July 29th in General by Jeremy .

Twitter Updates for 2008-07-29

Strong lateral shaking here on 2nd floor. 2 initial waves with a few rumbling aftershocks. #
Feeling an earthquake right now in Irvine! #
Things seem to have settled down now. Other people in the building are chattering. No apparent damage from the earthquake. #
The earthquake appears to be a 5.6 magnitude, epicenter near Chino Hills. http://tinyurl.com/67pu5h #
Unable to make phone calls on T-Mobile. Lines are probably swamped. #
Just felt a tiny aftershock. #
T-Mobile isn’t even letting me [...]

  • Strong lateral shaking here on 2nd floor. 2 initial waves with a few rumbling aftershocks. #
  • Feeling an earthquake right now in Irvine! #
  • Things seem to have settled down now. Other people in the building are chattering. No apparent damage from the earthquake. #
  • The earthquake appears to be a 5.6 magnitude, epicenter near Chino Hills. http://tinyurl.com/67pu5h #
  • Unable to make phone calls on T-Mobile. Lines are probably swamped. #
  • Just felt a tiny aftershock. #
  • T-Mobile isn’t even letting me send text messages. Infrastructure fail. #
  • Twitter really shines and shows its value when you have an earthquake or similar event. #
  • My 2 year old cried for 15 minutes. The earthquake scared her. #
  • KNBC live stream on the Earthquake: http://www.knbc.com/videostream/10954229/detail.html #
  • I’ve been able to get a text message out and 2 responses. Hopefully TXT holds up in the earthquake aftermath. #
  • Interesting shake map: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/shakemap/sc/shake/14383980/ #
  • Text messaging still hit & miss. #earthquake #
  • My wife was finally able to make a call to me. The T-Mobile PHONE JAM must be tapering off. #
  • Today’s earthquake was essentially a “fire drill”. Good reminder of the need to be prepared with 72 hrs of supplies and have a family plan #
  • via @whatevrnvrmind: if the cell carriers get overwhelmed from that [minor earthquake], what if something really bad happens? #

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