Cali Earthquake

[SpursforSix]

They’re also warning of a potential quake within 15 minutes in Kern County. That’s Bakersfield.
Prayers that the Blessings and Judy and Les and Stan are OK.

[DeadlyDynasty]

6.4

[DeadlyDynasty]

Kawhi definitely not coming to Cali now

[SpursforSix]

6.4

Yeah. But now they’re warning for possibly another one in 15 minutes. 80% chance. I don’t know if we’ve really got a good handle on all this tbh.

[SpursforSix]

Kawhi definitely not coming to Cali now

That would be great if he gave that as a reason.

[DeadlyDynasty]

These nerds from CalTech are trying to hide their glee:lol

[SpursforSix]

These nerds from CalTech are trying to hide their glee:lol

Lol. They’re giddy. Both CNN and Fox trying to make this seem like something major.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Lol. They’re giddy. Both CNN and Fox trying to make this seem like something major.

It's all about infrastructure brah...if this was Haiti there'd already be 10,000 dead (before the subsequent cholera outbreak)

[spurraider21]

felt it here in LA. wasn't strong here (quite a ways away from the epicenter) but it seemed like it lasted for 15 seconds

[Mitch]

Barely felt it, tbh. The big one is eventually gonna hit, glad I got some quake resistance work done on the home last year.

[spurraider21]

Barely felt it, tbh. The big one is eventually gonna hit, glad I got some quake resistance work done on the home last year.
yep

on one hand, the selfish part of me wants it to happen within the next 4 years while im on the other side of the country. on the other hand, i have family and friends here lol

[Millennial_Messiah]

yep

on one hand, the selfish part of me wants it to happen within the next 4 years while im on the other side of the country. on the other hand, i have family and friends here lol
so you're selling your house and moving out of California? where to? Hmm...

[spurraider21]

so you're selling your house and moving out of California? where to? Hmm...
have been renting here in LA

moving to virginia for wife's med school. as of now, plan is to move back when we can

[Millennial_Messiah]

have been renting here in LA

moving to virginia for wife's med school. as of now, plan is to move back when we can

Congratulations to her. So I'm assuming you're at least a few years older than her, you're around 30 and she's around 25. She better appreciate you for that.

Not sure you'd want to move back unless the weather difference is an ultimate dealbreaker. You're going from a beautiful Csa mediterranean style warmish but temperate dry summer and mild winter to a place with hot and humid summers, stormy springs and falls and cold and often brutal winters. But then again the price factor and reduced taxes and the fact you'd probably be able to buy a house there much sooner might want to make you stay there. Or of course you could move to Texas.

[spurraider21]

Congratulations to her. So I'm assuming you're at least a few years older than her, you're around 30 and she's around 25. She better appreciate you for that.

Not sure you'd want to move back unless the weather difference is an ultimate dealbreaker. You're going from a beautiful Csa mediterranean style warmish but temperate dry summer and mild winter to a place with hot and humid summers, stormy springs and falls and cold and often brutal winters. But then again the price factor and reduced taxes and the fact you'd probably be able to buy a house there much sooner might want to make you stay there. Or of course you could move to Texas.
we're the same age. she was working as a TA at UCLA for the last 2 years. waited until she got her green card to begin applying for medical schools

moving back has a lot of factors. weather is a huge one. its something you deal with 365 days per year. still dont get how people brush it off as "just weather." its a huge deal when it comes to standard of living.

we also have all of our family here. we're big on the extended family thing, so thats like 25-30 people that we usually see on a regular basis. not a small family where its just parents and siblings. will be a huge deal when it comes to the eventual child raising that we'll deal with when the time comes. then you add on all our lifelong friends

sure, cost of living in LA is pretty outrageous, especially compared to charlottesville (i cant afford to get a mortgage on a house here yet, but was able to make an all-cash purchase there :lol), but as a doctor/lawyer combo we should be able to manage that.

plus LA just has so much more to offer. charlottesville is nice, no doubt. its a small folksy place. people are kind. its quiet. are quality is better. less hectic. but there's so much more to do in LA. there are different parts of LA. charlottesville is just a town.

[Millennial_Messiah]

we're the same age. she was working as a TA at UCLA for the last 2 years. waited until she got her green card to begin applying for medical schools

moving back has a lot of factors. weather is a huge one. its something you deal with 365 days per year. still dont get how people brush it off as "just weather." its a huge deal when it comes to standard of living.

we also have all of our family here. we're big on the extended family thing, so thats like 25-30 people that we usually see on a regular basis. not a small family where its just parents and siblings. will be a huge deal when it comes to the eventual child raising that we'll deal with when the time comes. then you add on all our lifelong friends

sure, cost of living in LA is pretty outrageous, especially compared to charlottesville (i cant afford to get a mortgage on a house here yet, but was able to make an all-cash purchase there :lol), but as a doctor/lawyer combo we should be able to manage that.

plus LA just has so much more to offer. charlottesville is nice, no doubt. its a small folksy place. people are kind. its quiet. are quality is better. less hectic. but there's so much more to do in LA. there are different parts of LA. charlottesville is just a town.

Nice.. I agree with you on the weather, but then again I'm not sure how fully owning a house vs. being a mortgage slave wouldn't ultimately trump that. But, your call, and yes a medium town in Virginia would be boring compared to LA, but you're not too terribly far from the likes of DC, Baltimore, even NY/Philly. In the East, everything is much closer together than in the West driving distance wise, you'd be surprised.

Then again, if you make it big as a lawyer and she brings in a steady $300k+ a year in surgery, you'll be living mortgage-free in a house in Malibu in no time! :lol

[spurraider21]

Nice.. I agree with you on the weather, but then again I'm not sure how fully owning a house vs. being a mortgage slave wouldn't ultimately trump that. But, your call, and yes a medium town in Virginia would be boring compared to LA, but you're not too terribly far from the likes of DC, Baltimore, even NY/Philly. In the East, everything is much closer together than in the West driving distance wise, you'd be surprised.
sure, we're "close" to philly/dc/baltimore. but thats not somewhere we can casually drive to on a friday evening :lol. its like living in los angeles and saying "well, we're close to san diego." that proximity doesnt come into play in our day to day life


Then again, if you make it big as a lawyer and she brings in a steady $300k+ a year in surgery, you'll be living mortgage-free in a house in Malibu in no time! :lol
we're also not very high maintenance at all. i still proudly drive my 08 civic and she was legitimately upset at me for "wasting money" on an engagement ring :lol

we dont need for me to be making high end attorney money, and her to be making surgeon money for us to life comfortably and happy. we'd be perfectly fine living in the san fernando valley instead of somewhere exotic like malibu or beverly hills, etc

[DeadlyDynasty]

You never told me your wife was Mexican

[spurraider21]

You never told me your wife was Mexican
she's armenian (swedish national, though)

[Millennial_Messiah]

she was legitimately upset at me for "wasting money" on an engagement ring :lol


she's armenian (swedish national, though)
Dayum dog, does she have a hot sister or cousin? I want one of her kind, personality, and intelligence/career level... #legitjealous :lol

[SpursforSix]

Dayum dog, does she have a hot sister or cousin? I want one of her kind, personality, and intelligence/career level... #legitjealous :lol

Lmao at the thought of anyone willing to set you up with their family.
It’d be like letting Avante babysit.

[spurraider21]

Lmao at the thought of anyone willing to set you up with their family.
It’d be like letting Avante babysit.
:lmao

[benefactor]

Lmao at the thought of anyone willing to set you up with their family.
It’d be like letting Avante babysit.
:lol

[Millennial_Messiah]

Lmao at the thought of anyone willing to set you up with their family.
It’d be like letting Avante babysit.
I'd let Avante babysit, but only if he paid me, not the other way around.

[Mitch]

Just got another one, might be a big one coming around the corner.

[benefactor]

Man I just saw the lights swaying in the arena during summer league. Y'all stay safe over there.

[Chucho]

Hoping SoCal breaks the fuck off and floats away and that a sinkhole opens up under the Governors mansion. California might become tenable again.

[DC23]

Felt this at the Thomas & Mack Center tonight.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Hoping SoCal breaks the fuck off and floats away and that a sinkhole opens up under the Governors mansion. California might become tenable again.

10/10 post, tbh

[spurraider21]

Hoping SoCal breaks the fuck off and floats away and that a sinkhole opens up under the Governors mansion. California might become tenable again.
:cry

[Millennial_Messiah]

:cry

then again, Chucho probably forgot to Google and find out that Moonbeam actually retired recently.

[Ball Buster]

10/10 post, tbh

Whenever you ask an average Californian about Texas, they usually say something like... Nice place, good people out there.

Ask a Texan about California? I hope they all die, and burn in hell! :lol

[Chucho]

then again, Chucho probably forgot to Google and find out that Moonbeam actually retired recently.

LOL, Andy Googling the Gov. of California.

* Andy, we need towels folded, Aisle 2. Andy, towels folded, Aisle 2.*

[Chucho]

Whenever you ask an average Californian about Texas, they usually say something like... Nice place, good people out there.

Ask a Texan about California? I hope they all die, and burn in hell! :lol

LOL, no. Have yet to meet one yet who doesnt have dick envy of a Texan.

[Ball Buster]

LOL, no. Have yet to meet one yet who doesnt have dick envy of a Texan.

Cool, glad you like it there.

[clambake]

its not california's fault that you can't afford to live here.

[Millennial_Messiah]

its not california's fault that you can't afford to live here.

beautiful weather... until the ground splits your home in half with you taking a dump upstairs.

[Chucho]

its not california's fault that you can't afford to live here.

Said plenty of times I'm fine here, just not a fan of class genocide, blatant thievery and corruption. Just seeing the plight everyone deals with and how much the state has fallen in prosperous times is nothing short of one of the most under reported things in modern times. If it doesn't bother you, fine.

[clambake]

why don't you run for office?

[Chucho]

why don't you run for office?

Complaining on a message board is more enjoyable.

[clambake]

that doesn't address your specific problem. iirc, you and your work are moving to another state....somewhere about 50 to 55 employees relocating? because of cost.

i don't know if that was based on personal income or operating cost.

[Chucho]

that doesn't address your specific problem. iirc, you and your work are moving to another state....somewhere about 50 to 55 employees relocating? because of cost.

i don't know if that was based on personal income or operating cost.

Larger talent pool as well. SMBs arent sustainable here. We're fine with everything there.

It's a lot of everything with this state government. Not interested in going down the rabbit hole again. We're too rich a state, and constantly reminded of it, to have the issues we have that have been compounding in times of prosperity. Worse is the lack of action or any proposed plans of action to tackle anything the masses are hurting from or even plans for the tax revenues from the shameless gas prices.

Suffice it to say, this state government puts pain on people here more than any of the pieces of shit in Washington and, aside from SoCal, this state is great. Just like, aside from select places, this country is great. More people bitch about the Feds, the state guys here are worse. My take. I appreciate your concern.

[Chucho]

*Gas taxes, not gas prices.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Larger talent pool as well. SMBs arent sustainable here. We're fine with everything there.

It's a lot of everything with this state government. Not interested in going down the rabbit hole again. We're too rich a state, and constantly reminded of it, to have the issues we have that have been compounding in times of prosperity. Worse is the lack of action or any proposed plans of action to tackle anything the masses are hurting from or even plans for the tax revenues from the shameless gas prices.

Suffice it to say, this state government puts pain on people here more than any of the pieces of shit in Washington and, aside from SoCal, this state is great. Just like, aside from select places, this country is great. More people bitch about the Feds, the state guys here are worse. My take. I appreciate your concern.

It's one of the most beautiful states in the US weather-wise but $4/gallon for gas, even in a Prius or similar 50mpg hybrid, is ridiculous. Add to that 13.3% state income taxes, the 2nd highest property taxes in the US, above average sales taxes, well above-average crime, and the frightful threat of earthquakes and it's a non-starter imo as a place to permanently live and settle down.

The state was great up until 1991 when the cancer of hipsterism spread like the plague after the riots and it changed for the worst starting with the '92 election.

[Chucho]

It's one of the most beautiful states in the US weather-wise but $4/gallon for gas, even in a Prius or similar 50mpg hybrid, is ridiculous. Add to that 13.3% state income taxes, the 2nd highest property taxes in the US, above average sales taxes, well above-average crime, and the frightful threat of earthquakes and it's a non-starter imo as a place to permanently live and settle down.

The state was great up until 1991 when the cancer of hipsterism spread like the plague after the riots and it changed for the worst starting with the '92 election.


There are a lot of things I love about California- MediCal, insurance is really cheap, most cities have a great parks system, the varying landscapes, the weather is better, the outdoors is great and lots to do.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Chucho how can you say SF area is great? Aside from the weather, of course, but the people, the economy, the individual purchasing power? Awful. And that's just SF... OAK is a crime infested hellhole, even in SV the average commute to work is an hour and you're pretty much impoverished if you're not working full-time employment in tech.

[Millennial_Messiah]

There are a lot of things I love about California- MediCal, insurance is really cheap, most cities have a great parks system, the varying landscapes, the weather is better, the outdoors is great and lots to do.

Yep, as soon as I leave Texas I'll probably be outside a hell of a lot more, there's not much to miss about the weather in Texas (8 months of hot and humid and 4 months of too cold/wet, at least in Dallas). So health insurance is cheaper there? Is that only if you're below a certain income level, though? What about the group health insurance plans?

[Chucho]

It's about the same here as what I pay for my old man's back in Texas. Rates raise a little higher. But almost all P+C stuff is ultra affordable here.

[The Gemini Method]

she's armenian (swedish national, though)
Was she born in Sweden? That's pretty cool. You ever been to Sweden?

The second one was stronger for us in the OC.

[spurraider21]

Was she born in Sweden? That's pretty cool. You ever been to Sweden?

The second one was stronger for us in the OC.
Yeah. We made a trip to Stockholm a couple of months ago. Was my first time there and her first time back since moving here. Would recommend.

second one was stronger here as well. we were at a restaurant and they actually evacuated us and let us back in about 5 minutes later. Luckily we hadn’t gotten our food yet so it didn’t get cold :lol

[The Gemini Method]

Yeah. We made a trip to Stockholm a couple of months ago. Was my first time there and her first time back since moving here. Would recommend.

second one was stronger here as well. we were at a restaurant and they actually evacuated us and let us back in about 5 minutes later. Luckily we hadn’t gotten our food yet so it didn’t get cold :lol Yeah, the Scandanavian countries are on my to visit list. I dated a Norwegian girl in college for a little bit and that was fun. She made some interesting dishes. But yeah Sweden for sure.

I had drank a couple IPAs at a new brewery and I was walking around the Anaheim Packing District when that shit shook and I thought I was more buzzed than initially first thought. Then I realized it was an earthquake.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Yeah, the Scandanavian countries are on my to visit list. I dated a Norwegian girl in college for a little bit and that was fun. She made some interesting dishes. But yeah Sweden for sure.

I had drank a couple IPAs at a new brewery and I was walking around the Anaheim Packing District when that shit shook and I thought I was more buzzed than initially first thought. Then I realized it was an earthquake.
How was the sex? I heard from a past source that they're angelic beautiful but deadfish in bed.

[The Gemini Method]

How was the sex? I heard from a past source that they're angelic beautiful but deadfish in bed. Her personally? She wasn't bad in that avenue. I think I heard that when I was with her, but she wasn't the worst I have had. She was down. Perhaps she was an exception, but I do remember that she was super controlling. I had a homegirl who was Peruvian and she thought I was keeping her on the side when the Peruvian girl was in fact a lipstick.

[BD24]

Lmao at the thought of anyone willing to set you up with their family.
It’d be like letting Avante babysit.
:lol

[Sir Johnny]

It was pretty scarey actually, it was the not knowing just how bad it was going to get. I was laying on a bed watching TV as the house shook, lasted a good 15 seconds.

I have a small wooden cross that stands on it's own, it fell. That was it which was a surprise.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Her personally? She wasn't bad in that avenue. I think I heard that when I was with her, but she wasn't the worst I have had. She was down. Perhaps she was an exception, but I do remember that she was super controlling. I had a homegirl who was Peruvian and she thought I was keeping her on the side when the Peruvian girl was in fact a lipstick.

:lol nice. I heard Eastern Bloc euro women are the best though for marriage quality. Womanly, educated, not super religious if at all, great at cooking, wifely and motherly. And still smart enough to get a job but if you want her to be a stay at home housewife she'll submit to that too.

[Millennial_Messiah]

It was pretty scarey actually, it was the not knowing just how bad it was going to get. I was laying on a bed watching TV as the house shook, lasted a good 15 seconds.

I have a small wooden cross that stands on it's own, it fell. That was it which was a surprise.

did anything break in the house?

[Sir Johnny]

did anything break in the house?

Other than that wooden cross falling, nothing.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Other than that wooden cross falling, nothing.

I always wondered one thing about California. How big of an earthquake, does it take, roughly for say, the dishes to start falling out of the cabinets and breaking, china falling loose from the cupboard and breaking, stuff falling off the ledge of the stair mantle or fireplace mantle?

I'm a huge materialistic guy and I value my belongings more than almost anyone else does, so I'd never want to move to a place where my precious things would be in serious jeopardy.

Perhaps spurraider21 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=31905) can answer my question as well

[spurraider21]

I always wondered one thing about California. How big of an earthquake, does it take, roughly for say, the dishes to start falling out of the cabinets and breaking, china falling loose from the cupboard and breaking, stuff falling off the ledge of the stair mantle or fireplace mantle?

I'm a huge materialistic guy and I value my belongings more than almost anyone else does, so I'd never want to move to a place where my precious things would be in serious jeopardy.

Perhaps spurraider21 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=31905) can answer my question as well
i'll defer to the spurstalk resident expert on plate tectonics, SpursforSix

[Sir Johnny]

I always wondered one thing about California. How big of an earthquake, does it take, roughly for say, the dishes to start falling out of the cabinets and breaking, china falling loose from the cupboard and breaking, stuff falling off the ledge of the stair mantle or fireplace mantle?

I'm a huge materialistic guy and I value my belongings more than almost anyone else does, so I'd never want to move to a place where my precious things would be in serious jeopardy.

Perhaps spurraider21 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=31905) can answer my question as well

Nobody afraid of earthquakes/the damage belongs in Cali, there is a very serious potential for a massive earthquake, one that does major damage state wide.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Nobody afraid of earthquakes/the damage belongs in Cali, there is a very serious potential for a massive earthquake, one that does major damage state wide.

I guess when I retire in 10 years or so I'd like to live in a house with a couple levels deep of basement in a snow state for cheap and then spend a month or so out of the winter vacationing in Cali/west coast but not living there and putting my stuff there. Thanks.

[SpursforSix]

i'll defer to the spurstalk resident expert on plate tectonics, SpursforSix (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=49684)

Plate tectonics is too complex for me to explain it in a way that MM would understand.

[The Gemini Method]

:lol nice. I heard Eastern Bloc euro women are the best though for marriage quality. Womanly, educated, not super religious if at all, great at cooking, wifely and motherly. And still smart enough to get a job but if you want her to be a stay at home housewife she'll submit to that too. Haven't really dated any Eastern European ladies. I did have this really striking Czech girl in one of my grad school classes. She was super cool, but at the time she was dating someone. Maybe with the occasional stripper, I don't come in contact with them in the LBC area of So.Cal. Perhaps if I spent more time in North Hollyood/Glendale area it would be different. I did have a girl I used to meet up at raves with who was Russian. She was cool, but that was when I was 19-20...She was more "Americanized" though.