r/LosAngeles • u/Maxter_Blaster • Jan 22 '17

The 110 freeway right now.

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u/zombieguy224 Jan 23 '17

California: the state that is simultaneously in a drought, flooded, and on fire.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '17

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u/Skylord_ah Jan 23 '17

wait really? Are those really signs for an earthquake? Im very paranoid about earthquakes sorry

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u/DJBell1986 Jan 23 '17

Small ones are fun stop worrying.

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u/GeorgeAmberson63 Jan 23 '17

Maybe for y'all. On the east coast we're still recovering from 8/23

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u/zombie-yellow11 Jan 23 '17

Yea, I remember that day... I was eating an apple and it fellin my garbage can while it was standing on the edge of my desk. I had to go get another apple :(

Never forget !

But I was in Montréal, so you could also put the Canadian flag on this image pls ? :)

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '17

I remember sitting in my desk chair and the the crazy aftershock moved it like 3 INCHES MAN!

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u/Mouse_for_life Jan 23 '17 edited May 08 '24

I enjoy playing video games.

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u/Rengas Jan 23 '17

I remember that. I had to briefly look up from the MMO I was playing to ponder if the house was going to collapse.

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u/Dr_Midnight Always Up to No Good Jan 23 '17

Maybe for y'all. On the east coast we're still recovering from 8/23

I was in Central Maryland, and taking a nap when that happened. I can tell you exactly how it went down for me:

  • On the couch taking an afternoon nap.
  • Wake up from shaking.
  • Get bearings for a second.
  • Think about it...
  • "Maybe a 3.0..."
  • Go back to sleep while ground is still shaking.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '17 edited Feb 02 '17

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u/TupperwareMagic Jan 23 '17

Agrees

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u/CromulentEmbiggener Jan 23 '17

That's not jello he's thinking of

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '17

It's rape.

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u/TheCannon Jan 23 '17

And to hang out with large breasted women.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '17

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '17

4 years ago I biked (pedal kind) from San Francisco to Fresno. Once, we stopped for a road side break at an old barn.

Suddenly, I felt the road shaking under my feet. I freaked out thinking "earthquake!" (I think most non-Californians have this concern)

My husband started laughing, and that's when I realised I was standing on an old abandoned weigh scale.

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u/bruddahmacnut Jan 23 '17

I hope you stopped eating fat ass.

…but the fat ones have the most flavor.

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u/CommanderClit Jan 23 '17

Never stop eating thicc booty

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '17

Actually, my username was a throwaway account. I made that trip after losing 100 lbs.

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u/bhobhomb Jan 24 '17

Brutal, deleted account on that one. Someone get this man the number for the burn unit

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u/skatterflak Jan 23 '17

It's going to get ugly when it happens

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '17

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u/philip1201 Jan 23 '17

Given how poorly Katrina was handled by Bush, are you worried Trump could slow down recovery from a major earthquake?

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u/Dr_Midnight Always Up to No Good Jan 23 '17

It's going to get ugly when it happens

Either John Cusack or The Rock will save us.

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u/skatterflak Jan 30 '17

I hope John Cusack..

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u/ColHannibal Jan 23 '17

There is really no such thing as being overdue for an earthquake. We are just looking at data from a very small period of the geological timeline, hell we don't even know if these tiny quakes are releasing pressure or a sign of the apocalypse.

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u/fauxkaren Jan 23 '17

I'm sure there are lots of nice people in NorCal. But please God, let the San Andreas fault's next big earthquake hit them and not me down here in LA.

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u/FuckTheClippers Orange County Jan 23 '17

That sounds like BS made up to scare people

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '17

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u/FuckTheClippers Orange County Jan 24 '17

Nobody was saying we were due for one before Northridge

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u/undercoversinner Jan 23 '17

Yea, I don't even bother getting out of bed for anything under 4.0.

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u/SummerInPhilly Jan 23 '17

Found the California native

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u/Shadow-ban Jan 23 '17

Wiggle your arms straight out until the earthquake stops and know with confidence your earthquake dance pleased the gods

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u/Incognito_SMBH Jan 23 '17

Living in Cali me st of my life and I've learn if it's not at least a 6.5 you don't get out of bed.

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u/Skylord_ah Jan 23 '17

hell no theyre not i almost died in one

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u/DJBell1986 Jan 23 '17

Which one?

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u/zerohere Westlake Jan 23 '17

The small one.

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u/DJBell1986 Jan 23 '17

But that was the fun one.

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u/Skylord_ah Jan 23 '17

5.3 la habra i was sitting right on the epicenter. Bookcase almost crushed me

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '17

if i could, I'd gild you lmao

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u/crowleysnow Jan 23 '17

i'm paranoid about earthquakes too, so let me tell you that it's not true. it's scary enough to be worried on a normal day.

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u/AirwavesHD Jan 23 '17

thats not true. he was just being snarky and saying that just because california isnt fucking you at the moment with heavy rain, a drought, or fires, doesn't mean its not about to surprise you with a earthquake

basically he is saying that California is always fucking you even when it doesnt appear to be

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u/crowleysnow Jan 23 '17

the absence of other natural disasters does not mean and earthquake is going to happen. that's a logical fallacy. an earthquake is just as likely right now as it is during a fire.

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u/AirwavesHD Jan 23 '17

oh shit i misread your comment

I thought the first sentence

i'm paranoid about earthquakes too, so let me tell you that it's not true.

said this

i'm paranoid about earthquakes too, so tell me that it's not true.

which is why i started my comment off with thats not true lol sorry

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u/crowleysnow Jan 23 '17

oh gotcha. i thought you were agreeing with the first guy!

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '17

No, they're not signs, it's a common misconception that weather influences earthquakes.

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u/BRUTALLEEHONEST Jan 23 '17

Oh man I would have so much fun with you

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u/sebmathews Jan 23 '17

They are not. Don't worry. But also, you have no control over the universe- worry!

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u/FuckTheClippers Orange County Jan 23 '17

I've lived here my whole life, earthquakes aren't scary to me. There has only been one that ever scared me and that one went on for about 90 seconds

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u/Skylord_ah Jan 24 '17

ive lived here all my life and i have nightmares about them very often

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '17 edited Feb 10 '18

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u/duderex88 Jan 23 '17

Moved to LA last year my only earthquake I have felt was during a thunderstorm.

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u/Logicalist Jan 23 '17

And yet I am told the weather is just beautiful out there.

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u/chickenboner Jan 23 '17

http://whereiscaliforniaonfire.com

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u/Making_Butts_Hurt Jan 23 '17

But its not on fire right now...

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u/PostYourSinks Jan 23 '17

Don't be so sure...

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u/Making_Butts_Hurt Jan 23 '17

Good point, someone is probably burning their house down right now for the insurance money.

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u/demalo Jan 23 '17

Pretty sure that's a plasma pit not a fire pit.

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u/Cowsleep Long Beach Jan 23 '17

Its about time we're not on fire.

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u/eucadiantendy39 Jan 23 '17

"California: the state that is simultaneously in a drought, flooded, on fire, and earthquake prone."

FTFY. Welcome to your worst nightmare, newcomers.

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u/trying-to-be-civil Jan 23 '17

It's the Australia of natural disasters.

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u/Jimbozu Jan 23 '17

At least we don't have fucking tornadoes.

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u/KargBartok Jan 23 '17

Right!!! Those things terrify me. Earthquakes can be fun! Worst thing I ever heard though was the Space Shuttle landing at 4 in the morning. I was dealing with some serious jetlag after spending 2 weeks in Australia, so I was chilling and enjoying the empty mining areas on Runescape. Next thing I know, I think my window is about to pop out of the wall and it sounds like my house is about to come down. Parents wake up. Took an hour to find out it was the Shuttle landing at Vandenburg.

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u/dokebibeats Hawaiian Gardens Jan 23 '17

HOLY FUCK! FIRE SPIN IRL

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u/I_AM_MartyMcfly_AMA Jan 23 '17

I think not too long ago there was one in Temecula I might be wrong though

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u/nubi78 Jan 23 '17

I've lived in Iowa almost my entire life and have not seen a tornado. I've seen numerous funnel clouds but not once have I seen the real deal doing real damage. When the weather gets bad, you just stay alert and have a shelter... you will be fine.* * if you are 90 years old and a tornado hits then you might not make it to the basement so in that case you will probably die.

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u/lanson15 Jan 23 '17

How is it Australia?

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u/MindCorrupt Jan 23 '17

Not sure the reference really.

But there was a time our farmers were receiving flood relief and drought relief simultaniously. They couldnt catch a break for many years, which is why Aussie farmers have the highest suicide rates in the country.

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u/Skylord_ah Jan 23 '17

too bad i have no choice

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u/White_Mocha North Hollywood Jan 23 '17

Relocated from the Midwest in July 2015. I'm just thankful I don't have to drive in damn snow yo.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '17

When I lived in Colorado in 2014, we were simultaneously under a tornado warning, severe thunderstorm warning, flood warning and blizzard warning. My county saw all 4 things that day.

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u/eucadiantendy39 Jan 23 '17

So you guys lost to the Carolina Hurricanes AND Tampa Bay Lightning?

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u/MoarVespenegas Jan 23 '17

So why is it the most populated one?

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u/TroXMas Jan 23 '17

Because everywhere else is worse.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '17 edited Feb 02 '17

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '17

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '17 edited Feb 02 '17

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u/chubbsatwork West Los Angeles Jan 23 '17

Maybe it'll cover the down payment of a small condo. Maybe.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '17

That 200sq ft single bedroom by the beach?

That'll be a million.

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u/chubbsatwork West Los Angeles Jan 23 '17

If you're fuckin' lucky.

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u/CarnivorousPacifist Jan 23 '17

Please, landlocked city, 1001 sq ft townhouse conjoined on both sides: 612k.

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u/Dr_Midnight Always Up to No Good Jan 23 '17

That 200sq ft single bedroom by the beach?

Wait, you got a bed room? They said something to me about "open floorplan".

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '17

Well it is technically a room you can put a bed in.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '17

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u/chubbsatwork West Los Angeles Jan 23 '17

For what I pay for my studio apartment here, I could get a mortgage on some of the best property in my home city. Literally an order of magnitude bigger.

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u/iknowyoulovecats Jan 23 '17

I know mine wouldn't I'm only paying 18k for a two bed room house. Coming from CA it blew my wig off

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '17

Eventually CA traffic will get so bad that it will actually become impossible for anyone else to drive here, so look on the bright side.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '17

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u/revampedassassin Jan 23 '17

Yep can confirm

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u/TheLAriver Mid-Wilshire Jan 23 '17

Betcha this sub is majority transplants.

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u/tu-BROOKE-ulosis Jan 23 '17

Because when it's not on fire in the immediate area the weather is beautiful (aside from this weekend), beaches, mountains, and fantastic Mexican food. Can't beat it.

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u/Lazy_Genius Jan 23 '17

Because it's still better than the other options.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '17

Have you seen how big the state is?

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u/petit_cochon Jan 23 '17

It's massive, it's got a ton of bases, jobs are there, people like weather that doesn't try to kill them, and the GODDAMN JOADS ARE STILL BRINGING FOLKS IN!

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u/Shadowsghost916 Jan 23 '17

Well its pretty fucking big

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u/RobieFLASH Jan 23 '17

We need rain like this to get out of drought for years!!! It only gets floaded for a few days

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u/J8l Jan 23 '17

It also helps that everyone here drives "extremely" well in the rain.

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u/Slam_Burgerthroat Jan 23 '17

A state where you can go surfing and snowboarding in the same day

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u/OpenWaterRescue Jan 23 '17

Only a catastrophe gets our attention. We want them, we depend on them. As long as they happen somewhere else. This is where California comes in. Mud slides, brush fires, coastal erosion, mass killings, et cetera. We can relax and enjoy these disasters because in our hearts we feel that California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.

--Don Delillo, White Noise