July 08, 2021 07:21PM
Actually I have several... I'll only relate two.

Waxing my car when the big Coalinga quake hit. I was bent over waxing the bottom panel of the door when I realized that the car was waxing itself. That struck me as odd. I looked up and saw the wall of my shop waving, like ocean waves... that was definitely a sign of something amiss.

Second tale... that same night, or maybe the night after, friend and I went to my ranch in Coalinga to hunt. On the way we stopped at Harris Ranch, and imbibed. Left at 2am... well imbibed. Got to our ranch and threw our sleeping bags on some cots that were on a tile floor over concrete. No padding... about 5am we were woken when my friends cot and my cot were engaged in combat... ramming into each other. We put two and two together... world's worst hangover. But ahhh, twasn't a hangover... it was an aftershock.

On the way into our ranch, (about 4 miles), it was dark so we noticed nothing unusual... so yeah, even if it had been daylight we wouldn't haven't noticed anything unusual... remember the 'imbibing part'? But the morning of the aftershock, now sober, sort of sober... we noticed something unusual, several somethings in fact.

Chunks off mountains the size of large homes had broken off and careened down the mountainsides..... everywhere. Not from the aftershock, (we don't think), but the big Coalinga quake.

One chunk stuck into the mountain side at an odd angle... and looks like it should fall over and continue down the mountain... but it hasn't, yet. Still there today.
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  Earthquake... that was different...

JamesJM164July 08, 2021 01:55PM

  Early report was that it was very small...

JamesJM58July 08, 2021 02:15PM

  Re: Earthquake... that was different...

21Dog65July 08, 2021 02:36PM

  Same here....

RAMbler60July 09, 2021 06:45AM

  I'll deal with our Hurricanes ANY day over Eartquakes!

Ramgator65July 08, 2021 04:51PM

  You're nuts...

JamesJM105July 08, 2021 06:10PM

  Re: You're nuts...

zn120July 08, 2021 06:47PM

  Re: You're nuts...

waterfield162July 08, 2021 07:06PM

  Ok, you knew I'd have an earthquake story right?

JamesJM90July 08, 2021 07:21PM

  Re: Ok, you knew I'd have an earthquake story right?

waterfield64July 08, 2021 08:43PM

  Ever detour through Parkfield on your trip up I-5?

JamesJM80July 08, 2021 09:03PM

  Re: Ever detour through Parkfield on your trip up I-5?

21Dog62July 09, 2021 04:19AM

  Ever been really close to the epicenter of one before?

SeattleRam67July 08, 2021 11:45PM