Conference misery::feline_v1

    I heard about the earthquake on the TV news this morning (too lazy to
    get out of bed at 6:00, even with a tubby little black cat walking back
    and forth across me, so watched news and weather 'til 6:45). The Boston 
    newscaster didn't act like it was any big deal.

    "Ho, hum, there was an earthquake in the San Francisco Bay area at
    mumble o'clock this morning (yawn).  It measured 5.something on the 
    Richter scale.  In sports today....."

    When I heard "earthquake" I sat right up in bed and thought of you guys
    out there in sunny-but-jiggly California. It must've been pretty scary.

    Linda

    
    Where was the quake centered?  The Boston newscasters I watched didn't
    even mention it!  But then, they don't mention much after the West
    Coast at all.  We do sometimes get the weather ..... what the temp will
    be.  Otherwise, it has to be major disaster to hear anything about it.
    

As a San Josean, I can attest to the fact that it was real noticable....
4 cats and 1 doberman joined me on my wildly sloshing waterbed and all
stared at me waiting for me to MAKE IT STOP...After it settled down,
we all looked at one another and said, "well, that wasn't so bad...wasn't
the big one after all"...and went back to sleep.  When the aftershock
hit, I braced for another gathering on the bed....but nothing happened!
I toured the house and found all in their respective spots, sleeping
soundly.  Hannah did look up sleepily as if to say, "why are you
up at this time of night?".  Sigh.  I didn't get much sleep last night.

    It was centered near Lexington Resevior Dam just SW of San Jose
    and west of Los Gatos (the Cats?  Hey....)  ;)
    
    Some people (well, later on, since no one says anything at 1:15am
    on the radio) were joking to put on some waders (guess the dam didn't
    like being roughed up), but in reflection, there probably isn't
    enough water in that lake to get your feets wet.
    
    My cats didn't appear too upset, just looked around at all the noise.
    The kitten was crated for the night, so I don't know what he thought,
    but not a peep.  I, on the other hand, was plotting a fast escape....
     ;)   ("Okie, grab the birds on the way out, grab the crate, where's
    the other cats, etc")
    
    kim

    Boy, that was a fun ride last night wasn't it.  Bailey ended up
    under the bed, Amelia was in the middle of the bedroom floor looking
    dumbstruck (even 5 min. after it stopped) and Carrie was laying on
    the bookshelf enjoying the ride.  Aftershocks didn't seem to bother
    them at all.
    
    I don't like those quakes that have the sudden slam and then rock
    you around.  And what is it that makes that loud noise when they
    hit?  You shoulda heard the car alarm symphony going in my parking
    lot.  It was kind of musical as they all began to reset and fade
    away into a quite night.
    
    I'm cat sitting for a friend who lives just up the road from Lexington
    Reservoir.  I'm not due to check on the cat until tomorrow since
    his roomates are around today but I'm interested in knowing how
    his house came through the quake since its sitting so close to the
    epicenter.  I'm also a little wary about being up there Wednesday
    and Friday night if an aftershock should hit.
                            
    Jan
                                                        
    
    P.S.  It's Carrie's 1 year old birthday today...maybe she just wanted
          to bring it in with a bang ;^)

    I never knew about the earthquake until I read this note.  So much for
    the news on my car radio.  Never mentioned on my 45 minute drive in
    this morning.  I hope everybody is OK.
    
    Tell Carrie to find another way to celebrate her birthday.  No need
    to scare mommy.
    
    I thought anything over 4 on the scale was dangerous.  This one
    registered 5.1.  
    
    Sandi (mom to Lightning, DejaVu & Thunder)
    
    

    Well, this one was a scary one, but we had a 6.2 centered in my
    home town a couple of years ago, and that was much worse.  While
    this one was going on, I was thinking wow! It just keeps going....
    We didn't have much damage this time, except for our psyche's.
    The 6.2 nearly totaled the inside of my home.
    
    Actually, I handled the quake last night much better than I handled
    the after shock this morning.  The one that hit at about 9:00 am.
    SCI is on rollers since it is a glass building, it continued to
    roll and settle for a minute or two afterwards.  And that one was
    only a 4.5.
    
    The really interesting thing is that some scientists have said that
    last nights quake was a foreshock of a larger one that will hit
    in the next 5 days or so.  So, now I have the whole week to worry
    about!!!
    
    Cats handled it fine, they just looked up sleepily and then went
    back to sleep.
    
    Jo

    The larger quake they're predicting for the next 5 days is expected
    to be approx. 6.1 which is another reason why I'm concerned about
    being up in the Lexington Reservoir area.  I can't wait to see how
    my friend's house fared after the 5.1 quake we just had...will give
    me a good idea what to expect if I'm up there when the biggy hits.
              
    Jan

    What is an aftershock?
    
    Deb 

    It's basically a smaller earthquake following a large one.
    It originates at or near the same place as the large quake.
    There are usually several of them (some felt some not) as the earth
    settles.
    
    Jan