Earthquake Shakes Parts of Montana

[seraph]

I know the area.  No surprise there's no reports of damage; the population of the region has more badgers than people!

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sounds like a lovely place

OK... being from Cali I don't find a 5.6 a big deal unless it is in a place that normally doesn't have quakes. So my question is, are these places that normally have quakes? I mean here we have hundreds of quakes all the time and most we don't feel... 3's and 4's aren't a big deal and usually 5's are merely noticable... but... not a big deal in Cali may be a big deal somewhere else... so are these quakes a big deal??? Anyone know what USGS is saying about them???

[Christ's Free Servant]

Last night we were eating at a restaurant and our waitress is a young girl whose family just moved here from CA. I left a tract on the table with our tip and she came up to us and asked us what church we attend. She said her family is looking for a church.

The lady who is buying our home is moving here from CA. Seems like a lot of people are moving from CA to SC. Is there a max exodus going on or something? The son-in-law of the lady buying our house said he hopes she gets out of there before CA falls into the ocean. Do you think a lot of CA people are concerned?

Anyway, Keith, I add my agreement to the idea that we enjoy your posts and we don't think you are "too heavenly minded." I never used to be an "end times" kind of person, but the Lord saw to it that my eyes were opened and that I would see the times we are in and the signs, so the articles you send help me to know what is going on.

[seraph]

The lady who is buying our home is moving here from CA. Seems like a lot of people are moving from CA to SC. Is there a max exodus going on or something? The son-in-law of the lady buying our house said he hopes she gets out of there before CA falls into the ocean. Do you think a lot of CA people are concerned?

I think most are probably leaving due to the cost of living here- it is insane.

I don't think most are concerned about the quakes (until you're standing in you bedroom and you see the floor literally rippling or at work and your desk comes jittering across the floor towards you)... we always semi-joke about falling into the ocean someday.

In my geology class I remember that topic addressed... my professor said or course Long Beach wouldn't drop off into the ocean, it's sandy foundation would liquify and sink In that class we went to the San Andreas faultline in Wrightwood (a cute little mountain town) and stood on the fault... on either side of the crevice were these piles of powder that had been boulders that had fallen into the crevice, been ground up and pushed back out by the friction- it was pretty amazing.

[Keith]

It's about the people who have already "checked-out" of life here.

[Keith]

OK... being from Cali I don't find a 5.6 a big deal unless it is in a place that normally doesn't have quakes. So my question is, are these places that normally have quakes? I mean here we have hundreds of quakes all the time and most we don't feel...  3's and 4's aren't a big deal and usually 5's are merely noticable... but... not a big deal in Cali may be a big deal somewhere else... so are these quakes a big deal??? Anyone know what USGS is saying about them???

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I understand where you're coming from, Seraph. I used to live in California and went through several doozies! Remember the Northridge earthquake? It through me out of bed when I lived in Burbank... 45 minutes after I got home from having surgery. Ripped my incision wide open and, well, it wasn't pretty! When you live in a place where they happen frequently, they don't seem like a very big deal. Like tornados here in the midwest. We aren't surprised by them at all, but if they were to happen in your area, and more frequently, it would cause concern there, wouldn't it?

Earthquakes, in my opinion, are a big deal. Earthquakes in Montana aren't exactly common.

Christ's Free Servant Posted Today, 03:47 AM

Anyway, Keith, I add my agreement to the idea that we enjoy your posts and we don't think you are "too heavenly minded." I never used to be an "end times" kind of person, but the Lord saw to it that my eyes were opened and that I would see the times we are in and the signs, so the articles you send help me to know what is going on.

You bring up an excellent point, Sue. One that I think a lot of Christians may not understand. I do believe that there are Christians who God will "open their eyes" as to end times events. I can only think of describing it to be similar to nonChristians who don't understand the passion we have for Jesus, or how we can believe so easily those things they find illogical... because God dropped the scales from our eyes so that we could see. I think it could be similar when it comes to this subject.

I remember when it happened for me. There was such a sense of urgency placed in my spirit concerning our time left here. That sense of urgency sat for years. Then, one day, it sparked again. Then again and again.... The time frame between each "spark" became less and less. It went from many years, to a couple of years, to yearly, to every several months. Now, it seems constant in me.

[Christ's Free Servant]

Now, it seems constant in me.

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Me, too! It is there with me always. The Lord keeps reminding me of the shortness of the time and I feel it like in my body; like an excited anticipation kind of feeling. I don't think I have ever felt anything like this before, though it is similar to the feeling one has on his/her first day of school or his/her first date or his/her wedding day or his/her first job, etc. And, it is all the time leading up to those momentous events.

[seraph]

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I understand where you're coming from, Seraph.  I used to live in California and went through several doozies!  Remember the Northridge earthquake?  It through me out of bed when I lived in Burbank... 45 minutes after I got home from having surgery.  Ripped my incision wide open and, well, it wasn't pretty!  When you live in a place where they happen frequently, they don't seem like a very big deal.  Like tornados here in the midwest.  We aren't surprised by them at all, but if they were to happen in your area, and more frequently, it would cause concern there, wouldn't it?

Earthquakes, in my opinion, are a big deal.  Earthquakes in Montana aren't exactly common.

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Yikes that must have been painful. And yeah, tornados happening here regularly would be freaky and concerning... so if quakes are not common in Montana, then that might be concerning too! And yeah, I remember Northridge. I was 17 (?) and home alone. I heard it before I felt it. I heard what sounded like a train... we didn't have rr tracks near our street though, so I thought maybe it was a speeding semi... as I walked to the window to see what all the noise was, the windows began to shake... then the house... then I was trying to keep my balance on my floor that was moving in waves... talk about freaky! seeing something solid move like liquid! My dad had been getting out of the car and lost his balance and fell- he thought he was having a stroke, lol. My friend said her car started sliding to the right and thought something happened to her car until she saw everyone else was sliding to the right.

[Keith]

Seraph,

Yup! 35 seconds of "what's going on?!" I was home alone at the time. My roommate was out east. My incision ripped open as I leaped into a doorway. After the tornado settled, I had to get back to the hospital. The galley kitchen led to the front door and the refrigerator had rolled out and blocked it. So, with a wide-open hernia, I had to move the refrigerator with one hand and get to my car! When I finally got home from the hospital the next day, my house looked like someone had been murdered in it! Blood and bloody hand prints everywhere!

I was very blessed and today you can just barely see a scar where the incision was made.

Your poor dad!!! That must have been an awful thought! To think you're having a stroke! What a stroke that would have had to be to seem like the whole earth was moving!

I remember being at another job, doing customer service in a call center. I was on the phone taking an order and had to interrupt the customer because we were having an earthquake. When I got back on the phone, she was ticked-off for being placed on hold! LOL