Magnitude-5.3 quake shakes Los Angeles area

Hard to shake that visual out of your head? Lol.

Okay, so FG, Bugle, Raider, Numbers...anyone we've left out?

 

Scary stuff! Glad to see everyone is ok! I remember the small quake we had not so long ago.

Lol and im lost at the ATM comment...

 

Numbers and Raider are in San Diego, aren't they? That's almost 2 hours away...they should be good. But how about LA, himself?

 

In a nutshell...

-FG said ATM (she meant; at the moment)

-I see it always first as ATM (ass-to-mouth).. because when I first saw it written by men I used to blog with, I thought they were talking about ATM machines, and wondered why?...they explained ATM meant (eeeew), lol. :smt053

And of course, Ore couldn't resist a good ribbing, lol.

 

Bliss, thank you! I have never seen or heard either expression. Ass to mouth..yeah... i will forever have that same visual every time I see ATM.

 

Of course I couldn't.

 

My daughter moved to LA less than two weeks ago and has experienced two earthquakes already. Lovely!!

 

I once thought about living in Los Angeles. I still want to visit the place. I remember when Haiti was struck by the earthquake, it was said that that quake could've hit South Florida.

 

you had earth tremors a plenty when i was over there in november

 

How is she handling it? How did she handle tropical storms? I missed Andrew, but the storms I've experienced were bad, but not life-changing.

 

Lol. Funny! Boot sister!

 

In 1994, I was working the night shift at a condo resort on Pompano Beach when Tropical Storm Gordon came to town. I remember how windy it was. And the rain was very heavy. It was so dark, I couldn't see three feet in front of me. I spent all that night in the main lobby until the storm passed(when Gordon reached Savannah, GA it upgraded into a Category 3 Hurricane). The next morning I went out to the beach and saw most of the beach had been eroded and the tide was up to six feet. It was still dark. I was surprised I made it through the night.

 

She's doing well. First one really scared her but she was handling today's better. Luckily she has lots of good friends there helping her deal with it. Andrew was very scary but the only one that really hit us was Wilma. That caused lots of damage. We were without power for two weeks. Trees and debris everywhere. There was a curfew due to no traffic lights. Quite an experience. Old Mother Nature!

 

Wow, Gorath, I missed that one. I didn't move down to FL until 2006 and had only been caught in storms before during trips down there, but nothing major. I've experienced a couple of earthquakes growing up in St. Louis, but obviously nothing in the California range. I'm just glad everyone appears to be okay. RestlessRita, I'm glad your daughter's doing okay, and especially that she has friends out there she can count on if needed.

 

A friend of mine and his wife went down to Homestead after Andrew. When I saw him, he told me about what he saw when he got there. He said, " It was as if a huge bomb had went off there." He looked like he had seen Hell. When I moved down here, remnants of Andrew still remain. I see old motor boats and wave riders in the bushes as these areas are being cleared for construction of new homes and businesses. Building construction is better monitored as well as better constructed as opposed to buildings being slapped together.

 

I went through Katrina and Wilma. Both storms were unique because Katrina came in the evening and Wilma came in the morning. Imagine waking up to howling winds and heavy rain. Both were something. I remember when the New Times put a picture of Wilma Flintstone on the cover and one word was stamped on it: Bitch. New Times got a lot of heat for the cover. The title didn't apply to Wilma Flintstone, but it truly applied to the hurricane.

 

We had hurricane shutters covering the entire house so we couldn't see what was going on. We just heard the wind which sounded like a train whistle. When it finally ended, I walked outside and I was shocked. I felt like I entered a war zone. I'll never forget it.

 

Thanks, Orejon.

 

I was driving while it happened so I didn't notice anything.

 

Glad to hear it, L.A. Is there any discernible damage that you can see? So we've heard from FG, Rita re: her daughter, you...who's left?