Comments | tkil: tsunami warning?

tkil

tsunami warning?

Jun 14, 2005 21:05

EDIT: 2005-06-14 10:25 PDT: Warning was cancelled a while ago; I took a look anyway, saw a big pile of nothing. Thanks for everyone's concern, though (even after I told you to not worry. Sheesh. Bunch o' virtual Moms...)

[Why not worry? Because. That's my place in the circle, and that's 5 flights of stairs down to the walkway ... which is ( Read more... )

topical, san diego

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jinglechelle June 15 2005, 04:15:58 UTC

We were driving home from Tesser's about when it would've hit - stuck in traffic in Oakland, by the bay! I'm glad we didn't know what was going on.

bay tkil June 15 2005, 05:48:57 UTC

Didn't know you were up in the Bay Area at the moment... tell Tesser I say "hi!".

And for some reason I think that being on the inside of a big bay like that would mean that even a big wave would be attenuated by the time it got to the far side of the bay. Could be wrong, though.

ex_ramona222 June 15 2005, 04:19:22 UTC

You promise not to die? Seriously. I want a promise!

skill tkil June 15 2005, 05:47:09 UTC

I'll try harder next time. :)

Seriously, though, I wasn't all that worried; I figured that we'd at most see the water go over the walkway at the bottom of the bluffs. I'm about 10m up and 50m back from the water, so it'd have to be substantial for it to have any effect here.

(Similar to when we had the big Cedar Fire two years ago; people were calling me or my parents to make sure I was ok. First off, I was in New Mexico when it started getting huge; second, if my house burned down, there wouldn't be much of San Diego to come home to at all...)

Re: skill lordsauron June 15 2005, 06:21:55 UTC

Yeah. If that fire got all the way there, there would be a large chunk of San Diego missing.

Heh, similar story. This happened before you came here. About in...1996? we had the Harmony Grove fire up here in the North County. The fire burned close enough that at my home at the time, the yellow glow of the fire could be seen. Naturally this sent my mom into a panic. She loaded her vehicle with everything should could gather. Little naieve me at the age of...14 helped out mom. The fire stopped about some seven miles away.

skyroom80 June 15 2005, 04:42:18 UTC

Cool. Bring it on. I'll see if I can locate a surfboard. Obviously, I would hope thst no one else be affected by this. For me? Yeehaw.

sick humor tkil June 15 2005, 05:38:32 UTC

But seeing the crowd you run with, I expect you can take it:

http://flem.keenspace.com/d/20041231.html

lordsauron June 15 2005, 05:11:37 UTC

First the 5.6 20 mi south of Palm Springs, CA now this 7.0.

No I'm not worried

*stands under the door frame*

el pollo poco tkil June 15 2005, 05:36:39 UTC

Well, big pile of nothing. I think I'm glad.

Re: el pollo poco lordsauron June 15 2005, 06:12:38 UTC

Haha. Creative.

[For the non Spanish speakers it means "chicken little"]

ex_ramona222 June 15 2005, 05:25:06 UTC

Good idea to pick a place in a small circle of light. Must save on electricity bills. :D

ha ha ha. tkil June 15 2005, 05:34:11 UTC

Well, people always tell me I'm a bright guy...

Sheesh. You must be bored (or even more in need of distraction than usual!). I'd spank you for this, but then deliriumdreams would get jealous, and I don't want that... :)

[The final irony is that I much much prefer dark / dim environments; I'm all about cave-like settings.]