tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post2724939353241103412..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: Be Preparednessful!Murr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-44948915473252694672014-12-05T23:39:10.287-08:002014-12-05T23:39:10.287-08:00Holy shit.Holy shit.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-74005807287189277772014-12-05T23:38:52.656-08:002014-12-05T23:38:52.656-08:00The Midwest USED to be a sea. Could be all it need...The Midwest USED to be a sea. Could be all it needs is a big break.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-25635516397176367982014-12-05T10:48:48.226-08:002014-12-05T10:48:48.226-08:00Living in California, I've experienced earthqu...Living in California, I've experienced earthquakes all my life and never paid them much mind. Until January of 1994, when the Northridge quake picked up my bed and shook it like a pair of dice and then tossed me out. Now that got my attention. My guess is in a 9.0 you're going to be pretty much screwed no matter what you do. Jayne Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053366144206401836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-56594130629421521252014-12-04T14:08:30.615-08:002014-12-04T14:08:30.615-08:00But in the Midwest, there is no ocean to fall into...But in the Midwest, there is no ocean to fall into....the quake may make its own ocean, but that's a different thing altogether..<br />chlosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10476371332873753350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-61546546023883779762014-12-04T12:00:35.631-08:002014-12-04T12:00:35.631-08:00I'm amused by how Midwestern people think eart...I'm amused by how Midwestern people think earthquakes don't apply to them. When I went through the big L.A. earthquake in Feb. 1971, I discovered that was nothing compared the the largest U.S. earthquake to ever happen in...Missouri. It may by now have been outdone, but at that time, Missouri held the record.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04764229284389816099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-29244416918374580082014-12-04T09:22:13.899-08:002014-12-04T09:22:13.899-08:00I didn't see that article, but I did hear abou...I didn't see that article, but I did hear about it on NPR yesterday--and thought, YES! All those people who thought I might be teasing about our earthquake will know better now.<br /><br />Because, um, I do tease sometimes.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-26834643097843861622014-12-04T09:21:14.200-08:002014-12-04T09:21:14.200-08:00I don't have a zombie plan. I do have a fairy ...I don't have a zombie plan. I do have a fairy contingency.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-66888579722499747732014-12-04T09:20:46.003-08:002014-12-04T09:20:46.003-08:00Yeah, I plan to get right around to it, any minute...Yeah, I plan to get right around to it, any minute now.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-16394051080277971142014-12-04T09:20:16.205-08:002014-12-04T09:20:16.205-08:00Oh! They didn't mention the hole, just the buc...Oh! They didn't mention the hole, just the bucket. I'm going to have to add "shovel" to the list.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-41962925701495803452014-12-04T09:19:45.874-08:002014-12-04T09:19:45.874-08:00I want to sashay into the hereafter with tight por...I want to sashay into the hereafter with tight pores. I'll look way better than those poor flood victims.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-81172942491754446672014-12-04T09:16:13.892-08:002014-12-04T09:16:13.892-08:00Oh...I don't know...Oh...I don't know...Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-21437403643574867862014-12-04T07:00:09.184-08:002014-12-04T07:00:09.184-08:00You saw this, right? http://nwnewsnetwork.org/pos...You saw this, right? http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/study-offshore-fault-where-big-one-originates-eerily-quiet<br />Yeah, I'm with you -- emotionally prepared for whatever life throws at me. Although I hope I'm not crushed under a viaduct, or worse, buried under rubble for a slow death. I'm definitely not prepared for that.Betsy MacWhinneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14196224762137517300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-52150025604244807752014-12-04T04:55:02.741-08:002014-12-04T04:55:02.741-08:00But what will you do when the zombies arrive?
the ...But what will you do when the zombies arrive?<br />the Ol'BuzzardOl'Buzzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-71373844088722357532014-12-04T01:10:57.737-08:002014-12-04T01:10:57.737-08:00I usually do have all the items needed for an emer...I usually do have all the items needed for an emergency preparedness kit, just not all together! I would be searching here and there for it all!Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947644382715395538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-66797124937448202202014-12-04T00:37:15.757-08:002014-12-04T00:37:15.757-08:00Aren't mud baths supposed to be great for the ...Aren't mud baths supposed to be great for the skin?Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-33703352184812555702014-12-04T00:34:54.516-08:002014-12-04T00:34:54.516-08:00I'd be just as happy to go without my ass bein...I'd be just as happy to go without my ass being kissed.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-68770465120014374522014-12-04T00:29:30.753-08:002014-12-04T00:29:30.753-08:00"preparedness kit. You're going to want f..."preparedness kit. You're going to want first aid supplies, a flashlight, cash, toothbrush, can opener, duct tape, blanket, tweezers, toilet paper, wrench, 50 feet of rope, garden hose, emergency speculum, medical team, a coach-and-six, and five hundred gallons of water. Handy.<br />There's more to the kit. You're supposed to have a bucket, trash bags, bleach, and two boards to Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-42573058276590893502014-12-03T18:38:06.287-08:002014-12-03T18:38:06.287-08:00Think of it as bobbling around in mud. Whee! That&...Think of it as bobbling around in mud. Whee! That's how I was thinking about it, until YOU brought in the D-word. Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-20850652503995195982014-12-03T18:37:02.679-08:002014-12-03T18:37:02.679-08:00You won't be laughing when you really, really ...You won't be laughing when you really, really need one.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-23052845791212524422014-12-03T18:36:41.869-08:002014-12-03T18:36:41.869-08:00You have to be freaking kidding me. You are sangui...You have to be freaking kidding me. You are sanguine about TORNADOES? Those things that drive Plymouths into trees twelve feet up? Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-26549451416265019252014-12-03T18:35:15.595-08:002014-12-03T18:35:15.595-08:00I like the way you think. You naughty girl.
I like the way you think. You naughty girl.<br />Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-48749650032650644092014-12-03T17:59:47.021-08:002014-12-03T17:59:47.021-08:00and by floodi I mean flood, of courseand by floodi I mean flood, of coursejenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-73105738090296380612014-12-03T17:58:09.346-08:002014-12-03T17:58:09.346-08:00That soil-turning-to-pudding thing would freak me ...That soil-turning-to-pudding thing would freak me out. Even worse than drowning - drowning in mud. Thanks for the nightmares I'm going to have tonight, here in my earthquake/tornado/floodi-free little part of the world!jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-77231359479249123062014-12-03T16:40:20.395-08:002014-12-03T16:40:20.395-08:00Still laughing about that emergency speculum. Still laughing about that emergency speculum. Nancy/BLissed-Out Grandmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17223278142557533175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-47317279092290658632014-12-03T16:02:12.294-08:002014-12-03T16:02:12.294-08:00I could never live on the west coast. I experienc...I could never live on the west coast. I experienced a teeny tiny earthquake once, and that was enough. At least here in the midwest, when a tornado touches down, the damage may be severe, but it's quite localized. Our last one hopped along a 12-mile path, landing here and there to knock down some trees or blow the roof off a few buildings, but go a block away from the track and you'd bpadgetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01517111873755808766noreply@blogger.com