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We just had a 4.4 quake here in the Lost Angeles area. All's well at Casa Nighteyes, but our cats did NOT like it! (Its their first quake...)
Glad to hear that things are safe. I had to evacuate my apartment because of a fire alarm; I tried to get the cats, but I couldn't spend any more time.
Luckily, they were fine (I was pretty panicked about them!), and Max was missing for ten minutes -- until I looked under the bed, huddled in the corner. He was not comin' out!
... Max was missing for ten minutes -- until I looked under the bed, huddled in the corner. He was not comin' out!
Our male cat, Ravi (Hindi for 'sun'), ran to his "self-designated shelter" in the closet under the stairs. When he gets 'way back in there, nothing can get him except, perhaps, for another cat. Our female cat, Luna (self-explanatory), started to go with him but changed her mind and ducked under the bed. She came out again pretty quickly, but we didn't see Ravi for about half an hour.
All in all, a memorable way to kick off St. Patrick's Day!
Years ago I was sitting watching TV with the cat on my lap. (I think it was a New Year's quake. Odd how they happen on holidays.) He was sound asleep. He suddenly woke up, dug his claws deep into my leg, howled and jumped off my lap. About two seconds after that I could feel the jolt and knew it was an earthquake. That cat knew it was coming before it hit. Our very own early-warning-system.
Then there was the cat who went missing after the Landers quake. He was mostly feral and roamed a lot on the neighbors' roofs. We spent hours calling for him. When he finally got home he was filthy. Absolutely covered in soot. I'd always wondered if he had fallen down a chimney and had to wait for someone to open a door. He quit going up onto roofs after that. This same cat used to bring home things the neighbors put on their clothes line. We'd open the drapes in the morning and see someone's boxers on top of his house. He also brought home the neighbor's pet bunny one time. Carried it right to me, in his mouth, while I was working in the garden. The bunny was successfully rescued and returned home. "No, Guns, you cannot have a pet." Followed by, "Hi. I'm your neighbor and I think this is your rabbit. "
Ah yes, 'quakes. I don't miss them. Seemed so common that one early morning when one woke me up I though, "We're falling off into the Pacific" and rolled over to go back to sleep. Moments later, though, I was up and in a doorway.....South Pasadena during the Sylmar Quake.
Our two are litter-mates, so they've literally been together for their entire lives. Based on the times we cared for the grand-daughter's cats while son & family were on vacation, I'm pretty sure they wouldn't like another long-term feline at Casa Nighteyes.
The Northridge Quake woke me up out of a sound sleep; had to hold on to the bed to keep from getting bounced off. When we finally got rid of that mattress, I do believe my fingerprints were still in it! Had the quake come an hour later, it would have been my commuter train that derailed behind the Northridge Fashion Center instead of that freight train.
Speaking of 'bouncy beds and quakes' I heard that, during San Francisco's Loma Prieta quake in 1989, a young man was napping on his full-flotation water bed, and was tossed out the window! Talk about a rude awakening!!!
The Northridge Quake woke me up out of a sound sleep; had to hold on to the bed to keep from getting bounced off. When we finally got rid of that mattress, I do believe my fingerprints were still in it! Had the quake come an hour later, it would have been my commuter train that derailed behind the Northridge Fashion Center instead of that freight train.
Speaking of 'bouncy beds and quakes' I heard that, during San Francisco's Loma Prieta quake in 1989, a young man was napping on his full-flotation water bed, and was tossed out the window! Talk about a rude awakening!!!
Nighteyes, I'm glad to read you didn't have any damage from the earthquake. I think what was so scary about them is that you don't really get any warning, other than your pets possibly acting crazy (mine always did).
I do not miss that part of living in California. My teenage years were spent in a house near the Hayward and Calaveras fault lines, and we had several smaller quakes. I was fortunate to have moved out of California a few weeks before the Loma Prieta quake, although I'm honestly not sure if Modesto - where I was living at the time - suffered much damage from it. I did get bounced out of bed a couple of times growing up. I used to have nightmares occasionally of my bed going through the window and dropping to the ground during a major quake. It was a straight two-story drop to the ground from my bedroom window.
The Northridge quake - wasn't that the one that hit in January 1994(ish)? I do remember hearing about a major quake about that time, because our news in Kentucky suddenly switched from the blizzard that shut the whole state down to the quake. You were in that one?? Yikes!
ptsum, you should win the CD's grand $10,000 prize or whatever it is for starting the most popular, longest thread in the entire City Data forum. Kudos!
Oh, I agree! Kudos ptsum for starting this thread!
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