WE are having a BIG FRICKING LONG EARTHQUAKE IN EAST BAY!!! Holy cow!!!!!!
Now, I can hold a note for a long time...actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.
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Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Java cat - Oct 30, 2007 6:07:22 pm PDT #9429 of 10001
Not javachik
Java cat - Oct 30, 2007 6:10:01 pm PDT #9430 of 10001
Not javachik
[link] That's the drum recorder
juliana - Oct 30, 2007 6:10:08 pm PDT #9431 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Not just East Bay. That was loooooong.
§ ita § - Oct 30, 2007 6:10:24 pm PDT #9432 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Bless you.
DavidS - Oct 30, 2007 6:10:27 pm PDT #9433 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It didn't want to stop. Which is a bad sign because the '89 quake kind of went, died off and then went WHAMO. Yeesh.
Java cat - Oct 30, 2007 6:11:27 pm PDT #9434 of 10001
Not javachik
A moderate earthquake occurred at 8:04:54 PM (PDT) on Tuesday, October 30, 2007. The magnitude 5.6 event occurred 8 km (5 miles) NNE of Alum Rock, CA. The hypocentral depth is 9 km ( 6 miles).
sarameg - Oct 30, 2007 6:12:34 pm PDT #9435 of 10001
Uh, don't anything fall down?
meara - Oct 30, 2007 6:13:48 pm PDT #9436 of 10001
I think it is super cool that these days I can hear about a quake as it happens, and then have people link me to scientific pages about it moments later. Awesome!
lori - Oct 30, 2007 6:15:06 pm PDT #9437 of 10001
meara, you are now in a town that also gets earthquakes! Whee!
5.6 is pretty sporty. Fun.
t eta another fun scientific page: community internet intensity map [link]
Java cat - Oct 30, 2007 6:15:41 pm PDT #9438 of 10001
Not javachik
Really long, although never hard enough to trigger the "jump under the desk" reflexes.
Coincidently enough, I was delivered my personal 3-day emergency supply pack this afternoon, since I'm now officially on the A team for the Emergency Operations Center.
I guess I should get home soon. There better not be a huge one while I'm on the bridge. Maybe I'll take my emergency pack with me just in case the approach ramps go out if a big one hits. The bridge isn't supposed to fall down, just the approaches go wonky. My bridge. BB people are out. of. luck.