tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post7773479276731953702..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: What was THAT???Julia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-47467204421341966502008-04-20T12:04:00.000-04:002008-04-20T12:04:00.000-04:00Hello all and thanks for your comments! Kathryn, ...Hello all and thanks for your comments! Kathryn, as to the bathtub of water, we filled ours during recent storms when the electricity went off (which shuts off the well pump and leaves us without water) so we'd have water for washing our hands or flushing the toilet. Came in quite handy.Lonnie Crusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14617936690870869287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-74488402587238426792008-04-18T20:37:00.000-04:002008-04-18T20:37:00.000-04:00I heard on the news that the earthquake was felt a...I heard on the news that the earthquake was felt all the way down to Georgia, but it must have bypassed the DC area. I'm glad it was nothing serious. Now you have material for your writing without any longterm consequences.Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-87052047627975331872008-04-18T18:40:00.000-04:002008-04-18T18:40:00.000-04:00Lonnie, I'm glad you and your family are safe. I d...Lonnie, I'm glad you and your family are safe. I don't think there's any place to hide. Look what has happened in Manhattan...on the beach in Indonesia...in the American heartland...in Antarctica in the past few years. The first time I ever visited Northern California, I shared student housing with some seismology grad students near UC Berkeley, and I learned a lot about earthquakes, including Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-1583742168501498082008-04-18T17:12:00.000-04:002008-04-18T17:12:00.000-04:00Lonnie,In 43 years of living in Chicagoland I've n...Lonnie,<BR/><BR/>In 43 years of living in Chicagoland I've never experienced an earthquake, and when it finally happened this morning--I slept through it! And so did everyone else in my family. To be honest, I'm sort of disappointed. I wanted to know what it felt like.<BR/><BR/>I'm thinking though, that even if I'd been awake, I would have assumed that the rattling was caused by the el, which Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-84859973898815643052008-04-18T15:18:00.000-04:002008-04-18T15:18:00.000-04:00Lonnie, Maybe you southern Illinois folks aren't b...Lonnie, Maybe you southern Illinois folks aren't behaving yourselves! All kidding aside, although I didn't feel anything here in the west suburbs of Chicago, it did get me to thinking. Just last week I was listening to the news and heard that scientists were worried about a series of unusual earthquakes off the coast of Oregon. They were far out in the ocean, so not felt on shore. They occurred Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-46122416366823412592008-04-18T12:53:00.000-04:002008-04-18T12:53:00.000-04:00Wow, my sympathy on the earthquake. Those are real...Wow, my sympathy on the earthquake. Those are really scary. We have so many faults running through SoCal that no one seems to keep track of them except the seismologists. But when a larger one hits, my Dad's old advice comes to mind, "Fill the bathtub with water!" I also did this during 9/11, even though we live near the beach on the opposite coast from NY. I don't know what you're actually Kathryn Lilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701558750790059307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-59418775414210737572008-04-18T11:49:00.000-04:002008-04-18T11:49:00.000-04:00Glad you're OK! I lived in the Upper Midwest for 3...Glad you're OK! I lived in the Upper Midwest for 30 plus years and now am back in Maine, which does seem a little safer just because the hurricanes don't usually reach us. But watch out when they do! And we've had (very small) earthquakes and isolated tornadoes here as well. Really there is no place perfect.Auntie Knickershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08854138665883068803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-51783886269809937182008-04-18T10:15:00.000-04:002008-04-18T10:15:00.000-04:00Lonnie, years ago I had a teeshirt that read: "New...Lonnie, years ago I had a teeshirt that read: "New Madrid: It's OUR fault!"<BR/><BR/>Loved that shirt :)<BR/><BR/>Janet K, who has a B.S. in geologyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-15516758351182678132008-04-18T09:50:00.000-04:002008-04-18T09:50:00.000-04:00It's scary all over, Lonnie. In the east, we have ...It's scary all over, Lonnie. In the east, we have hurricanes, ice storms, flooding, violent thunderstorms that spawn the occasional tornado, and the threat of terrorist attacks (I live two miles from the CIA! Yikes!). Yet I confess that I often wonder why anybody would live in the dangerous midwest!Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.com