Comments on: Just To Recap – The Earth Shook Beneath Me Yesterday http://cartersblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/just-to-recap-the-earth-shook-beneath-me-yesterday/ Our Journey From Chicago to Los Angeles Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:11:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: cartersblog http://cartersblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/just-to-recap-the-earth-shook-beneath-me-yesterday/#comment-763 cartersblog Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:24:51 +0000 http://cartersblog.wordpress.com/?p=260#comment-763 Rich: Haha that is a great clip! Love Letterman, had a chance to see a taping last year and would love to do it again. I sure hope the earthquake coverage gets better than that from here on out :) Sharon and Michael: Hope to see you over the holidays and thanks for reading! Elsie: Thanks for reading! Scott: Haha pretty funny - not sure if I am ready to start comparing one quake to another but we will see. Angela: Great to hear from you! Rich: Haha that is a great clip! Love Letterman, had a chance to see a taping last year and would love to do it again. I sure hope the earthquake coverage gets better than that from here on out :)

Sharon and Michael: Hope to see you over the holidays and thanks for reading!

Elsie: Thanks for reading!

Scott: Haha pretty funny – not sure if I am ready to start comparing one quake to another but we will see.

Angela: Great to hear from you!

]]> By: Rich Alossi http://cartersblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/just-to-recap-the-earth-shook-beneath-me-yesterday/#comment-759 Rich Alossi Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:44:03 +0000 http://cartersblog.wordpress.com/?p=260#comment-759 Earthquake newscast from 1987. Thought you'd enjoy this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7sYB1uxt6o Earthquake newscast from 1987. Thought you’d enjoy this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7sYB1uxt6o

]]> By: Angela http://cartersblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/just-to-recap-the-earth-shook-beneath-me-yesterday/#comment-755 Angela Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:45:08 +0000 http://cartersblog.wordpress.com/?p=260#comment-755 We had one quite a few years ago here in the (generally safe) Midwest. Living in Chicago at the time I was watching Bill Kurtis on the evening news when I felt my apartment begin to rock back and forth, and things began rattling in the fridge and in the cabinets. Everyone on the set was clearly on the verge of panic, but as I held on to the arms of my loveseat, not knowing what in particular to do, I continued watching the Bill Kurtis' reaction as he tried to, in a split second: ascertain why the studio was shaking why the cameras were moving around overcome his initial look of surprise tinged with a little fear realizing it was an earthquake. I then watched as he regained his composure and maintaining a calm professional demeanor whilst publicly announcing, in as amazed a voice as I've ever heard a "Talking Head" use, that it seemed we were experiencing an earthquake....in Chicago! My fear was probably diminished by actually watching a newman try to comprehend and deal with an earthquake. Usually they stay so cool and calm, kind of like a test pilot does and he did hold his own. Scott M, at least with a tornado you can generally get a sense of when & where, then hunker down in a basement with windup flashlights & radios until the sirens stop! Unless, of course, one lives in a trailer; then all bets are off! We had one quite a few years ago here in the (generally safe) Midwest. Living in Chicago at the time I was watching Bill Kurtis on the evening news when I felt my apartment begin to rock back and forth, and things began rattling in the fridge and in the cabinets. Everyone on the set was clearly on the verge of panic, but as I held on to the arms of my loveseat, not knowing what in particular to do, I continued watching the Bill Kurtis’ reaction as he tried to, in a split second:
ascertain why the studio was shaking
why the cameras were moving around
overcome his initial look of surprise tinged with a little fear realizing it was an earthquake. I then watched as he regained his composure and maintaining a calm professional demeanor whilst publicly announcing, in as amazed a voice as I’ve ever heard a “Talking Head” use, that it seemed we were experiencing an earthquake….in Chicago!
My fear was probably diminished by actually watching a newman try to comprehend and deal with an earthquake. Usually they stay so cool and calm, kind of like a test pilot does and he did hold his own.
Scott M, at least with a tornado you can generally get a sense of when & where, then hunker down in a basement with windup flashlights & radios until the sirens stop! Unless, of course, one lives in a trailer; then all bets are off!

]]> By: Scott Mercer http://cartersblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/just-to-recap-the-earth-shook-beneath-me-yesterday/#comment-749 Scott Mercer Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:46:01 +0000 http://cartersblog.wordpress.com/?p=260#comment-749 Congrats! You made it through what we like to our little California Initiation Rite. Now, you can say you are a Californian, if you want to. True, it's a little like a fraternity hazing by Mother Nature, but hey, it really wasn't so bad, was it? Them tornadoes, why, they last for minutes! You're cowering inside your house for hours! This temblor was over in 15 seconds. Matter of fact, I LIKE the idea that they can't be predicted. Then you don't spend hours fretting and worrying about the doom-laden approach, like in a hurricane. Either your house falls down in a quake, or it doesn't (99% of the time, it doesn't.) Then, it's over in 10 seconds. Except for the aftershocks, which don't even happen sometimes. You'll really be an old-timer when you start comparing one quake to another..."Why this is nothing, I remember the Chino Hills quake, back in Aught Seven, right after I moved to LA..." Congrats! You made it through what we like to our little California Initiation Rite. Now, you can say you are a Californian, if you want to.

True, it’s a little like a fraternity hazing by Mother Nature, but hey, it really wasn’t so bad, was it? Them tornadoes, why, they last for minutes! You’re cowering inside your house for hours! This temblor was over in 15 seconds.

Matter of fact, I LIKE the idea that they can’t be predicted. Then you don’t spend hours fretting and worrying about the doom-laden approach, like in a hurricane. Either your house falls down in a quake, or it doesn’t (99% of the time, it doesn’t.) Then, it’s over in 10 seconds. Except for the aftershocks, which don’t even happen sometimes.

You’ll really be an old-timer when you start comparing one quake to another…”Why this is nothing, I remember the Chino Hills quake, back in Aught Seven, right after I moved to LA…”

]]> By: The Adventures of Aaron Proctor » Proctor's Archive » Catalina Wine Mixer http://cartersblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/just-to-recap-the-earth-shook-beneath-me-yesterday/#comment-747 The Adventures of Aaron Proctor » Proctor's Archive » Catalina Wine Mixer Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:34:05 +0000 http://cartersblog.wordpress.com/?p=260#comment-747 [...] The Chino Hills Earthquake. [...] [...] The Chino Hills Earthquake. [...]

]]> By: Sharon & Michael http://cartersblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/just-to-recap-the-earth-shook-beneath-me-yesterday/#comment-746 Sharon & Michael Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:03:25 +0000 http://cartersblog.wordpress.com/?p=260#comment-746 Michael and I were thinking of you and H when we heard of the earthquake. All we have to deal with here in Canada is bad lighting and thunder storms. Hope everything is well. Say hi to H and Carter. Sharon Michael and I were thinking of you and H when we heard of the earthquake. All we have to deal with here in Canada is bad lighting and thunder storms. Hope everything is well. Say hi to H and Carter.

Sharon

]]> By: elsie http://cartersblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/just-to-recap-the-earth-shook-beneath-me-yesterday/#comment-745 elsie Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:24:47 +0000 http://cartersblog.wordpress.com/?p=260#comment-745 Hey Guys What an experiance, hope you don't go through to many of them Be careful Talk to you later Hey Guys
What an experiance, hope you don’t go through to many of them
Be careful
Talk to you later

]]> By: cartersblog http://cartersblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/just-to-recap-the-earth-shook-beneath-me-yesterday/#comment-742 cartersblog Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:54:47 +0000 http://cartersblog.wordpress.com/?p=260#comment-742 Haha I saw that clip this morning - I love how the plaintiff and defendant just hang around while everyone else bolts. Haha I saw that clip this morning – I love how the plaintiff and defendant just hang around while everyone else bolts.

]]> By: Aaron Proctor http://cartersblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/just-to-recap-the-earth-shook-beneath-me-yesterday/#comment-739 Aaron Proctor Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:17:50 +0000 http://cartersblog.wordpress.com/?p=260#comment-739 It was a big deal for me...and quite scary. First big one for me...I even freaked out during a small 4.0....so ..yeah...SCARY. Philly doesn't have earthquakes. http://la.metblogs.com/2008/07/29/judge-judy-quake-awesome/#comment-52166 It was a big deal for me…and quite scary. First big one for me…I even freaked out during a small 4.0….so ..yeah…SCARY.

Philly doesn’t have earthquakes.

http://la.metblogs.com/2008/07/29/judge-judy-quake-awesome/#comment-52166

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