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Title: EARTHQUAAAAAAKE!
Post by: Lamborghini_diablo on August 23, 2011, 02:08:46 PM
Anyone else on the east cost feel that? A 5.8 hit Virigina/DC a few minutes ago.
Title: Re: EARTHQUAAAAAAKE!
Post by: Alex_Olijar on August 23, 2011, 02:09:28 PM
My dad did in Pittsburgh. I didn't. Facebook confirms a feel in MA.
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Post by: Drrek on August 23, 2011, 02:11:30 PM
I felt it, its the first earthquake I've ever felt in my life.
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Post by: soul seeker on August 23, 2011, 02:12:23 PM
I was just wondering if I was experiencing low blood sugar or something.  It was weird.  I stood up.  My exact thought was "surely, that wasn't an aftershock."
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Post by: Lamborghini_diablo on August 23, 2011, 02:15:03 PM
You'd be right, it wasn't an aftershock, it was just a shock.  :P

Reading about the scale. 5.8 would only cause damage to poorly built stuff. Its 7 and above that is a cause for panic.

This was also my first earthquake that I remember.
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Post by: Alex_Olijar on August 23, 2011, 02:16:44 PM
It was a 5.9.
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Post by: Claude on August 23, 2011, 02:18:12 PM
It's not even 2012 yet...
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Post by: STAMP on August 23, 2011, 02:18:26 PM
You east coast wimps.  :rollin:
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Post by: Smokey on August 23, 2011, 02:29:47 PM
Quote from: STAMP on August 23, 2011, 02:18:26 PM
You east coast wimps.  :rollin:

I got a free massage.
Title: Re: EARTHQUAAAAAAKE!
Post by: Lamborghini_diablo on August 23, 2011, 04:37:46 PM
Pictures of the destruction are pouring in. I've hidden one under a spoiler tag because of how tragic it is. This is not for the faint of heart.

Spoiler (hover to show)
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Post by: Bobbert on August 23, 2011, 05:09:55 PM
Quote from: Lamborghini_diablo on August 23, 2011, 04:37:46 PM
Pictures of the destruction are pouring in. I've hidden one under a spoiler tag because of how tragic it is. This is not for the faint of heart.

Spoiler (hover to show)

Is that yours in the picture, Lambo? I'm so sorry.
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Post by: YourMathTeacher on August 23, 2011, 05:26:44 PM
I'll have you know that there is now collateral damage from the earthquake. My wife snorted Root Beer out her nose while laughing at Lambo's picture.

Would it be too much to ask to steal that picture so I can post it on my Facebook page to let my family get a kick out of it. I would credit you..... if I knew your real name.  ;)
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Post by: Chronic Apathy on August 23, 2011, 05:35:03 PM
Quote from: Lamborghini_diablo on August 23, 2011, 04:37:46 PM
Pictures of the destruction are pouring in. I've hidden one under a spoiler tag because of how tragic it is. This is not for the faint of heart.

Spoiler (hover to show)

My goodness I have not laughed that hard in a while.
Title: Re: EARTHQUAAAAAAKE!
Post by: Alex_Olijar on August 23, 2011, 05:36:55 PM
It's from a blog post. Lambo is a plagiarizer :(
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Post by: Arch Angel on August 23, 2011, 05:46:19 PM
My dad felt it at work, but me and my mom didn't feel it at all. Probably because we live on a giant bedrock hill. Kinda sad I missed it.
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Post by: Lamborghini_diablo on August 23, 2011, 05:53:10 PM
Quote from: YourMathTeacher on August 23, 2011, 05:26:44 PM
I'll have you know that there is now collateral damage from the earthquake. My wife snorted Root Beer out her nose while laughing at Lambo's picture.

Would it be too much to ask to steal that picture so I can post it on my Facebook page to let my family get a kick out of it. I would credit you..... if I knew your real name.  ;)

Yeah its not my picture, but the original link had some... unfriendly words on it, and the image didn't hotlink properly.
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Post by: CJSports on August 23, 2011, 06:29:08 PM
My dad's chair started rolling around at work.
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Post by: lightningninja on August 23, 2011, 07:08:13 PM
Seriously though, we had a 7.2 last year (about 95x more energy released) and my brothers sat around making jokes about who farted...

^^^My friend's post on Facebook. You wimpy east coast n00bs.
Title: Re: EARTHQUAAAAAAKE!
Post by: Lamborghini_diablo on August 23, 2011, 07:15:45 PM
To be fair though, on the east coast, a 5 or 6 can travel for about 300-400 miles.
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Post by: Professoralstad on August 23, 2011, 07:58:46 PM
Quote from: lightningninja on August 23, 2011, 07:08:13 PM
Seriously though, we had a 7.2 last year (about 95x more energy released) and my brothers sat around making jokes about who farted...

^^^My friend's post on Facebook. You wimpy east coast n00bs.

I suppose any "wimpiness" exhibited by east coasters would be the same "wimpiness" exhibited by so-californians if you got a 10 inch snowfall like midwesterners and east coasters get every year. Just sayin' ;)
Title: Re: EARTHQUAAAAAAKE!
Post by: lightningninja on August 23, 2011, 08:21:19 PM
Quote from: Professoralstad on August 23, 2011, 07:58:46 PM
Quote from: lightningninja on August 23, 2011, 07:08:13 PM
Seriously though, we had a 7.2 last year (about 95x more energy released) and my brothers sat around making jokes about who farted...

^^^My friend's post on Facebook. You wimpy east coast n00bs.

I suppose any "wimpiness" exhibited by east coasters would be the same "wimpiness" exhibited by so-californians if you got a 10 inch snowfall like midwesterners and east coasters get every year. Just sayin' ;)
I would take it like a man! =P
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Post by: YourMathTeacher on August 23, 2011, 08:29:30 PM
Quote from: lightningninja on August 23, 2011, 08:21:19 PM
I would take it like a man! =P

There's no where to take it. Everything would be closed.
Title: Re: EARTHQUAAAAAAKE!
Post by: STAMP on August 23, 2011, 08:56:24 PM
Quote from: Professoralstad on August 23, 2011, 07:58:46 PM
Quote from: lightningninja on August 23, 2011, 07:08:13 PM
Seriously though, we had a 7.2 last year (about 95x more energy released) and my brothers sat around making jokes about who farted...

^^^My friend's post on Facebook. You wimpy east coast n00bs.

I suppose any "wimpiness" exhibited by east coasters would be the same "wimpiness" exhibited by so-californians if you got a 10 inch snowfall like midwesterners and east coasters get every year. Just sayin' ;)

Oddly, this would develop into a triple-threat disaster.  Because it's SoCal, the snow would melt quickly and cause flooding.  The flood waters would empty into the ocean causing a sudden pressure change in the earth's mantle creating an earthquake.
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Post by: Minister Polarius on August 23, 2011, 09:06:52 PM
Let's not forget the mudslides on the way down.
Title: Re: EARTHQUAAAAAAKE!
Post by: STAMP on August 23, 2011, 09:56:21 PM
Quote from: Minister Polarius on August 23, 2011, 09:06:52 PM
Let's not forget the mudslides on the way down.

Excellent point.  Also, there's the forest fires started in the surrounding mountains by tipped over space heaters.
Title: Re: EARTHQUAAAAAAKE!
Post by: The M on August 23, 2011, 09:58:43 PM
Quote from: Professoralstad on August 23, 2011, 07:58:46 PM
Quote from: lightningninja on August 23, 2011, 07:08:13 PM
Seriously though, we had a 7.2 last year (about 95x more energy released) and my brothers sat around making jokes about who farted...

^^^My friend's post on Facebook. You wimpy east coast n00bs.

I suppose any "wimpiness" exhibited by east coasters would be the same "wimpiness" exhibited by so-californians if you got a 10 inch snowfall like Minnesotans get every day. Just sayin' ;)

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