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dduuuddee WTF was that
I felt little tremors in LA before but this was more than that.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/ |
It was only a 5.9.
Braineack's being a pussy about it: https://www.miataturbo.net/showpost....postcount=9297 |
(zack morris's phone)
In car. Im seccccereeddd |
(zack morris's phone)
I ran to doorway and coworkers thought I was crazy. |
LOL
and you said goodbye to me all dramatic like on chat. |
I was under the lift doing an oil change and was thinking why the frack is the car shaking up there and ran out of the garage. Now I know, and nothing fell/collapsed. Yay!
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DIP!!!! https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...1&d=1314123680 here i am speeding away, why they all stand around. |
Did the decorative crystal dildo fall off of your bookcase at work?
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I'm in Columbus, OH and my office building just swayed back and forth for a little bit.
Scared the shit outta me.... |
not sure, i ran to doorway and screamed earthquake, everyone stared at me. i was shaking, went to rick for comfort, then ran down 7 flights of stairs out to my car.
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
(Post 762808)
Did the decorative crystal dildo fall off of your bookcase at work?
Anyway, a 5.9 earthquake on the east coast seems pretty unusual. |
Saw reports on another board that it threw pictures off the wall and broke windows...wow
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Not suprised @ Scott. This was probably him, but scearming earthquake.
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Lol^^^
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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...usc0005ild.php
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist. Magnitude 5.9 Date-Time Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 17:51:03 UTC Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 01:51:03 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 37.975°N, 77.969°W Depth 1 km (~0.6 mile) (poorly constrained) Region VIRGINIA Distances 45 km (27 miles) E of Charlottesville, Virginia 55 km (34 miles) SW of Fredericksburg, Virginia 64 km (39 miles) NW of RICHMOND, Virginia 82 km (50 miles) NNE of Farmville, Virginia Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 10.9 km (6.8 miles); depth +/- 7.4 km (4.6 miles) Parameters NST=390, Nph=390, Dmin=57.9 km, Rmss=1.17 sec, Gp= 47°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6 Source Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Event ID usc0005ild |
Originally Posted by wayne_curr
(Post 762816)
Anyway, a 5.9 earthquake on the east coast seems pretty unusual.
It broke a few windows, and one guy got hurt when a sign fell on him. They also had to close one terminal of the airport for about 10 minutes. 7-8 quakes are actually kind of cool. If you've never experienced a really good one, you're missing out. Sometimes, if you're standing outside in an open area (eg: near the top of a peak looking over a flat area) you can actually see the surface of the earth ripple like waves in a pond. |
Originally Posted by Joe Perez
(Post 762822)
Yeah, that's true. They usually don't make the news around here unless they're a bit more dramatic. The Easter Quake of 2010 was a 7.2, and remember that it's a logarithmic scale, so that's about 90x as powerful as a 5.9.
It broke a few windows, and one guy got hurt when a sign fell on him. They also had to close one terminal of the airport for about 10 minutes. 7-8 quakes are actually kind of cool. If you've never experienced a really good one, you're missing out. Sometimes, if you're standing outside in an open area (eg: near the top of a peak looking over a flat area) you can actually see the surface of the earth ripple like waves in a pond. Minor quakes, in California standards, are major events on the east coast. 2 things to take note of though. (1) The ground here (as in east coast) is HARD and dense, and as such and transmits well. (2) Earthquake isn't much of a concern, so buildings and structures are not engineered with earthquake safety in mind. |
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
(Post 762822)
7-8 quakes are actually kind of cool. If you've never experienced a really good one, you're missing out. Sometimes, if you're standing outside in an open area (eg: near the top of a peak looking over a flat area) you can actually see the surface of the earth ripple like waves in a pond.
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I'm in south jersey and we got hit decently. My monitor connections ripped out of my tower. I'm a 25 year old working in an office full of middle aged women. I have so many claw marks on me and I think I got a half attempt at an hj. A+ |
Originally Posted by Ben
(Post 762827)
(2) Earthquake isn't much of a concern, so buildings and structures are not engineered with earthquake safety in mind.
Actually, now that I think about it, the crack in the wall of the building near my office (which originally started during one of the '05 / '06 quakes) got slightly larger, and finally reached all the way up to the ceiling during last years' big one. I should call maintenance and have them squirt some caulk into that. If it were ever to rain, we'd probably get some water seeping through. |
Originally Posted by Joe Perez
(Post 762822)
Yeah, that's true. They usually don't make the news around here unless they're a bit more dramatic. The Easter Quake of 2010 was a 7.2, and remember that it's a logarithmic scale, so that's about 90x as powerful as a 5.9.
It broke a few windows, and one guy got hurt when a sign fell on him. They also had to close one terminal of the airport for about 10 minutes. 7-8 quakes are actually kind of cool. If you've never experienced a really good one, you're missing out. Sometimes, if you're standing outside in an open area (eg: near the top of a peak looking over a flat area) you can actually see the surface of the earth ripple like waves in a pond. |
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Originally Posted by wayne_curr
(Post 762865)
Buildings around here (for the most part) are engineered to supposedly be able to stand up to 9.something quakes.
Excerpt from an editorial by Paul McLane of Radio World: "West Coast folks will chuckle at the disruption caused by our little 5.9 temblor today that originated not all that far southwest of where I sit..." |
Anyone hear there was a similar quake in Colorado?
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/24/us...uake.html?_r=1 The world is coming to an end!! |
I'm still waiting for Jason's explanation as to how this earthquake was the result of a conspiracy between the Federal Reserve Bank and the USGS, and how if the free market were allowed to operate unimpeded, the Earth's lithosphere (the layer in which tectonic movement occurs) would naturally seek a more stable equilibrium.
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Wouldn't mind reading about that one myself...
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I'm in columbus, ohio as well, that earthquake was something like 400miles away. I was finishing a late lunch at the office, and i started feeling the room move. I was thinking "If this isn't an earthquake, I'm never eating panda express again"....I was upset, because it tasted absolutely delicious, and I would have missed loosing it after only having known it twice...
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
(Post 762916)
I'm still waiting for Jason's explanation as to how this earthquake was the result of a conspiracy between the Federal Reserve Bank and the USGS, and how if the free market were allowed to operate unimpeded, the Earth's lithosphere (the layer in which tectonic movement occurs) would naturally seek a more stable equilibrium.
Originally Posted by fooger03
(Post 762922)
I'm in columbus, ohio as well, that earthquake was something like 400miles away. I was finishing a late lunch at the office, and i started feeling the room move. I was thinking "If this isn't an earthquake, I'm never eating panda express again"....I was upset, because it tasted absolutely delicious, and I would have missed loosing it after only having known it twice...
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(zack morris's phone)
Bush's fault.. get it fault. Fault line.... airiairiduaeaeaeaahaha |
some girl in my afternoon lecture broke out in tears because her DC-dwelling brother wasn't responding to text messages
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thats cause cell phone service died instantly.
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this was like 2 miles from my office:
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Co...otoblog900.jpg i could have died. |
Originally Posted by Braineack
(Post 762965)
this was like 2 miles from my office:
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Co...otoblog900.jpg i could have died. |
Originally Posted by Braineack
(Post 762965)
this was like 2 miles from my office:
i could have died. |
yes!
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I was at work near hartford ct and it just felt like a loud heavy truck drove by. Nothing more than a slightly shaking table. Also my cousin lives near richmond (norfolk area) and didn't even feel it, although i guess her kids at the house did.
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Originally Posted by FRT_Fun
(Post 762972)
From rocks falling 2 miles away?
I mean, what if one of those rocks had fallen onto a dog, which was wounded but not killed, the wound became severely infected, and the dog then fell into a river and died. The infection in the dog's body might mutate into some kind of super-germ, which would then dissipate into the city's water supply, infecting the whole population (including Scott) with the result that a giant wall would have to be erected around the entire city and the whole area declared a Zone of Alienation. As the infection grew and spiraled into an epidemic of biblical proportions, the President would eventually have no alternative but to order the firebombing of the entire area as a last-ditch effort to save the rest of humanity. Sidebar: how's the looting and shooting-at-rescue-workers going? |
Originally Posted by pusha
(Post 762942)
some girl in my afternoon lecture broke out in tears because her DC-dwelling brother wasn't responding to text messages
Now would be prime time to get some looting done btw. |
Originally Posted by wayne_curr
(Post 762816)
LMAO!
Anyway, a 5.9 earthquake on the east coast seems pretty unusual. |
We need some "I Survived the Great East Coast Earthquake of 2011"
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Originally Posted by Braineack
(Post 762962)
thats cause cell phone service died instantly.
Even without damage to equipment the very first failure is PCS wireless communications in ANY disaster. |
The more dependent we get on technology, the more vulnerable we are.:2cents:
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You are right, screw all those things technology does on a daily basis to save people. Let's throw it all away.
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gtalk on my phone worked. Rick helped me through the ordeal.
plus i was posting here and using a land line... |
Originally Posted by FRT_Fun
(Post 763166)
You are right, screw all those things technology does on a daily basis to save people. Let's throw it all away.
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Originally Posted by olderguy
(Post 763196)
No, just don't rely on it totally; Keep a land line, have a list of numbers not in your computer or cellphone, keep cash on hand and don't rely on debit cards to get you through an emergency, own a gun, have emergency plans that do not involve technologies that get interrupted easily.
Am I the only one that is sad with how slow technology is moving? Seems to me like we should be way more advanced by now. I guess technology like iPads/XBOX/PS3/Cell Phones etc.. plus crappy school systems, no parenting, and horrible role models are slowing down progess. :vash: |
Originally Posted by Braineack
(Post 763167)
gtalk on my phone worked. Rick helped me through the ordeal.
plus i was posting here and using a land line... |
I have a bruise on my leg today, from when I fell down the stairs after I bolted.
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Originally Posted by Braineack
(Post 763255)
I have a bruise on my leg today, from when I fell down the stairs after I bolted.
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no pics. must not of happened. none of my bloody lip either. or of the dude who fell off the ladder across the street from my apartment.
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Originally Posted by Braineack
(Post 763260)
no pics. must not of happened. none of my bloody lip either. or of the dude who fell off the ladder across the street from my apartment.
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Originally Posted by pusha
(Post 763262)
did a unicorn knock him over?
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Originally Posted by FRT_Fun
(Post 763264)
No, the rocks that fell 2 miles from Scott's office did.
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I thought he already did work at home. Where's the article about the dude's water bottle rolling around on it's side during this earthquake?
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Originally Posted by pusha
(Post 763262)
did a unicorn knock him over?
no but my tampon fell out. |
I hope if we can learn one thing from my near death experience it's that Pandas dont care.
Great Ape House The earthquake hit the Great Ape House and Think Tank Exhibit during afternoon feeding time. About five to ten seconds before the quake, many of the apes, including Kyle (an orangutan) and Kojo (a western lowland gorilla), abandoned their food and climbed to the top of the tree-like structure in the exhibit. About three seconds before the quake, Mandara (a gorilla) let out a shriek and collected her baby, Kibibi, and moved to the top of the tree structure as well. Iris (an orangutan) began “belch vocalizing”—an unhappy/upset noise normally reserved for extreme irritation—before the quake and continued this vocalization following the quake. Small Mammal House The red-ruffed lemurs sounded an alarm call about 15 minutes before the quake and then again just after it occurred. The howler monkeys sounded an alarm call just after the earthquake. The black and rufous giant elephant-shrew hid in his habitat and refused to come out for afternoon feeding. Reptile Discovery Center All the snakes began writhing during the quake (copperheads, cotton mouth, false water cobra, etc.). Normally, they remain inactive during the day. Murphy, the Zoo’s Komodo dragon, sought shelter inside. Invertebrate Exhibit One of the volunteers at the Invertebrate Exhibit was feeding the cuttlefish and it was not responsive. The water is normally very calm in the tank, but the earthquake caused the tank to shake and created waves, which distracted the cuttlefish during feeding. Beavers Keepers were feeding the beavers and hooded mergansers (a species of duck) when the earthquake hit. The ducks immediately jumped into the pool. The beavers stopped eating, stood on their hind legs and looked around, then got into the water, too. They all stayed in the water. Within an hour, some of the beavers returned to land to continue eating. Great Cats The lion pride was outside. They all stood still and faced the building, which rattled during the quake. All settled down within minutes. Damai (a female Sumatran tiger) jumped at the start of the earthquake in a startled fashion. Her behavior returned to normal after the quake. Bird House The Zoo has a flock of 64 flamingos. Just before the quake, the birds rushed about and grouped themselves together. They remained huddled during the quake. Front Royal During the quake all Eld's deer and tufted deer immediately ran out of the barns and appeared agitated. The Prezwalski’s horses and scimitar-horned oryx hardly noticed although those that were inside did amble outside eventually. Immediately after the quake the female Eld's deer herd began alarm calling (a high staccato barking sound) until they were called by their keeper and subsequently all congregated in the corner of the pasture nearest the keeper for a short time. Giant Pandas According to keepers, the giant pandas did not appear to respond to the earthquake. |
Pandas give no fucks.
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Now the broadcasters are pissing and moaning about why EAS wasn't activated, what good it would have done, why bother having the system if you're not going to use it, etc.
http://www.radioworld.com/default.as...75&entryid=198 I can't imagine what information an EAS alert would have conveyed. " (squawk) This is the Emergency Alert System. In case you didn't notice, there has been an earthquake. We now return to our regular programming. (squawk) " Point of fact, though: Your phones may have all gone down, but your radios still worked. :D |
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