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An earthquake and other stories

Posted : 2/27/2008 5:49:02 AM

Late last night I was in the living room with Ben, who was asleep on the ginormous bed, when he got up and wanted to go out. OK, no problem. I let him out and within about 30 seconds he barked, whined and RAN back to the door to be let in (I was standing right there, but I can't actually see my back garden from the back door, which is on the side of the house.) He seemed a bit panicked, so I let him in and grabbed his collar to keep him with me so I could make sure he was OK. Just as I grab his collar, the house SHAKES and I brace myself against the wall.

I figure Ben was panicked because he could sense the earthquake, I've heard of that happening, but after the house stopped shaking Ben turned and was straining and barking to get back outside, not in an I-need-to-wee kind of way, either. I tell him to wait and look out the door, and what do I see? A FOX is just turning away from my back door to head back to the bottom of the garden and the field my house backs on to.

Since Ben could take a fox, I am guessing he was just shocked by it, he's never met one before. What with that and the earthquake, the poor thing probably thinks the garden at night is out to get him. The whole thing happened in the space of 60 seconds, it was a bit crazy.

According to the news, the earthquake measured 5.2.

kpwlee

Posted : 2/27/2008 7:37:12 AM

I saw that about the quake - wild! Oh Ben it's not always so weird out there in the dark. Bugsy goes nuts if there is something to hunt in the yard so I can imagine what Ben was like Surprise

rwbeagles

Posted : 2/27/2008 11:34:16 AM

Benedict
According to the news, the earthquake measured 5.2.

A quakes...as a former Californian I can relate. I much prefer tornados because at least you get plenty of warning if you are smart enough to watch or listen LOL.

Glad all is well, I don't expect EQ's are common out your way? I used to sleep thru the baby one's in Ca.

crazy_pixie_

Posted : 2/27/2008 9:05:03 PM

Earthquakes are happening all over the place. There was a 6 in Nevada the other day and I felt it in Salt Lake City. Of course what we felt was minscule compared to the damage in Nevada.

espencer

Posted : 2/27/2008 11:56:53 PM

I was in the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, that was a big 8.1 magnitude level!!! killed at least 9,000 people and 100,000 left homeless; i was living in a part of the city with volcanic underground structure which absorbed most of the strength from the earthquake and no buildings came down but in downtown since was built on top of a lake it was a different story

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Mexico_City_earthquake

willowchow

Posted : 2/28/2008 12:09:07 AM

They reported the earthquake on the morning news here today--in little New England, USA. I have a few friends there and I also thought of the people on this forum who might have been effected.

I wonder if Ben thinks the fox made the house shake, LOL!! Willow would probably think that!

spiritdogs

Posted : 2/28/2008 12:39:03 AM

willowchow
They reported the earthquake on the morning news here today--in little New England, USA. I have a few friends there and I also thought of the people on this forum who might have been effected.

I wonder if Ben thinks the fox made the house shake, LOL!! Willow would probably think that!

Hey, I didn't feel anything...where was the epicenter and how big was it?

Benedict

Posted : 2/28/2008 4:27:36 AM

Lori, I do think Ben thought the fox had something to do with the house shaking, he really wanted to go out there and get it....and tell it off for shaking the house LOL!

Gina....no...we're not known for having earthquakes here....whenever there is one it's always a huge deal on the news etc.

fuzzy_dogs_mom

Posted : 2/28/2008 1:53:13 PM

Here we sort of wake up and say "Oh, it's just another earthquake. Go back to sleep." Seriously though, there's a huge, major earthquake fault that runs through the midwest. I can't remember the name of it (I'm thinking the Sierra Madrid fault, but I could be wrong) and we'd all better hope a quake never happens along that one. I think the last one was in the 19th. century, but if that one ever goes, it will level a lot of states that never thought they'd have to worry about their buildings meeting earthquake preparedness standards.

Joyce