posted on Jan, 13 2010 @ 05:26 PM
When I lived in New Zealand I got a cat who was normal in every way until one night he jumped off the bed and ran into the living room on full alert,
looking at the roof and floor with ears upright and his fur "up".
Within 30 seconds I began to hear a low rumbling sound like thunder coming from under us to the south, followed by what sounded like an elephant
jumping across our roof!
The next thing I know the whole building was moving from side to side causing my bed to roll away from the wall and then back into it again
repeatedly. I could hear the bricks slapping together at the top of the buildings next to us and see outside my window the power poles swaying to and
fro.
This was my first experience of a 5.2 earthquake 150 k's underground and 100 k's out into the sea. My cat had shown me it was aware of something
about to happen and so over the four years I lived in the beautiful country he became my warning system for subsequent earthquakes.
With the Asian Tsunami, it was reported that many aniumals headed for the hills well before the first swell hit land.
Also, before the 5.7 Baja quake of December 31 (my time) the Sea Lions of San Francisco left in droves, to be found the day after that quake off the
coast of Oregon. Interestingly enough they were north of the follwing larger quake in off the coast of Northern California too.
[edit on 13-1-2010 by Tayesin]
[edit on 13-1-2010 by Tayesin]