Sled dog puppy pen at Denali appears undisturbed:
https://www.nps.gov/dena/learn/photosmultimedia/webcams-pups.htm
Haven’t seen any reports of causalities yet, hopefully it stays that way. Meanwhile, a couple of the videos show probably how I would (unfortunately) also react.
- Be sure to grab your lunch and coffee before running for shelter:
- (In the CNN Live Updates page - I can’t figure out how to link directly to the clip - it’s the one titled “Home camera captures the moment the earthquake hit”)
Be sure to close the fridge before finding your kid
Wow, thank you for that link!
We watch the litter grow every year from fat sausages into miniature dogs. This year’s bunch are bitey.
You undervalue the critical importance of fresh coffee!
I did say I would probably do exactly the same!
The fridge I think is a great example of basic human nature in a crisis - deal with the problem right in front of your face before moving on, even if the 2nd thing is thousands of times more important.
A tsunami hit Indonesia today, possibly caused by the eruption of Krakatoa (yes, that Krakatoa.)
At least 43 people have been killed and 600 injured; information is preliminary and this is expected to rise.
Small earthquake in the Bay Area a few mins ago.
Yep. 4.5 centered in Walnut Creek/Pleasant Hill…basically under my bedroom. Whole house jolted a little.
Scared the shit out of me. Biggest one I’ve felt since I moved here in 2014.
That was a bit of a nice quake, felt it all the way out in Ocean Beach. A gentle sway, a lull and then another. Probably about 6-8 seconds long.
— Alan
Had a massive 2.6 magnitude in northern Ohio. In some household, a precariously balanced glass figurine will never be the same.
I’ve only experienced one in the Midwest. I liked the sensation that my bedroom was sitting on a giant tub of Jello.
Another 4.7 south of Hollister this afternoon.
As if that wasn’t enough, a big refinery explosion in the East Bay, spreading to local fields and closing I-80 with a shelter-in-place order for locals.
NSFW explosion video:
I was working from home yesterday and heard the house timbers crack a little during the shake (building from 1890, thoroughly modern double foundation). For some reason earthquakes don’t alarm me in the least, though I suppose that will change if I’m around for the next Big One. Depending on what time it is when they hit, I’m either “Hey, neat” or “Unh? G’back sleep.”
Same. The only one that got to me a little was a few months ago in LA at night. It was a long swaying one, and I know from the earthquake in Japan that a sway motion sometimes precedes a violent updown motion. Ran to my daughters room just in case she needed a dad shield +5
Not sure why the links sometimes don’t show. The headline is " Unprecedented movement detected on California earthquake fault capable of 8.0 temblor"
https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article236370028.html#storylink=sectionheadlines
That was a good way to start the morning. Only 50kms NW of me and shallow.
Grace under pressure.
Such the opposite of the newscasters in LA jumping under the desks when aftershocks of the '94 Northridge quake were hitting. One guy, Kent Shocknek, was forever known as “Kent Aftershocknek” after that ridiculous on-camera performance. He’s a native Californian, too! We’re famous for our nonchalant attitude toward quakes, and he shamed us all.
Edit: My mistake, it was the '87 Whittier Narrows quake. But here’s video of Aftershocknek hopping under the desk a couple of times: https://youtu.be/Ex8f5Wgsuxs?t=42
And here is video of Letterman making fun of him for it: https://youtu.be/_7sYB1uxt6o