'Kay, done with this now.

[naamah_darling]

Another earthquake. This one strong enough to scare the cats and briefly scare the crap out of me. Rattled the pictures on the walls and the windows and all the cabinets, nearly shook stuff off the mantel. The whole place was shuddering, and you could hear it in the ground, like wind. Lasted about a minute, about a 5.2 according to the news

Comments

[marccarlson]

I really prefer tornados

[naamah_darling]

I am thinking I TOTALLY agree with you.

[marccarlson]

You gotta love Oklahoma.

[ferret]

This .. amuses me. Our 'preferred' form of natural disaster really seems to be influenced by what we have the most experience with.

Earthquakes don't bother me at all. Windstorms (Tornado's, Hurricane's whatever)make me VERY uneasy.

Probably comes from growing up in Alaska where Earthquakes (big ones according to everyone else) are barely noticed by most long time residents, but horrible high speed, especially twisting? windstorms? Almost unheard of.

Hope everyone is alright, and things mellow a bit.

[diabla_traviesa]

That's the common idea, but it's not always true. I think I prefer tornadoes, mainly because you have warnings. And I've never experienced one, only an alert many years ago. Earthquakes are part of my daily life and I fucking hate them. It has become some sort of irrational fear.

[ferret]

Agreed - like most 'common knowledge' or statements there are always exceptions. One of my kids is much the same - HATES EarthQuakes with a passion, even though they very rarely actually feel them anymore. Its the 'surprise' aspect that gets to them.