We don't even share quakes across the whole state. You guys sure get around.
I walk. I talk. I shop, I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out. And I don't sleep on a bed of bones.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
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.
§ ita § - Aug 23, 2011 9:06:32 am PDT #21725 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Consuela - Aug 23, 2011 9:07:48 am PDT #21726 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
We don't even share quakes across the whole state.
I know! It's very strange. Still, a 5.whatever is pretty big, especially for areas without seismic codes.
I hope nobody got hurt!
sarameg - Aug 23, 2011 9:09:45 am PDT #21727 of 30001
Yeah, most of us left the building. At first thought it was facilities moving eqpt upstairs. Then maybe blasting in the ravine? Then it.just.didn'tstop. And the walls were visibly shuddering.
I've never felt a quake before. I don't like them.
Sue - Aug 23, 2011 9:09:50 am PDT #21728 of 30001
hip deep in pie
There was one in Colorado too! [link]
ETA: Whoops! That was last night. I'm just getting alarmist now.
Calli - Aug 23, 2011 9:09:54 am PDT #21729 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
@fivethirtyeight tweeted that the earthquake was really shallow--6km underground--and that's why it traveled as far as it did. No idea if that's how it works, but that's what Nate Silver's saying, anyway.
Polter-Cow - Aug 23, 2011 9:10:04 am PDT #21730 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
We don't even share quakes across the whole state. You guys sure get around.
Ha ha ha ha, seriously.
Still, a 5.whatever is pretty big, especially for areas without seismic codes.
Also, seriously.
flea - Aug 23, 2011 9:10:13 am PDT #21731 of 30001
information libertarian
I think it was deep, so it went further? Is that how it works?
So weird. I mean, we in GA are 8-9 hours from Richmond by car, and it was very noticeable, stuff swaying, etc.
meara - Aug 23, 2011 9:10:28 am PDT #21732 of 30001
WTF?!? I wondered why my BFF (who's in DC) had called, but then there was no voice. Now I know! (I just got a work email saying someone had no power or internet, because of an earthquake. And I was like "Huh, I thought she was east coast, not Cali..." and googled and saw 5.8 in Virginia. WTF?!)
Frankenbuddha - Aug 23, 2011 9:10:41 am PDT #21733 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
We had it here! Freaky.
Really, Jesse? I haven't felt a thing today. Weird.
flea - Aug 23, 2011 9:10:58 am PDT #21734 of 30001
information libertarian
Also, I love social media. We were like, in the office, WTF? And then Facebook blew up.