M.I. asks from Florissant, MO on April 18, 2008
Behavior Yesterday and Earthquake Today
Just a weird question, I was wondering if anyone's children behaved differently yesterday? It was funny because my mom said her dog was growling at her everytime she made the dog go outside. Mom's dog is a 4 pound yorkie and NEVER growls. Yesterday evening my daughter turned into a little devil. Her behavior was odd. At the time, I just blew it off as, she's 2. Also, a friend mentioned yesterday that her daughter was acting funny but she couldn't figure out what was wrong. My friend's daughter is 4.
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From the sound of it, several people experienced the same things that I did. Even some of my friends with pets; rabbits, cats, dogs, and birds all had stories of odd behavior. Thanks for taking the time to respond to my request!
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B.H. answers from St. Louis on April 21, 2008
A.B. answers from St. Louis on April 20, 2008
Funny, but now that you say something my 2 yr old son was a disaster the day before. I thought he was getting sick or something because he was acting all out of sorts. Nothing was making him happy. Then he woke up at 4:30am that morning fussing, so I was awake and had just gotten back in bed when the earthquake started. I don't think he really sensed anything but it is a funny correlation now that you bring it up.
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J.B. answers from St. Louis on April 19, 2008
I'm not certain if it was the earthquake, but My kids are generally out of sorts near the full moon. I don't generally believe in that sort of corelation, but it never fails that when we are having our worst days, a full moon is just around the corner!
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R.I. answers from Kansas City on April 19, 2008
Interesting thought! I do daycare and the kids were a bit wound up, but I figured it was the weather as rain was moving in. I totally believe that kids and adults and animals have a sense of changes. I'm sure it could be from the earthquake, but we don't have enough experience with them, thank goodness, to know for sure.
Just a note: I tried to do a research paper on this topic in high school and could find absolutely no info on it!
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C.M. answers from Kansas City on April 18, 2008
I heard multiple people talk about being in a bad mood and everyone around then in a bad mood. A high school teacher mentioned that all of her "kids" seemed weird too! I definately think there is coralation when there is a full moon too.
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S.R. answers from Columbia on April 21, 2008
Oh yeah, I'm sure it is related to the earthquake! My husband is very sensitive & perceptive like most children & animals are, and he was very off-kilter (irrationally angry & extremely tense) the previous day, then right when the earthquake happened he started throwing up! He was very sick for the next 12 hours or so.
I don't remember what my kids were like before the earthquake but my husband always picks up on those kinds of things & he felt it coming just like your daughter, your friend's daughter, and your mom's dog.
Funny how that kind of thing is possible but it definitely is.
S.
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B.H. answers from St. Louis on April 21, 2008
I can tell you that both my kids were acting funny before I took them to school. I work in as school and all the First graders I work with were acting extra out of sorts. Someone did tell me that they heard that earthquakes can do that to people.
B.
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D.B. answers from St. Louis on April 19, 2008
My kids were acting funny too. they were even meaner than they usually are. they were acting different at the baby sitters, whom they both love, my daughter even walked up behind her and bit her for no apparent reason! it was just really unlike both of them. Our dogs were acting funny Thursday night and all day Friday. every time I went outside they were whimpering at me, and they never do that.
Kids and animals I think are so much more in tune with the earth that they knew, even if only subconsciously that something was amiss.
I'm also really glad it wasn't just me that noticed!!
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K.W. answers from St. Louis on April 18, 2008
Funny, I had not thought of it, but two of my children complained of tummy aches, something very uncommen for them. Not claiming it was related, but it makes you wonder.
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T.B. answers from Springfield on April 19, 2008
Everything was fine here except for our one bird it scared the tar out of him. But no one was acting any different. But we are way down here in FLW
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