It was at 01:51:03 PM at the epicenter. I felt it in NYC two minutes later.
Can't you ever get your mind out of the hellmouth?
Buffy ,'Touched'
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.
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.
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.
bon bon - Aug 23, 2011 9:42:04 am PDT #21772 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Last I heard, doorframes are not where you should stand-- people assumed they would stay standing because in old adobe homes, buildings would fall down around the door frames. But they're not safer these days than protecting your head under furniture.
beekaytee - Aug 23, 2011 9:42:53 am PDT #21773 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
People may be taking it in stride, by I am sure the fuck traumatized. This is why I left California, straight up.
All my childhood training came back to me and I realized that absolutely NOWHERE in my house is safe.
I'm still not breathing properly.
My friends' shop shook so hard that big patches of paint chipped off their brick facade.
My poor landlord, in the middle of several thousand glass bottles, couldn't think of anything to do but lie on the floor.
FUCK. I can't stand this.
-t - Aug 23, 2011 9:44:04 am PDT #21774 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
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.
What?!
I do not even know what to say to that. I thought the idea was to, you know, hire you for the job you are already (and have been) doing. WTF?
meara - Aug 23, 2011 9:51:13 am PDT #21775 of 30001
Good grief, Connie, that's a PITA.
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.
I have multiple friends in Ohio that confirmed feeling it (in Columbus and Cincy) and a friend in Ontario that said she felt it too!