Ok, so we just had an earthquake in LA (I'm downtown). MSNBC is reporting a 5.6 magnitude. It was rolling pretty good (no damage/injuries in my office) and a bit freaky for this Jersey Girl. Everyone in LA/SoCal ok?
Sue71
I'm downtown too. Our building is on rollers, so we felt it pretty good up high. It was one big jolt followed by 30 seconds or so of rolling. Not that bad for earthquake vets but scary for the newbies. We were due, and it's good when we get these, so long as nobody is hurt of course, as it is thought to extend the time until TBO hits, as it relieves pressure. Supposedly.
Wow. Watching on the news now.
I echo everyone else's thoughts: GLAD YOU ARE OKAY!
-EarlJam
Glad to hear that you are all ok. I hope the other Dbr folks in CA are fine also. You never forget your first earthquake.
Earthquakes are scary no matter how many you've experienced. Hopefully, everyone is okay and this little one let off a lot of pressure.
Bob Green
We're all fine here. Native Californians were amused by it. I was a little shaken up (literally & figuratively). It was more of a rolling quake where I am. But like I said, no damage or injuries. Just my "initiation" I suppose.
Glad that you are okay. And I can't resist . . .
"I felt the earth move under my feet
I felt the sky come tumbling down . . ."
I'm actually sort of jealous. I want to experience a moderate one, if only to say that I have. I remember my mother calling me one day during my junior year at Duke to inform me that there had been a noticeable quake in the Atlanta area, and I was genuinely sorry I missed it. She also told me that, like lots of people say, her dogs really did freak out throughout the several hours before the tremor.
I am not glad your OK (your OK what?). I am, however, glad you're OK. The Grammar Police have several citations to issue in response to this thread alone.
That made me smile (emphasis added).
We get a few every year that make the windows rattle, really no worse than say a dump truck screaming past your window at 60 mph. The really scary one was a few months after the big tsunami hit. There was an earthquake off shore of San Diego, strong enough to shake windows and dishes in the cabinets, and the local media/weather service freaked and issued a tsunami advisory. Not cool.
No, it's not a habit. It's a matter of speaking the language properly. I can not stress this enough (and no, "cannot" is not a word). My students will always lose points for transposing words like your/you're and their/their/they're. Period.
And I dare anyone to ever hand in a paper to me containing the word "ur". As in, "ur shirt is nice."