Checking in. I was on my lunchtime walk/read, so I was right outside the National Museum of the American Indian and got to see the building swaying.
No damage, no required evacuations, but allowed administrative leave for the rest of the day.
Spike: We got a history, him and me. Fred: What? Spike: It was a long time ago. He was a young Watcher, fresh out of the academy when we crossed paths. It was a, what-you-call battle of wills and blood was spilled. Vendettas were sworn. It was a whole-- Fred: My God you're so full of crap. Spike: Yeah. Okay.
'Unleashed'
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.
Fred Pete - Aug 23, 2011 9:34:17 am PDT #21762 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Ginger - Aug 23, 2011 9:35:02 am PDT #21763 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
You are clearly traumatized, Fred Pete, and must go home.
flea - Aug 23, 2011 9:35:16 am PDT #21764 of 30001
information libertarian
Well, it's not like anyone in my office is getting anything done for the rest of the day. It was about 1:55.
Consuela - Aug 23, 2011 9:36:17 am PDT #21765 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Aren't you supposed to stand underneath doorways, or something?
I'm not sure, I think there have been some changes recently in what's recommended.
So I'm going to whinge: 1. I have a sore throat. 2. My dog (whom I left at my sister's house while I went to Colorado) spent all 4 days having diarrhea, even in her crate. Nobody knows why. (And I'm going to the mountains for Labor Day weekend.) 3. The job situation is still up in the air. The big boss has two lists to look at, and the guys above me on the open list are clearly not qualified for my job, but there may be some on the merit promotion list. And if there are, then he will have to hire from that. And if there aren't, they are going to cancel the announcement and re-announce the job with Selective Placement Factors, and that would happen in like a month or six weeks.
::facepalm::
But hey, I talked to a former coworker and his firm is hiring. So I'm going to send him my resume.
Tom Scola - Aug 23, 2011 9:36:28 am PDT #21766 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
It was at 01:51:03 PM at the epicenter. I felt it in NYC two minutes later.
sarameg - Aug 23, 2011 9:37:21 am PDT #21767 of 30001
I posted as soon as it stopped. Which corresponds to the 17:51 epicenter from USGS.
flea - Aug 23, 2011 9:38:45 am PDT #21768 of 30001
information libertarian
We just did the math, my sister and I, and I am 490 miles from the epicenter, and she is 530 miles, and it was strong enough for her that she headed for the door frame. As a research geek, of course I am now looking for the history of east coast earthquakes and why they tend to be so widespread.
lisah - Aug 23, 2011 9:39:08 am PDT #21769 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
I got right under a doorframe! My training kicked in even though I lived in SF for 5 years and never felt a thing.
Amy - Aug 23, 2011 9:39:27 am PDT #21770 of 30001
Because books.
I had looked at my watch at about 1:55 when we walked out of the bookstore, and I didn't feel a thing. Weird.
Kate P. - Aug 23, 2011 9:39:30 am PDT #21771 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
The job situation is still up in the air. The big boss has two lists to look at, and the guys above me on the open list are clearly not qualified for my job, but there may be some on the merit promotion list. And if there are, then he will have to hire from that. And if there aren't, they are going to cancel the announcement and re-announce the job with Selective Placement Factors, and that would happen in like a month or six weeks.
Wait, what?? Good lord, it just gets worse and worse.