Comments on: Earthquake….We Got an Earthquake

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:22:30 +0000

Took the subway home from work at 6pm from Downtown to Koreatown – it was back on schedule by evening rush hour, although they were running it with low speed limits while they did an ad hoc track inspection post-quake. Apparently they suspended Metrolink service briefly at the behest of Union Pacific, but that was also back on schedule by rush hour.

I was in a skyscraper Downtown and we definitely felt that (23rd floor), it was pretty scary for a moment there.

By: ubrayj02

ubrayj02 — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:22:06 +0000

Yeah there is something you can do while you ride your bike during a quake – thank god you’re not on an elevated highway.

By: Damien Newton

Damien Newton — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:43:11 +0000

You know what Johny, I don’t have a clue if there’s anything special you should do. I imagine that if it’s like today’s you should just be more aware and get to your destination as safely and quickly as possible. If it’s the Big One, well, that’s a different story. I’m going to ask around and do a larger story on this…

Incidently, I just rode from my house to a meeting in Avenue of the Stars. No major changes in the commute on the Westside as a result of the shaker. Eastsiders?

By: johnny

johnny — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:10:03 +0000

I think that was God’s way of telling us not to build the foothill Gold Line too far east! Eh, not really. But sometimes the struggle for better bike and transit infrastructure in LA feels like 40 years of wandering in the desert though.

On a more serious (and relevant) note, does Damien or anyone else have any safety tips for what to do if you’re on a bike and an earthquake hits? I don’t imagine there is much you can do, but I’m not as as much of a pedalhead as the average Streetsblog reader.