IF you live under a rock (or outside the Portland area), there was a "massive" 3.8 earthquake on August 3rd in an area just outside of Portland. We did not feel it, but others did. It was quite the news story.
Here are some of my favorite user experiences from the KGW blog, with some comments from me:
"Hi. Just thought I'd let you know that the quake tonight was actually the kind that makes noise. I thought something was crashing into the house, like a semi or a train. I live in an old house in Hazel Dell. I don't feel like sleeping now! It hit so fast that I thought I was going to have a heart attack. I mean it. It only seemed to last for about 10 seconds. It actually felt like the house was being shaken in an up & down motion."
OH...It was THAT kind! Screw the Richter scale...we have a new measurement!
"I woke up to the house shaking and thought it was my son and his buddy down stairs messing around. I went down stairs and my son comes out of the bath room and says "Did you fell that. What was that?" "an earth quake?"
UH..."Messing around?" What on earth were THEY doing? Category 11:Brokeback Earthquake
"We woke up to the dogs barking (actually freaking out quite nicely) and a very big rumbling. Our house shook a LOT and the noise was unmistakable! Well actually, we weren't sure if it was an Earthquake or if Mount St. Helens had blown a good one! The coincidence of this is that my sister (in Sonoma, CA) experienced an earthquake just yesterday afternoon!"
Good thing the weren't freaking out badly...I heard that shortly after Mt St Helens was smoking a cigarette...What was you sister doing?
"In Tualatin... I thought my spouse had rolled over... but how did the closet doors bang together??? must have been the quake! I did make note of the clock, too.. 1:40am. Case closed!"
It must be the aliens! CLOSET DOORS! If your spouse "rolling over" causes that kind of rumbling...WOW!
"In Lake Oswego we woke to our bed rocking and rolling and pictures rattling the walls at 1:40am"
Now I think this person is just bragging.
"My husband and I woke up to it. We too had a bunch of kids staying the night in the basement and thought that it had to be them. It just felt like a sudden thud. Shortly after 1 a.m. for us, and we are in the downtown area of Vancouver. Boys left us a note that there had been an earthquake which apparently they read about on My Space."
Then we ate their livers with a nice Chianti....slurp slurp slurp
"We live in Fishers Landing area. Both me and my husband woke up at the same time 1:40 AM because our bed was shaking. I looked at him and looked at me and we both went back to sleep. I couldn't sleep anaymore and was wondering if it was an quake."
Riveting front line news!
"I was awakened this morning at 1:39 am by a shaking of my bed, and my mini blinds in my master bedroom windows rattling against the workwork. I thought I had dreamed it, but it also woke up my son. This morning, I checked on the interet, and there it was posted- the epicenter near Cherry Grove, which is about 2 miles from my house. WOW! I live in BattleGround."
Who knew that is where my house is! AMAZING!
"A few minutes before the earthquake shook the cats and the raccoons were really making a vocal fuss outside, didn't think much of it at the time. Then as the earthquake hit, it sounded like a large gust of wind hitting the side of our house and my bamboo plant moved from east to west (give or take a few degrees)."
What were the cats and racoons doing together to cause a "fuss"? And why do you have your bamboo plotted in degrees?
"I live in Scappoose and felt the quake, it felt like a wave, my dog just happened to be awake and laid flat on the kitchen floor"
Are you sure he was alive?
"I thought someone had ran their car into the side of my house, it shook that hard. Like four really hard,sharp jerking motions. I've lived here all my life, and this was definitely something different! I don't want to do this again! No wonder people leave California..."
I thought it was the overcrowding and housing prices...apparently it's the hard, sharp jerking motions.
"Live here in West Linn and definitely was awoken at 1:40...
Is that possible?"
Is that possible?"
Philosophers have been asking that question for hundreds of years...
"My husband and I were awakended from sleep by the quake. When checking on our 3 girls, who were also awake, we asked our middle one if she felt it, she replied, "Oh, is that what it was, I thought it was just sissy's hampster hitting the wall again"!"
You there, MIDDLE-ONE...was that an earthquake or have you three been playing racquet-hampster again?!
"My husband and I were awakended from sleep by the quake. When checking on our 3 girls, who were also awake, we asked our middle one if she felt it, she replied, "Oh, is that what it was, I thought it was just sissy's hampster hitting the wall again"!"
You there, MIDDLE-ONE...was that an earthquake or have you three been playing racquet-hampster again?!
