We Just Had An Earthquake !!!

[mugsy]

I wondered who got hit by the weather today. I heard about it, but didn't find out where. Thanks for telling us Liz. We just got hammered with rain. We had tornado watches, but no warnings and I was just on the weather channel and they cancelled all the watches for here. I hope all is well. I wonder if Rosie was affected at all. Maybe I should call her. I'm glad all was in one piece when you got home. I'll bet Buddy was watching over the furkids at your house just for you.

[lizbud]

Mugsy,

I'm glad you had no damage from the storms. After I got
home and found everyone o. k. & called my sister & her
husband in Martinsville (lost power & will not have electric
for at least 24-48 more hours), but no damage to their house.
Dining on take out by candle light tonight.

I thought about Rosie too. The SS shelter is right smack
in the middle of a hard hit area of the southside. I will
call tomorrow also to see if they need any help. I pray
that the Shelter & furkids there are alright. Liz.

[turner]

Where I live there are no earthquakes and I have never been in one and hope to never be! It sounds too scary. I have however been in a tornado. I was camping with my parents in Sherwood Park (just outside of Edmonton, AB) and it went right over our heads in the campground! It was neat too see but scary at the same time. It didn't touch down where we were, it hit the trailerpark quite a few miles away from us.

I hope everyone was ok after the earthquake! Is that considered a big earthquake?

[mugsy]

No turner a 4.1 isn't THAT bad, just enough to do a little damage, but not much if any loss of life. Just FYI...the Richter Scale is a logrithmic scale so the intensity goes up 10 times with each number. So a 4 is 10,000 times more intense than a 1...but then a 1 is barely felt right over the epicenter!

Liz, if there was a lot of damage to her place, I may drive down to help too. I'll call and find out. Maybe Max and Sammy can come too and help! lol So, you didn't lose power, but your sister did, is that right? 24-48 hours with no power is a bummer, but at least there wasn't any damage. It sounds like the BAD storms were all well south of us. It just rained cats and dogs (pardon the medieval response) here. Again, I'm glad that all is well at your house.

[Rachel]

Originally posted by lizbud
NoahsMommy,

The tornadoes touched down at the southern edge
of Indy, also struck towns south & neighborhoods on the
east side of Indy. I just looked out my window as I logged
on just now and I saw the most beautiful rainbow I've seen
in years. Absolutely gorgeous !!!! I like to think it was Buddy's
way of saying "It's o. k. now Mom." I've alway's been uneasy
in violent t-storms, or tornado weather watches, but He was
always calm as a cucumber. Bless his heart. Liz.

Liz, I thought about you when I heard the news about tornadoes in mid Indiana. Thanks for reporting in. The Rainbow just had to be from Buddy. I truly believe it.

[mugsy]

Liz,

I called Rosie and she just called me back. They were extremely lucky and had no damage at all. She thanked me profusely for caring enough to call! lol One more bullet dodged. She does such good work for so little, I wish we had more money to donate, because she would get it.

Btw...if anyone reading this thread is interested in Rosie's shelter it's the Southside Animal Shelter on the (conveniently enough) south side of Indianapolis. Her web address is www.ssasi.org . She runs totally on donations and is the only no kill shelter in all of Marion County (Indianapolis takes up the entire county). She has a very small staff, but they all care so much for the animals.

[lizbud]

Molly,

I too called Rosie before I left to take Smokey to the vet
for his 2nd shots & check up. She thanked me as well. She
said she was happy that we cared enough to think of them.
Like, how could we not? That lady is an angel & really makes
a difference for soooo many little furkids.

btw, there's a great picture of a kitty being re-united
with it's very grateful human companion in this morning's
paper. http://www.indystar.com

just click on photo gallery. The picture is priceless!!!

Rachel,

About the Rainbow, I so agree. it was from my Buddy.
I honestly felt his spirit all around me. It's hard to describe
the feeling I had when I saw it, but I knew instantly who
guided me to look out the window at that particular moment.
Hugs to Hannah & Tucker. Liz.

[AmberLee]

Originally posted by lizbud
... btw, there's a great picture of a kitty being re-united
with it's very grateful human companion in this morning's
paper. ...

WONDERFUL photo! That was a pretty miraculous story about the mother and her 4-year-old son in the mini-van being flung so many blocks (4? 6?) and walking away from the trashed van without a scratch, too! WOW!!!

[anna_66]

Glad to hear everyone is doing ok

[RockyRoad]

Originally posted by momoffuzzyfaces
FlopsyLadySally if you decide not to become a vet, you may want a career with the weather channel. I think you would make a good hurricane hunter or tornado chaser. I dislike tornados with a passion myself but lots of people are intrigued by them and enjoy filming them. (This is not meant to be rude in anyway. You just seem to have the spirit for adventure that storm filmers seem to have too.)

Wow, tornado chasers! I would love to do that!! I didn't know they had such a thing!! Oh my god that would be really fun! Anyway, I'll think about it when I am deciding what to do in college. Thanks for that idea! Weather is a cool field to go into!

[toughCookie]

oh no, I have felt those in Ca, they are scary! I would hate to see what my cats would do in one of those!

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm so glad that everyone is fine. Earthquakes and tornados can be very scary.