Dude, I'm freaking out 0.o

[chrisherself]

Glad to hear you’re safe Dragon. 🙂

The California version of that picture is exactly the same, except instead of EARTHQUAKE it says STORM WATCH! Haha. Seems like every time it drizzles here everyone starts freaking out.

[diane]

just got power back on. hurricane now gone, lost a big wheeping willow in back. it was hugh, shaded almost my whole back yard. lucky in fell in the river and not in yard or fence. but all is well. just going thru witdrawel not being able to get on internet.

[Arlla]

I’m in So Cal of course and did giggle a little at all the fuss over the east coast earthquake – but when I really think about it, shoot, I feel for you guys – your buildings probably aren’t earthquake proof AT ALL. If you actually have a good shaker, you’re kind of screwed!

I’m still dreading the ‘big one’. I know it’s coming. The fault had a very reliable window of about 40 years, and we are DUE. It could happen any day, or ten years from now, but it’s coming. Sometimes makes me wish I’d never learned about plate tectonics in college! Also makes me think I might want to take the mirrors out of our bed canopy so we’re not sleeping under large panes of glass….

"He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom."
-J R R Tolkien

[Carolyn]

Now a new huricane threat . And this is just the beginning of the season too .

[WolfenMachine]

I’ve slept thru earthquakes in the past lol.

How do windstones fair in earthquakes? I’m really curious because I’m pretty sure we’ll be moving to California in the relatively near future. I already have to worry about smuggling my ferrets in and finding “ferret friendly” vets/places… I don’t want to have to worry about the windstones as well. Suppose they could forever be in their boxes I guess.
I really really dislike California, but I’d rather suffer in cool weather year round instead of suffer in smoldering heat.

Ive heard of some stuff called “earth quake putty” that is supposed to be this stuff that you put on the bottom of your collectibles and its supposed to hold them in place. Living in Texas, I have zero experience with earth quakes, but its just what Ive heard. I had a set of green dragons that “survived” an earthquake back in the 80’s (according to the ebay seller). Some were chipped up but nothing broken off.

[Kujacker]

I’ve heard of the stuff, I’m just wary of it. Wouldn’t it damage the felt pad?

And yeah, I live in the land of zero natural disasters lol.

[chrisherself]

I remember that earthquake putty leaving oily looking marks on the wall when I used some. Might want to test it out. It WAS 10 years ago so maybe the formula has been improved since then. 😉

[Mike]

I’ve slept thru earthquakes in the past lol.

How do windstones fair in earthquakes? I’m really curious because I’m pretty sure we’ll be moving to California in the relatively near future. I already have to worry about smuggling my ferrets in and finding “ferret friendly” vets/places… I don’t want to have to worry about the windstones as well. Suppose they could forever be in their boxes I guess.
I really really dislike California, but I’d rather suffer in cool weather year round instead of suffer in smoldering heat.

If you have collectibles, best to have something at the front of the shelve they sit on to stop them from “walking” off. This is the shaking action rocking them back and forth until they fall off. It was the damage we had on our collection as we did not. This could be a thin board nailed down forming a lip or glass, although something as stiff as glass might break. Think a board is best. Does not have to be thick just so it stops the items from sliding off.

Then all you have to do is hope you do not get hit with an 8.0 or higher that levels your place. Of course if the unit falls over, yeah can nail it to the wall, or the roof falls in nothing you can do. After some point if mother nature wants to level an area she has the power to do so. Quake, hurricane, tornado, flood, fire (by lightening), lightening, lava, etc..are all at her disposal.

Stay safe as you can everyone. Things can be replaced, people can not be.

[twindragonsmum]

I’m sorry, but I hade to giggle *just a bit* about your earthquake. They can be scary the first time but I’ve lived through more than I care to count, including the one during the opening game of the World Series 1n 1989. We had some friends move from San jose to Gilroy (yes, home of the Garlic Festival). They sppn noticed that there were an awful lot of tour buses that seemed to be stopping outside their house. People got off the bus, took pix of the house, get back on the bus and leave. After about a week of this, they finally asked a neighbor about what was it about their house? The neighbor chuckled a little and said “Don’t you know? Your haouse was built smack dab on top of the San Andreas Faualt. It’s kinda neat to see how far north your house has moved in a year compaired to how for east your drive way had moved is the same period of time.” O.o They do get a big kick out of it now, but it was a little scary for them the first year or so…. *snicker, snicker*

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