Thursday 26-04-2018 – How Earthshaking – It's Richter Scale Day!

Good morning – I remember those earthquakes, MS. So much destruction. The last notable one around here was in 2011.
Comet and Mac will go back to the vet in 2 weeks. Comet got an antibiotic injection because the vet found pus in his ear. Mac has something going on with his ear too. I get to clean and medicate their ears, good times! Comet came up this morning to say he feels good…and that he wants a drink of water from the sink!

Mild tremors were very common in Perugia when I was studying there, but some years after there was far more damage, especially to the historic churches and frescos in nearby Assisi. Some of the famous Giotto frescos I’d seen in the cathedral were utterly destroyed. At least that part of Italy is well organised and not as infested by corruption as some, so there was not the considerable loss in life and poor rescue organisation as in some other regions.

DURING AN EARTHQUAKE
If you are inside a building, move no more than a few steps, drop, cover and hold. Stay indoors till the shaking stops and you are sure it is safe to exit. In most buildings in New Zealand you are safer if you stay where you are until the shaking stops.
If you are in an elevator, drop, cover and hold. When the shaking stops, try and get out at the nearest floor if you can safely do so.
If you are outdoors when the shaking starts, move no more than a few steps away from buildings, trees, streetlights, and power lines, then Drop, Cover and Hold.
If you are at the beach or near the coast, drop, cover and hold then move to higher ground immediately in case a tsunami follows the quake.
If you are driving, pull over to a clear location, stop and stay there with your seatbelt fastened until the shaking stops. Once the shaking stops, proceed with caution and avoid bridges or ramps that might have been damaged.
If you are in a mountainous area or near unstable slopes or cliffs, be alert for falling debris or landslides.
Good afternoon, JJ fun times cleaning cats ears. You do live an exciting life. I hope Mac and Comet’s ears are all cleared up and healthy soon.
KZ, I was wondering because your description of him vomiting up brownish liquid and then not eating is exactly what my brothers cat has done recently. I haven’t heard how she is doing.
Earthquakes, you never get used to them but you learn to sense if it’s going to be short or small or continue on and be a rough ride and to take the appropriate action quickly. I guess it’s lie people who live in tornado alley, you learn to expect the unexpected because you have no other option. Oh yes, furniture walking across the room.
KJ, door frames used to be the place to shelter but now they recommend a heavy piece of furniture like a solid table, get under and grasp a leg to stop it from walking away from you. Bath tubs are for tornadoes I believe.
The idea is to also stay inside rather than run outside in case of falling building parts/windows or trees/utility poles and lines falling on you.
We had a sunny morning then it clouded over but I see the sun has returned. We have a wet weekend ahead of us and that weather is just arriving at the top of the country. I must get out into the garden and lay straw between all my plants to keep weeds down and warmth and moisture in over the Winter.

Thanks for the quake info, MS!

Steps onto soap box – too many coincidences for fracking to be considered safe. Polluted water, increased quake activity at the forefront.
Steps off soap box.
Oh I forgot to mention that for those in coastal areas after a quake there is a possibility of tsunami.