Certainly it must have to do with depth. I think Nate Silver is more likely to be right than me, frankly.
Willow: Yikes. Imagine the things...Buffy: No! Stop imagining! All of you! Xander: Already got the visual.
'Dirty Girls'
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.
flea - Aug 23, 2011 9:11:59 am PDT #21736 of 30001
information libertarian
Scrappy - Aug 23, 2011 9:12:36 am PDT #21737 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Any northern Va-istas on the board? I am sure she's fine, but my mom's phone is down so I can't reach her. Is the phone outage wide, or is it just Reston?
Tom Scola - Aug 23, 2011 9:13:59 am PDT #21738 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I'm sure it's just that the phone lines are overloaded.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 23, 2011 9:14:00 am PDT #21739 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
We had it here in Western NY, too.
§ ita § - Aug 23, 2011 9:14:16 am PDT #21740 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have never left a building because of a quake. Am I stupid?
Ginger - Aug 23, 2011 9:15:22 am PDT #21741 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It sounds like people east of Atlanta felt it more than here, but some people in Atlanta in taller buildings are reporting they felt it. I didn't, and I assume Mr Peabody would have barked.
sumi - Aug 23, 2011 9:16:09 am PDT #21742 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
How cool!
Did the Liberty Bell ring?
Calli - Aug 23, 2011 9:16:10 am PDT #21743 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Oops. Missed a decimal point. The USGS is saying the quake was 0.6 km deep (less than a mile): [link]
Jessica - Aug 23, 2011 9:16:34 am PDT #21744 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I have never left a building because of a quake. Am I stupid?
I'm guessing LA buildings are slightly more earhtquake-proof than East Coast ones. (I also don't know if leaving the building is the smart thing to do vs staying put, but I can understand the impulse.)
Jon B. - Aug 23, 2011 9:16:44 am PDT #21745 of 30001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I am on the Acela from Boston to NYC, so I missed the quake, what with the train normally being all shakey. I feel cheated.