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Post by Akira on Feb 26, 2008 21:34:35 GMT -4
I just experienced my first Earthquake.
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Post by earthman on Feb 27, 2008 1:03:24 GMT -4
*lights cigarette*
Was it good for you too?
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Post by Raskolnikov on Feb 27, 2008 10:07:18 GMT -4
Weird, innit?
I'm waiting for it to be linked to Global Warming...
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Post by Tonja Renee on Feb 27, 2008 12:11:34 GMT -4
Scary stuff... found a really cool website that tells you everything about your earthquake. earthquakeI don't know how I would react in an earthquake... you kind of expect the ground to be stable.
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Post by Akira on Feb 27, 2008 12:31:15 GMT -4
Cool link Tonja. According to the news it was measured as a 5.2; with the epicenter being 20 miles from where I live. Definitely not something I'd like to experience again; like you said, you kind of expect the ground to be stable. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7266136.stmAfter experiencing that I can't imagine what it must be like to be in one of those huge Earthquakes where buildings collapse and roads split apart.
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Post by stratman on Feb 27, 2008 13:51:36 GMT -4
I'm waiting for it to be linked to Global Warming... Someone on the radio already tried to blame it on the polar ice-caps melting , untill it was pointed out to them that, there aren't actually any polar ice-caps in Market Rasen ;D I slept through it, takes more than 5.2 on the Richter scale to wake me up!
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Post by hdj on Feb 27, 2008 13:53:29 GMT -4
We don't have earthquakes here in South Carolina, at least not ones that can be felt. Very small ones are reported from time to time....I've never experienced one..
The only major things we really have here is the occasional tornados and hurricanes, and those are rare.....The only hurricane I remember that was bad for us (I'm near Columbia) was hurricane Hugo back in the early 90's...most don't come inland towards Columbia, they usually turn north and head up the coast, but if they do head my way, they die down to tropical storms by the time they reach Columbia.
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Post by earthman on Feb 27, 2008 13:58:16 GMT -4
Yeah, here in Manitoba the worst we get is, uh.....snow.
Actually, in the past few years there have been increasing numbers of tornadoes, for some weird reason. I am rather hoping I never run into one.
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Post by hdj on Feb 27, 2008 14:04:02 GMT -4
I've seen tornados, but never have been affected by one. They are kind of creepy to watch.....
We rarely get snow here......maybe one or two flurries each winter....it's been about 3 years since we actually had snow stick to the ground.
All we get is ice, which is why everything shuts down in the south b/c of "snow"...It's not the snow, it's the ice...Most northerners don't get that and laugh at the south for shutting everything down when it snows here......until they are down here during an ice storm, then they understand.....
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Post by Mr. G. on Feb 27, 2008 14:49:49 GMT -4
I find it funny that I've heard the magnitude of the quake to be 3 different readings... 5.5 on the radio this morning, 4.7 on the USGS site, and 5.2 from the BGS.
Personally, I've never experienced an actual earthquake. However, a set of train tracks used to run right behind my old house. So, whenever a train would go by, it always shook the house like a 2-3 earthquake. I've actually had pictures fall off the wall, and stuff falling over because of it was common. I'm sure it's nothing like an actual earthquake though. I'd probably shat myself during a real earthquake.
I've never been directly affected by a tornado, nor actually seen one in person, but I have had them go right over the top of me, and that can be quite intense. The Delta used to be just west of me, so when the tornadoes would hit the hills they would bounce back up in the sky and then set back down just east of me. Tornadoes are super unpredictable, so it was never a sure thing that that is how it was going to happen, though.
All I have to say about ice is... ugh! The only thing I don't like about snow is having to shovel the driveway, and driving at night when it's snowing hard.
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Post by stratman on Feb 27, 2008 15:21:56 GMT -4
I find it funny that I've heard the magnitude of the quake to be 3 different readings... 5.5 on the radio this morning, 4.7 on the USGS site, and 5.2 from the BGS. Personally, I've never experienced an actual earthquake. that that is how it was going to happen, though. I too have heard 3 different readings, 4.2, 4.7 and 5.2 I slept through this one, but experienced another about 22 years ago, very surreal lying in bed while the room gently shakes and the door swings to and fro
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Post by jeffhx on Feb 27, 2008 15:41:04 GMT -4
ah i remembered during the time of the aceh(indonesia) major tsunami that wiped away buildings there... an earthquake occured just before it.. i didnt feel it cos i was on the road... i was in malaysia during the time i live in an island called penang, which is really close to aceh.. we got hit by the tsunami as well altho its not as devastating.. we did get boats washed on mainroads and whatnot and about 9 ppl died...i remember driving thru the scene the next day finding cars covered with mud and there was this old man trying to start his motorbike but only mud came spluttering out from the exhaust pipe..
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Post by Skeleton Keys on Feb 27, 2008 16:42:13 GMT -4
The deadliest thing we have around in these here parts are teen drivers... But earthquakes? surreal.
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Post by thesmitchens on Feb 27, 2008 16:53:11 GMT -4
Just for the sake of being the voice of reason... I hate winter. Can't stand a single thing about it. Also can't believe people look upon this whole global warming deal as a bad thing.
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Post by stratman on Feb 27, 2008 17:12:13 GMT -4
Also can't believe people look upon this whole global warming deal as a bad thing. I don't! i'm looking forward to the time when we in the UK get some California style summers Gentlemen start your engines please ;D
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Post by Akira on Feb 27, 2008 20:05:07 GMT -4
I think geologists can reclassify earthquakes as if I remember correctly the earthquake that caused the tsunami in 2004 was reclassified to a bigger number. Seems like most sources are going with 5.2 at the moment though.
Either way it was a unique experience that I don't really want to have again!
Eric, I take it the quake is getting coverage over there?
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Post by Rustee on Feb 27, 2008 20:21:31 GMT -4
Hmm...ground is stable in these parts, at least from shaking. Otherwise I've seen lots of water spouts (tornado over water), and of course we get those tropical storms and hurricanes every few years. Flooding, even if just from regular thunderstorms, is the most damaging overall though. My old hometown of Alvin holds the U.S. record for rainfall in 24 hours: 42 inches. Besides all that though, what I'm really scared of is lightning, ever since seeing 2 girls get struck about 50 yards from me back in grade school.
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Post by jeffhx on Feb 27, 2008 20:27:08 GMT -4
I think geologists can reclassify earthquakes as if I remember correctly the earthquake that caused the tsunami in 2004 was reclassified to a bigger number. Seems like most sources are going with 5.2 at the moment though. Either way it was a unique experience that I don't really want to have again! Eric, I take it the quake is getting coverage over there? yea i thought 5.2 would be pretty huge.. pretty friggin huge.. but what do i know
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Post by Tonja Renee on Feb 27, 2008 21:19:00 GMT -4
I am actually surprized by how much coverage of that earthquake we are getting over here. It was on the radio this morning on our local news channel. And tonight on the evening news on television they even had footage of the damage.
The worst I've been through was Hurricane Juan, it was scary, not the "I'm going to die" kind of scary, but I was concerned about the roof blowing off or a tree falling over and hitting the house. We did lose over 200 trees on our property that night, and five telephone poles on our street were all laying down across the road by morning. Still an earthquake - I don't know, there is just something unsettling about the ground under my feet not being stable - its the one thing I depend on being the "rock"... when that goes - I know I'd certainly stain my panties...
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Post by Skeleton Keys on Feb 27, 2008 22:15:34 GMT -4
The most affect a single hurricane ever had on me was probably... Hurrcaine Katrine? It came up the east cost about 3 years I think. We lost power for almost 2 weeks, (so I was forced for practcing beethoven and classical techniques due to the lack of power to my amps), we got a hell lot of rain, and some major damage. I remmeber reading about people being injured from flying debree, though I think a concussion was the very worst of the toll (taken by people) in my town... Scary to say the least.
That, and the disgusting winters we have here ( I live in a very small county bordering Washington D.C.) It's either bitter cold and stoicly dry, or we have freezing rain. It's the weather that makes me absolutely sure I'm not going to be living here for another 5 years. These winters will be the death of me...
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