDGE QUAKE" IN "94"...I USED TO JUST SIT THERE AND RIDE OUT THOSE 3'S AND 4'S...AS THEY ARE QUITE COMMON AND OCCURING ALL THE TIME (AFTERSHOCKS AND ALL)...BUT THE NORTHRIDGE ONE SCARED US ALL!!!...FORTUNATLY...YOURS WAS NOT WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED MAJOR...SO "ANGELS"...NO NEED TO SPRING INTO ACTION AT THIS TIME TO RESCUE YOUR FELLOW "ELITE" ANGEL...ALTHOUGH WE SHOULD ALL GET TOGETHER HAVE HAVE SOME "DRILLS" FOR THIS TYPE OF EMERGENCY FOR YOUR FELLOW "ANGEL SISTERS"!!!...THE ONLY GOOD THING ABOUT EARTHQUAKES...IS THAT THEY ONLY LAST A FEW SECONDS...BUT CAN BE VERY FRIGHTENING!!!...TAKE CARE ANGEL...AND DON'T WORRY...NOTHING TO GET "ALL SHOOK UP" ABOUT!!!...STU(BEEN THERE/DONE THAT)BASS

By STUBASS (205.188.209.109) on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 - 10:31 am:

"FOOT MASSSAGE"!!!...HAHAHAHAHAHHHA

By douglasm (68.113.13.31) on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 - 10:32 am:

It is a bit unnerving to have your coffee cup walk across the table by itself. Glad everything's OK.

By Ralph (209.240.198.62) on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 - 11:17 am:

However Stu, The Loma Prieta quake of 89 had a way of getting my attention.

By Blondie (198.81.26.231) on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 - 11:29 am:

I was the epicenter of Northridge quake...literally withn blocks...
just about 3 years ago did I take my shoes off at night..

By Horse (159.53.32.41) on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 - 11:58 am:

That Northridge quake in 94 was one of my deciding factors to exit C.A....That and getting caught in a boulder slide while driving thru Malibu canyon.

By STUBASS (152.163.188.68) on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 - 12:03 pm:

LOMA PRIETA???...NEVER HEARD OF THAT ONE!!!...NORTHRIDGE...I WAS MARRIED AT THE TIME AND LIKE THE IDIOT THAT I CAN SOMETIMES BE...DROVE TO THE HAMPTON INN HOTEL ABOUT A MILE AWAY...FIGURING THAT I COULD CHECK IN AND HAVE ALL THE CREATURE COMFORTS THAT WERE TEMPORARILY DESTROYED AT MY HOUSE...THINKING THAT SOMEHOW "HOTELS" WERE IMMUNE FROM SUCH DISASTERS!!!...WHEN I SAW THE WALLS OF THE HOTEL LITERALLY CRACKED...IT WAS BACK HOME AND THE COMMUNAL MEALS WITH NEIGHBORS (REMEMBER THE "STONE SOUP" FABLE FROM GRADE SCHOOL)...THATS WHAT IT WAS LIKE!!!...FINALLY...OFF TO A BEACH HOME IN BEAUTIFUL LA JOLLA FOR A FEW DAYS COURTESY OF A FRIEND AND TED WYATT OF GATEWAY COMPUTERS!!!...NOT A BAD WAY TO "CHILL" WHILE OTHERS WERE TAKING SHOWERS AT MOBILE SET-UPS COURTESY OF FEMA!!!...HOWEVER...MY BOSS (CRAZY-PSYCHO CAR DEALERSHIP OWNER)...WONT MENTION ANY NAMES *BOB CROWN*... DIDN'T LIKE MY ESCAPE PLANS...AND WE PARTED COMPANY SOON AFTER THAT!!!...EARTHQUAKES IN ATLANTA...GO FIGURE THAT!!!...STU

By douglasm (68.113.13.31) on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 - 12:04 pm:

Let's all stand in a doorway and brace ourselves...
Had one up here in the PNW a couple of years ago that did some serious damage in Seattle. Dora and I were sitting in front of a couple slot machines in an Indian casino in Omak, when both them and us started swaying back and forth. Thought I was having a stroke.
And we're still waiting for "THE BIG ONE". With my luck, it will set off Mt. Ranier.

By R&B (138.238.41.118) on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 - 12:18 pm:

HEY FAYETTE,I'M GLAD YOU'RE OK,BUT WHAT'S GOIN ON WITH THE WEATHER DOWN THERE,I MEAN THE WORST THING I'VE HEARD ABOUT WAS A [RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA]BUT EARTHQUAKES,YIKES!!

By fayette (64.12.97.7) on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 - 01:13 pm:

r&b tornado weather we use to. tornado don't
cause much stir. earth quakes i only read about
never experienced. last friday evening we had
a tornado field day storming, etc.but this
is tornado season. may through july.the worst
storm i ever seen was a hurricane that came
from florida and it reached here.my peach tree
still laying across my backyard.that was a
few years ago.

By STUBASS (152.163.188.68) on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 - 01:50 pm:

HEY DOUG: THE "BIG ONE"???...ARE WE TALKING "EARTHQUAKES"...OR "SLOT MACHINE JACKPOT"???...JUST CURIOUS TO SEE WHERE YOR PRIORITIES ARE!!!...STU

By Derrick (63.187.160.89) on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 - 01:51 pm:

To Stubass ,

I was living in the San Francisco Bay Area at the time the Loma Prieta earthquake hit . Just minutes before Game 4 of the 1989 World Series against the San Francisco Giants and Oakland A's
at Candelstick Park , which the Giants left 3 years ago for newer and more safer digs in downtown SF .

The earthquake was 7.0 on the Richter Scale and killed 67 people and injured over 10,000 . The
epicenter was situated near the village of Loma Prieta , in Santa Cruz County , some 70 miles southeast of San Francisco and 20 miles southwest of San Jose .

The quake caused a double decked section of I-880
near a housing project on the west side of Oakland to collapse , a segment of the upper deck of the
Bay Bridge on the Oakland side fell onto the lower deck , and a massive fire erupted in the Marina District of San Francisco when a gas line ruptured during the shaking , which lasted only for 15 seconds . The city of Watsonville was literally levelled and the city of Santa Cruz suffered substantial damage .

I was an EMT for a private ambulance firm at the time it hit and let me tell you it was an experience that I will never forget .

By STUBASS (152.163.188.68) on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 - 01:57 pm:

OK DERRICK AND RALPH: NOW I KNOW WHICH ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT...SINCE I SAW IT ON T.V. AWAITING THE START OF THAT WORLD SERIES GAME!!!...YES...THAT WAS A "BIG ONE"...JUST DIDN'T KNOW THE NAME OF IT...ALWAYS THOUGHT OF IT AS THE "WORLD SERIES EARTHQUAKE"!!!...APOLOGIES...STU

By Uptight! But everything is alright (24.55.6.144) on Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 09:40 am:

After the quake, I'm glad you can still make appearances on the SoulfulDetroit forum and you're still connected to the outside world. We love hearing from you Fayette.

By Lexuses71 (68.136.16.187) on Wednesday, April 30, 2003 - 10:54 am:

I lived through the LA Quakes of 1971 (San Andreas Fault), 1987 (Whittier Narrows) and 1994 (Northridge).

In 1994, I was living alone (post divorce) in a nice, solid built 3 br. in the South Bay section of LA. House was built in 1957. Solid as a rock.

Ever watch your walls torque and bend and windows bowing, about to pop? Worse than waking up next to Linda Blair in full makeup. And the concept of wearing "Depends" looked pretty dang reasonable to me then.

Now you folks down South have a feel what we seemto go thru every few years. 4.9 isn't bad, but if you've never experienced one before, it's frightening. You feel totally helpless, and seconds turn into eternity. Try a 7+ sometime. South America has those all the time. I read once that for every increase of a tenth, the intensity factor is MULTIPLIED BY 10!