Kathy Partch asks: I was wondering if anyone lives at, or near the place where the quake was this morning? If so, did you see any forewarning signs from your animals? I've heard & have known what animals' sense & can do when such things happen. --------------------------------------------- I reply: I have made some observations having lived in Palm Springs for many years. Palm Springs and that valley sits over an underground lake so we felt large earthquakes as far away as Mexico City. There is always a lot of rock and roll there. Half the time I would not know if it was an earthquake at a distance or I was having a spell so would check to see if the pool or chandelier was swaying. Only had one under us over 6. If you feel the shudder but not the noise it is not under you or close to you. You all in tornado country will recognize that train sound. Animals mostly ignore the earthquake if it is not under you or not sizeable. We had a dog who would go into a tizzy about three days before a local earthquake, he would jump up and look in a panic running in circles. We thought he was having some strange attack of something then after several we put it together. He taught me how to read EQs coming which was an ability I cannot explain but held that ability for some years. If it is under you and sizeable Look for too many missing animal signs out up to three days before. The neighbor dog left three days before the larger one and returned three days after. It was summer for our bigger one. Lots of noisy dogs and noisy bugs at night in summer there temps at night would average 90 degrees. About 20 minutes before the EQ all animals went silent, even the bugs. The neighborhood all bailed the houses after the 6.4 at two in the morning and had a wine party on the street feeling the after bumps and listening to the rumbling rest of the night. Some of us needed a radio or white noise on for a long time after that to sleep as every time the bugs went silent we would wake up. The experts pooh pooh this so you can either listen to the experts or be aware of the animals around you. Lissa PS the LA one was itty bitty but still scare the heck out of you. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2014. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION: http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================