When I was on a highway survey crew some lightning hit an oil rig about 100 feet away from us. That's when the boss decided to pack it in until the stormed passed over.
I can handle the Oz Full Monty. I mean, not 'handle' handle.
Xander ,'Help'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gudanov - Jul 29, 2008 11:38:06 am PDT #337 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
Strix - Jul 29, 2008 11:39:18 am PDT #338 of 10003
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
That WOULD be scary! I've been in quite a few lightning storms, but closest I've been is when a bolt hit a transformer down the street -- BIG boom!
And one time lightning hit the tree (and the car) in my parent's front yard when I was on the phone talking to her. Fried it's electrical system.
Glamcookie - Jul 29, 2008 11:39:42 am PDT #339 of 10003
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Don't like the quakes! Our new building was swaying like crazy.
Gudanov - Jul 29, 2008 11:42:06 am PDT #340 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
I used to go over to Topeka to the mega mall
Sadly, when I was in high school, I remember that mall being a field.
Sean K - Jul 29, 2008 11:42:55 am PDT #341 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
It's kind of like a roller coaster ride. I get a bit of a thrill from it. Plus? There's a few major faults in other parts of the country (and the world), so don't kid yourself that you'll never feel anything like we felt today, just because you don't live here.
tommyrot - Jul 29, 2008 11:42:57 am PDT #342 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Screenshots of earthquake stuff, as well as photos of a store with stuff all over the floor, and "Damage At South Coast Plaza mall."
Theresa - Jul 29, 2008 11:45:25 am PDT #343 of 10003
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
I was hiking out in colorado one summer and got caught in a thunderstorm. We were in a fairly clear area at the time, so when the hail started coming down we ran for the trees. Then decided that wasn't a great idea in the lightning. Earthquakes still sound way worse.
Strix - Jul 29, 2008 11:46:24 am PDT #344 of 10003
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Yeah, the New Madrid fault over by St. Louis shook a couple of months ago. Some people KC-wise said there was damage here, but I didn't feel or see anything.
sarameg - Jul 29, 2008 11:46:57 am PDT #345 of 10003
I grew up in lightning country. Bolts hit in the street in front of the house, behind the house,the building next to me, the building I was in, the tower next to me, the tree next to me...I did live on a ridgeline for the last 4. In town, the house never got hit. And the ridge? Well, the house we lived in had been hit several times prior to us moving in. The year before they'd rewired the whole thing after one fried the wiring (and blew the sockets out of the walls! Shoved the bedside tables across the room! Scared the grad students shitless!)
Sean K - Jul 29, 2008 11:49:15 am PDT #346 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I've enjoyed each of the three I've felt. Admittedly, I haven't experienced a Northridge or a Loma Prieta, but I find myself taking a rather Zen (if Zen can be Zen when your pulse is racing) attitude about the magnitude. Things happen. Enjoy the ride.