NWR - Earthquakes suck, need distractions

Greenjinjo · November 2016

Just after midnight last night an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 at 15km deep hit New Zealand. Reports of it being felt are all over the country. 2 reported deaths so far, 100's of aftershocks have happened since and are ongoing (have had a few strong ones since) as well as a tsunami warning and a few evacuations in my city.
My CBD is closed and may be for at least until tomorrow but would-be surprised if it wasn't for a few more days as structural integrity needs to be reviewed and streets need to be cleaned up. Luckily my friends and family seem to be okay. Most have stayed home but myself another have gone to work.

Earthquakes are fricken scary so I will happily take any distractions right now. No sleep last night and these aftershocks are starting to get to me!

Greenjinjo · November 2016

http://www.newshub.co.nz/nznews/strange-lights-during-earthquake-confuse-onlookers-2016111404?ref=newshubFB

Also, reports of "earthquake lights" occurring. Pretty interesting!

OurWildKingdom · November 2016

Glad you and yours are safe!

missfrodo · November 2016

Sorry it's so big. Thought a pic of my 10 month old corgi, Eowyn, dressed as a pumpkin for Halloween would be distracting. I didn't mean for it to be the size of the whole page!
I spent a semester of college studying in Christchurch, a few years before the big earthquake that leveled parts of the city. I hope what you just experienced was less damaging than that, and I will be thinking of you and your family, hoping you all stay safe.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5020756/uploads/editor/8j/zin7vwxnd5hc.jpg

cupcait927 · November 2016

Glad to hear you are safe! I have a friend that lives in New Zealand and was affected by the earthquake. There's a crack in her ceiling but otherwise her and her kids are safe. Her fiance is in Australia right now but luckily she has a friend visiting from Canada so she's not completely alone with the kids.

I'll add to the puppy pictures (sorry it's so big!):

Image: http://oi63.tinypic.com/34pkiok.jpg

mrsconn23 · November 2016

ACK! Terrifying! I'm glad you're OK.

I don't have a cute pet to share. Here's a baby sloth:

Image: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam/news/2016/07/19/slothlove/01_slothlove_leaves.jpg

Heffalump · November 2016

mrsconn23 said:

ACK! Terrifying! I'm glad you're OK.

I don't have a cute pet to share. Here's a baby sloth:

I thought you were looking at a puppy? Isn't that, like, step 1 of getting a puppy? Unless your heart is a cold, black cinder and you are unmoved by puppies. (Also, I thought maybe we would get a dog in the next few years and then I had to walk my mom's and bag up his shit and it was disgusting, so maybe not.)

Anyway, OP, I am glad to hear you're okay. That must have been scary. Here's hoping the aftershocks don't rattle you too badly, literally or figuratively.

I'll check my phone, but I'm not sure I have any pet pics to add. The kitten never sits still, so my attempts are badly out of focus, and the old cat never does anything. DD has a goldfish the size of a small trout, and a pair of glofish.

ETA: on the walking trail through the woods behind our house

ETA again: ever since IE11, I can't resize my photos in posts anymore and it's driving me nuts. Sorry for the ginormity.

6fsn · November 2016

I was watching some news about the quakes. I'm glad you're are ok,, but it has to be incredibly scary.

Our cat was a mean, mean thing. She loved my daughter though.

DrillSergeantCat · November 2016

We've been having more and more severe earthquakes in Oklahoma, but nothing like that @Greenjinjo . I hate them!!! I'm glad you're okay and I hope the shaking stops and everything is well.

short+sassy · November 2016

I'm glad to hear everything is okay with you. I grew up in So. CA and understand. That was a big one .

I'm terrible with posting pics, but here are a couple interesting animal factoids. Dogs have similar taste buds to humans, but cats have few "sweet" taste buds. As such, you typically don't see them trying to steal fruit or candy.

To humans, water has a bland taste. But we are one of the exceptions. To most mammals, including dogs and cats, water has an especially delicious taste.

Greenjinjo · November 2016

Thanks for the pictures and thoughts everyone. There was approximately 380 aftershocks yesterday though everything seems to have settled now (thank goodness).

Did anyone see the super moon last night?

DrillSergeantCat · November 2016

Greenjinjo said:

Thanks for the pictures and thoughts everyone. There was approximately 380 aftershocks yesterday though everything seems to have settled now (thank goodness).

Did anyone see the super moon last night?

I didn't see it because I went to bed at 9:15, but I saw the light it cast when the baby woke me up an hour later. It was so bright!

kimmiinthemitten · November 2016

Wow....380 - I'm so glad you're okay and can see why that would be terrifying.

Maybe I'm in a weird spot on the globe but our moon was brighter and that's it really.

Here's The Guy enjoying all the boxes last night to add to your distraction, JIC. And of course it's sideways, because my photos always are.

ETA sideways photo on top. Sigh.

mrsconn23 · November 2016

The moon was amazing. Even DefConn was all, "Ooh look at the moon mama!"

sparklepants41 · November 2016

I'm so glad you are okay! That had to be a frightening experience! Here's a close-up of our pup for your distraction enjoyment. Sorry it's huge.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5020756/uploads/editor/tb/ta678s5bljr7.jpg

OurWildKingdom · November 2016

Greenjinjo said:

Thanks for the pictures and thoughts everyone. There was approximately 380 aftershocks yesterday though everything seems to have settled now (thank goodness).

Did anyone see the super moon last night?

380 aftershocks!? So glad you are OK!

Greenjinjo · November 2016

I'm living the cute pics so decided to join in. Here is our old cat Lujan who was pretty cool!

We unfortunately missed the super moon as a storm settled in over the centre of the country with wind up to 140km and serious rain causing flooding and more evacuations...

missfrodo · November 2016

Lujan is a cutie! Is that name from anything in particular? I've never heard it before, but it suits him. Glad you guys don't have to evacuate, and I hope he stays safe and dry.

Greenjinjo · November 2016

@missfrodo he is named after a character from Magician by Raymond E. Fiest. Fantastic book if you like fantasy

Everything seems to be slowly going back to normal in my city. It will take time and money to overcome this but we were lucky.
A USA warship is on the way to help a stranded town in the south island (USS Samson) as well as a US marine corps patrol aircraft - thank you USA!

Are earthquakes common in the USA and UK/where everyone is from?

ILoveBeachMusic · November 2016

Greenjinjo said:

@missfrodo he is named after a character from Magician by Raymond E. Fiest. Fantastic book if you like fantasy

Everything seems to be slowly going back to normal in my city. It will take time and money to overcome this but we were lucky.
A USA warship is on the way to help a stranded town in the south island (USS Samson) as well as a US marine corps patrol aircraft - thank you USA!

Are earthquakes common in the USA and UK/where everyone is from?

It depends on where in the USA you live. The west coast tends to have more but @DrillSergeantCat has been saying that Oklahoma has been having a ton. I live in Indiana. We don't have them very frequently but we are near a major fault line. The seismologists say it is just a matter of time before a big one hits the mid-west US.

DrillSergeantCat · November 2016

If you go to https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/ you can see all the recent earthquakes and their severity. Oklahoma lies on a fault line, but as previously stated, the majority of our earthquakes are caused by wastewater injection. Before 2009, we had an average of 3 per year. Last year, there were 907. Granted, they've all been small; our largest was a 5.6, but we weren't built to withstand earthquakes and our soil is not that sturdy to begin with.

short+sassy · November 2016

Greenjinjo said:

@missfrodo he is named after a character from Magician by Raymond E. Fiest. Fantastic book if you like fantasy

Everything seems to be slowly going back to normal in my city. It will take time and money to overcome this but we were lucky.
A USA warship is on the way to help a stranded town in the south island (USS Samson) as well as a US marine corps patrol aircraft - thank you USA!

Are earthquakes common in the USA and UK/where everyone is from?

CA is famous for them. There is a major fault line that runs through San Francisco. They've had major destruction twice in about the last 100 years from quakes.

I lived in So. CA. The big one down there is the San Andreas fault, though I don't remember specifically where it runs through. Definitely not through my hometown in Southern Orange County, but that doesn't mean I didn't feel them. We'd experience the ground shaking every few years from one, but were never close enough for anything more than that.

With that said, parts of CA, including where I lived has some different architecture than the rest of the country because of quakes. Nothing is built from brick. Brick doesn't flex, it breaks. We don't have basements. High rise buildings are actually built to sway a bit. Some of the newer big ones even have a giant ball thing that rolls the foundation in a quake.

Glad to hear things are slowly getting back to normal. Natural disasters are devastating. EVERYONE in one area is affected, so it is more challenging for people and organizations to help each other.

firestar-2 · November 2016

South-East quarter of the UK.

At 29 years old, I vaguely remember one Earthquake back, oh, 20 years ago? I was sleeping in a tent and woke up feeling the ground shaking and wondered wtf was going on (although the folks had already explained that the ground may go screwy overnight so I wasn't scared, just confused). They, asleep in the caravan, felt nothing, so there's that.

That's the closest we've been to earthquakes over here. I can't even begin to imagine how scary it is. I'm sorry for anyone affected.

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