Anyone Else On The East Coast And Feel The Earthquake?

[Oneluckymom]

I'm glad you are all safe. As a native to southern California I've been through some wild earthquakes. And we are long overdue which is scary because I just plain don't like them big or some because you don't have much time to do anything....it's just wham!! here we go!

[GretasLittleFriends]

I read that there was also an earthquake south of Denver this morning, 5am (7aET). It registered a 5.3. Then to read about the 5.9 out there made me start wondering...

http://www.fema.gov/hazard/earthquake/eq_during.shtm

Hope this helps.

[Crystal]

I am glad everyone is safe!

JenNJ....GOOD JOB following through with what you have practiced. It could have been worse and had you not followed planned emergency procedures, who knows what may have happened. I am IMPRESSED that you did it!!!!

[Blackcat31]

Earthquakes??? Hurricanes??? Flash floods??? Mud slides??? Wild Fires???

Where I live, we get misquitoes and sub zero temps but none of that ^^^^^ EVER!!!

We practice fire drills. Just curious about what type of drills do you all seriously have to practice for these types of natural disasters? What sort of stuff are you mandated to have in regards to safety gear or survival items?

[Michelle]

My first one was a 6.9 while I was sleeping and living in Venice Beach. It so unnerved me that my hearthbeat would wake me up in the middle of the night for a few weeks thereafter.

I used to freak out when I was younger but now I am so used to them.
I have lived in Ca. all my life and they just annoy me now.
The Mexico border quake on Easter Sunday was a slow rolling one that lasted so long I just got fed up and started walking around during it because I had things to do..
My daughter was like and my dh was like
So I went back to my hide under a stupid table til it was over!
Sometime I like to sneak up behind my 18 year old dd and shake her chair!!
She is so scared of earthquakes!!

[niesen]

I do not know if I would say I was fortunate enough not to have felt it, but I unfortunately missed it. I mean, I would not have been scared even if I was just standing still while everything unfolded. My friends and I were in the car on the way home that time and we were just struck when the story was relayed when we got home.

[Koukla]

im in the boston MA area and we didnt feel anything here other then I felt dizzy for a few seconds and then it just went away.. thought it was just my iron being off

[Hunni Bee]

We were at the pool when it happened

The water looked like it was boiling....

...Then they kicked us out and the phones weren't working. All I had brought with me was water....

It was unreal.

[Hunni Bee]

5.9 and centered North of Richmond Virginia.

I am in Richmond!!

No wonder...it knocked our phones out and everything....everyone ran into the street...

[Danielle]

I'm in southern VA. The kids slept through it. The dog was calm as could be (she freaks out when it rains :confused: ). I thought my blood sugar was lower until I saw the lights in the kitchen swinging.

I think mother nature has something against my area though. We have a swamp fire going, the earthquake and now Irene is on her way..

[GretasLittleFriends]

Earthquakes??? Hurricanes??? Flash floods??? Mud slides??? Wild Fires???

Where I live, we get misquitoes and sub zero temps but none of that ^^^^^ EVER!!!

We practice fire drills. Just curious about what type of drills do you all seriously have to practice for these types of natural disasters? What sort of stuff are you mandated to have in regards to safety gear or survival items?

You forgot tornadoes. I'm not 100% sure where you live, but I suspect you at least do tornado drills?

We are required to and do practice fire drills and bad weather/tornado drills. Fire drills do get a little cold in the winter (and any advice to help speed them up would be GREATLY appreciated). We do storm/tornado drills in the summer. It usually happens that we get to go to the basement (for real) at least once in the summer, and I use that as one of our drills. Not necessarily a tornado, but strong wind thunderstorm enough to scare the kiddos.