Earthquake..

Originally posted by Kelly_Bean
Sorry if a topic has been started here or on the GDF, didn't quite see anything.

SO..Friday was my first (and hopefully LAST) earthquake experience. At around 5:30 AM I was laying in bed, sleeping away and all of a sudden my room starts to shake and basically I jerk awake and think I'm dying. If I've ever had a large jumble of thoughts in a minimal amount of seconds, this was the world record because I had so much sh*t going through my head and me thinking I'm dying was at the top of the list. I'm sure me being 3/4 asleep had something to do with it as well. So when my room stopped shaking I walk out of my room and ask my Mom's like "Was that an earthquake?" and I'm like "Did you feel that?" (still mostly asleep lol)..and anyway, needless to say it took me about a half hour or more to get back to sleep because I was so shooken up. After I woke up Mom confirmed to me that it was an earthquake and that it was a 5.5 on the richter scale (some sites say 5.2, some say 5.5, who cares?)

Also, as I was in the bath at around 11:30 PM and I felt an aftershock.

Just thought I'd share. 😛

I heard that the earthquake was actually felt all the way out in St. Louis, Missouri. Whew!

edit: I would've shared this earlier but as soon as I got out of the bath Friday I had to leave. I didn't have ANY time to get ready so I had no time to sit down at the computer.

COOL! Glad it wasn't anything serious.

Originally posted by Impediment
The only earthquake I've ever experienced was when I was stationed at Ft. Irwin, CA when we were doing desert training in the Mojave Desert. We were all asleep outside in our tents when we were shaken awake. I literally started screaming like a school girl with a skinned knee, as did a few other individuals. It turns out that we were in the epicenter of a 7.2 quake. I was kinda shaken, no pun intended, but after that, I was all like "COOL! I was in an earthquake!"

That sounds funny to me. It would be hilarious to get you screaming on video while you are wobbling all over the place. I don't want to experience an earthquake.

Originally posted by dadudemon
COOL! Glad it wasn't anything serious.

That sounds funny to me. It would be hilarious to get you screaming on video while you are wobbling all over the place. I don't want to experience an earthquake.

Originally posted by BruceSkywalker
Living here in L. A., I've been in lots of earthquakes and aftershocks. I'm used to it. I'm sure you may feel more eventually. But you got thru it.

Yeah, at first quakes can be scary...but then you get use to them.

we felt aftershocks in TN around 4:30 am. knocked a pic off my wall and busted the frame... that reminds me, i need to go buy a new frame...

I live in Chicago and though I slept right through it, one of my friends was up when it happened (about 4:30am here) and said his entire house started shaking.

This was not the first earthquake I've slept through 😛

Originally posted by Kumori Okami
we felt aftershocks in TN around 4:30 am. knocked a pic off my wall and busted the frame... that reminds me, i need to go buy a new frame...

Originally posted by Peach
I live in Chicago and though I slept right through it, one of my friends was up when it happened (about 4:30am here) and said his entire house started shaking.

This was not the first earthquake I've slept through 😛

More people have said they've slept through it than I expected. xd2 That's awesome.

i live in IL i didnt feel it but man i never knew the mid west gets earth quakes.

i live in wales, we get earthquakes everyday

Was the demons

Originally posted by Mairuzu
Was the demons

Originally posted by Kelly_Bean
Yeah, my first one just hadto be 5+ on the scale. Lol. And thank you. hug Glad you're okay from all of the ones you have experienced. They're no fun to have to deal with when you're sleeping soundly.