Katiebug_1976 Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Did any of you Okies feel the quake tonight? I slept through the one early this morning, but dh felt it & woke me up. But I sure felt the that just happened! This is CRAZY!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepyl Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 There have been four in the last 24 hours!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatCyndiGirl Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Yep. I've never heard my dog cry so much as she did tonight. She finally curled up on my chest and fell asleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Yep. I've never heard my dog cry so much as she did tonight. She finally curled up on my chest and fell asleep. Awww. :grouphug: to all of you feeling the quakes.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Apparently I'm the only person in this area who hasn't felt it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyrooch Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Yes! It was crazy. I live in an underground home so I'm pretty freaked out right now. The whole house shook and I could literally feel it swaying. The lights, pictures and ceiling fans were shaking and some books fell off of our shelves. The USGS is reporting that there have been a total of 9 quakes here in OK in the last 24 hours. Two of them were pretty big. The first was around 2:00 CST Saturday morning and was a 4.7 and the last one was around 10:50 CST and was a 5.6. That's almost a whole point higher in less than 24 hours! I'm a little nervous right now. Especially since my home is undergound. Normally, living here in Tornado alley, that's a great thing but in the case of earthquakes, I can't imagine a worse place to be. The walls and the ceiling is made of 10" 10,000 PSI concrete so if the ceiling collapsed it would completely crush us since it's solid concrete. Now I'm paranoid and afraid to sleep. :glare: I just need to :chillpill: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatCyndiGirl Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 mommyrooch,.....deep breaths.....deep, calming breaths..... (I'm telling myself that, too!) :grouphug: I'm not a fan of these earthquakes. Not at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex-mex Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 We're north of Dallas -- about an hour from the OK/TX border. I did not feel a thing but my family swears they felt something. The only clue was a lamp slightly (very slightly) moving as if it was moved. :confused: Tons of people here in DFW are freaking out on FB. Heck, I'm more worried about OK instead of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 We are in NW AR and felt it. Scary and exciting at the same time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 I live in KS and felt it last night. It was crazy! Things in the house were still swaying afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Mama Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 I was the only one in my house who felt the first one (4.8 on Saturday am) and I thought I was dreaming until I woke up and checked online. Last night I was up on a step stool when the 5.6 rumbled through. It felt like it lasted forever! That time 3 of the 4 of us experienced it. Scared my youngest, but I tried to make light of it by laughing and telling her that now they knew I didn't make up the one from earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bensmom Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 I felt the one Sat. p.m. but didn't realize it was a quake. I thought the cats were shaking my bed. haha. It never occurred to me that it could be an earthquake because we don't get those here! Last night's quake really shook the second story of our house. The dishes were rattling in the cabinet. I was pretty shook up myself. I think I'd rather have a tornado. At least then we feel safe and snug underground....and we know ahead of time that it is coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Cook Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 We live up by Springfield, MO and felt a little shaking this far away. My husband didn't know what it was but I thought that might have been an earthquake. Checked online this morning and sure enough. Weird feeling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Yes! It was crazy. I live in an underground home so I'm pretty freaked out right now. The whole house shook and I could literally feel it swaying. The lights, pictures and ceiling fans were shaking and some books fell off of our shelves. The USGS is reporting that there have been a total of 9 quakes here in OK in the last 24 hours. Two of them were pretty big. The first was around 2:00 CST Saturday morning and was a 4.7 and the last one was around 10:50 CST and was a 5.6. That's almost a whole point higher in less than 24 hours! I'm a little nervous right now. Especially since my home is undergound. Normally, living here in Tornado alley, that's a great thing but in the case of earthquakes, I can't imagine a worse place to be. The walls and the ceiling is made of 10" 10,000 PSI concrete so if the ceiling collapsed it would completely crush us since it's solid concrete. Now I'm paranoid and afraid to sleep. :glare: I just need to :chillpill: :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: Until last August I would not have been able to relate at all, but now that a 5.8 has hit our area I totally understand why you are so afraid. It is very, very unsettling to say the least. I can't imagine how much more scary it would be in your situation. Praying for safety for all you Okies affected by these quakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Girls' Mom Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 We are in S. Fort Worth, and my daughter felt it (she was the only one still awake) Several of my local friends posted on FB that they felt it, and one is even further south than us. :grouphug: to those in OK. You just don't think of that area as being prone to earthquakes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 No, you don't think OK would be earthquake-prone. I don't like tornadoes, but at least you can see the storm and have a clue that there may be one headed your way. With earthquakes, you don't have ANY clue. That's the scariest part for me. DH and I were pretty freaked out, and so were our cats. Ironically my dog who is petrified of thunder woke up, looked around, waited (and waited... and waited...) for the shaking to stop, then went back to sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyrooch Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 :001_smile:Thanks Cyndi and Kathleen, I'm feeling better this morning. I was able to finally get a little sleep. I even lost my first home in the big May 3rd tornado in 1999 but for some reason this freaked me out more. I guess it's because I felt I had no control or warning. With tornados, we at least usually get notice to prepare and we know what to do. Since earthquakes are new here most of us really weren't prepared so I think that surprise and lack of experience wit them made it worse. I don't think being underground when it happened helped much either. :glare: I'm not in a big hurry to experience that again. I think I'd just rather keep our tornados. :tongue_smilie: Thanks again guys. You ladies are so sweet. I'm glad that it seems like all of of here in Okie Land are okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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