[autotech4dallas]

Originally Posted by mkfarnam

Earth quakes aren't that bad. You feel the ground roll under your feet and once in awhile your house or car might get moved 10ft over.

Aw man, I still would have been a terrified man probably screaming "aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh," lol, should an earthquake were to happen in Oklahoma or Texas. And I know portions of Fort Worth experienced a small earthquake last month.

[mkfarnam]

Originally Posted by autotech4dallas

Aw man, I still would have been a terrified man probably screaming "aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh," lol, should an earthquake were to happen in Oklahoma or Texas. And I know portions of Fort Worth experienced a small earthquake last month.

You wouldn't have time to scream. They only last a matter of seconds. You feel a rumble or roll and that's it, it's over. unless of course it's a big one, which is very rarely encountered. 1 every 5 years, maybe.

[nightbird47]

Originally Posted by autotech4dallas

Oh wow! Congrats for having your house paid for! That must be an exciting feeling! I am also glad that you enjoy living in Oklahoma.

I do not blame any Californian for wanting to move to Oklahoma for a better life, nor do I blame Texans for doing the same. Besides Texas plates, I have noticed a lot of Californian plates as well here in Okllahoma.

I never want to experience an earthquake in my lifetime and I hope I never will when I move to Texas in a few years (or while I am living in Oklahoma for now).

This house would be worth mayb 150k in California which is one reason so many Californians move away and here. The people from cali in my neighborhood are not anxious to make it like cali either. I suspect the ones who do leave.

Remember the Sylmar quake (7. something) where we were way way distant and it made the building sway. And Northridge, where my cousins house was a quarter mile from the epicenter. And others more local and frequent. I lived close to the believed epicenter of the big one when it happens.... of course most of socal will be flattned when it comes.

Little quakes just remind you that bigger ones are to come, then people forget. At least most other disastors have some sort of warning.

[autotech4dallas]

Originally Posted by mkfarnam

You wouldn't have time to scream. They only last a matter of seconds. You feel a rumble or roll and that's it, it's over. unless of course it's a big one, which is very rarely encountered. 1 every 5 years, maybe.

Man, that must be crazy though. It would be the scariest matter of seconds in my life, lol. But I must say that the Californians are strong. These wildfires that keep breaking out, though. It is just shocking to me.

[autotech4dallas]

Originally Posted by nightbird47

This house would be worth mayb 150k in California which is one reason so many Californians move away and here. The people from cali in my neighborhood are not anxious to make it like cali either. I suspect the ones who do leave.

Remember the Sylmar quake (7. something) where we were way way distant and it made the building sway. And Northridge, where my cousins house was a quarter mile from the epicenter. And others more local and frequent. I lived close to the believed epicenter of the big one when it happens.... of course most of socal will be flattned when it comes.

Little quakes just remind you that bigger ones are to come, then people forget. At least most other disastors have some sort of warning.

Oh boy! Well I am truly glad that you came to Oklahoma as soon as you could. The only natural disaster that we as Oklahomans only deal with are tornadoes and they seem rear to me. They can happen at any given moment but I am really not too worried at all. I have 21 months to serve here in Oklahoma and I will make my big break to Texas.

[mkfarnam]

One of the last big one callapes a freeway in Oakland, Ca.

[autotech4dallas]

Dude, I could not imagine being in my car in rush hour traffic, coming home from work, and the freeway is shaking violently. I would do my very best to stay calm and pray to the Lord to please allow me to make it out alive and well.

[mkfarnam]

Itwas the Cypress freeway. A 2 section freeway where the top freeway came down on to the bottom.

Before
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/...e/case/eq1.jpg

After

YouTube - Cypress Freeway Collapse

[Goodpasture]

Where I live now, if we got a really bad earthquake that shook the earth for a few minutes, it would just fill some of the smaller potholes.......

[autotech4dallas]

Originally Posted by mkfarnam

Itwas the Cypress freeway. A 2 section freeway where the top freeway came down on to the bottom.

Before
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/...e/case/eq1.jpg

After

YouTube - Cypress Freeway Collapse

It is definitely a reminder that the big one is coming soon, probably in our lifetime. So yes, regarding the thread title, Californians (and Texans) definitely have every right to relocate to Oklahoma for a simpler life. Oklahoma is a happenin' state.