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There was just an Earthquake here.

post #1 of 30
4/18/08 at 6:50am
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In Indiana. We aren't used to that shit. Woke me up and freaked me the fuck out.
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post #2 of 30
4/18/08 at 7:27am
It was felt in Louisville too. My wife had a panic attack.
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post #3 of 30
4/18/08 at 8:27am
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/04/18...ef=mpstoryview
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post #4 of 30
4/18/08 at 9:22am
Lucky bastards. I'm still waiting to wake up to the Great Jersey Quake.
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post #5 of 30
4/18/08 at 9:35am
I woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of my weights clanging around next to the bed from all the shaking. I figured either it was an earthquake, or my building was collapsing. I wasn't getting out of bed either way.
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post #6 of 30
4/18/08 at 10:59am
5.2? What an adorable quake. I just want to put a bow in its hair and spend a Sunday baking Toll House cookies with it.
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post #7 of 30
4/18/08 at 11:06am
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Originally Posted by Moltisanti View Post
5.2? What an adorable quake. I just want to put a bow in its hair and spend a Sunday baking Toll House cookies with it.
Thank you, sir.
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post #8 of 30
4/18/08 at 11:07am
My fellow quake victim to be is correct. Earthquakes have to be at least a 6.5 to warrant a notice. Until now my record is 7.2 and I'm still waiting for the one that'll dump my town into the sea.
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post #9 of 30
4/18/08 at 11:09am
I'm having a panic attack!
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post #10 of 30
4/18/08 at 11:10am
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5.2? What an adorable quake. I just want to put a bow in its hair and spend a Sunday baking Toll House cookies with it.
Yeah, there's nothing more precious than an earthquake in an area where the buildings aren't designed for it and people haven't been taught how to deal with it. I could just beep its nose.

They're saying that people could feel it in Milwaukee, but I slept like a baby. I know the last time we had an earthquake, it woke me up because it knocked my parakeets off of their perches. I had to get up to re-settle them. They're not so self-possessed when it's dark and they're scared.
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post #11 of 30
4/18/08 at 11:15am
This is the midwest we're talking about here. It's not the severity of the quake that's frightening, it's the fact that it happened at all. If I lived in Hawaii and woke up one July morning to see light snow flurries, I'm sure that would freak me out too, regardless of the number of inches that fell.
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post #12 of 30
4/18/08 at 11:17am
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Yeah, there's nothing more precious than an earthquake in an area where the buildings aren't designed for it and people haven't been taught how to deal with it. I could just beep its nose.
Seriously. It's easy for people out in California or other quake-related areas to be all, "Oh, come now! I have bigger quakes than that when I take a crap! Ho ho ho!" Try to understand that people who generally don't have earthquakes in their area would be a bit freaked out.

Glad you guys are okay.
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post #13 of 30
4/18/08 at 11:26am
Relax folks, I know it's all relative. I'm just sayin' I won't even stop shaving my balls with a straight razor until it's at least rocking a 6.
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post #14 of 30
4/18/08 at 11:28am
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...I won't even stop shaving my balls with a straight razor until it's at least rocking a 6.
It's like an endless supply of topical fortune cookies.
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post #15 of 30
4/18/08 at 11:34am
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Thing is, I just assumed it was a tornado or severe wind, which I would have shrugged off and went immediately back to sleep. But when I realized the ground was shaking, it got my attention. Last one I remember feeling was in 87. When you're in Indiana and your bed starts shaking, the first logical thing you think of is demonic possession, not earthquake.

I remember going to a Les Claypool show about six years ago, and he remarked about how our tornado sirens freaked him out.
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post #16 of 30
4/18/08 at 11:44am
I slept through it.
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post #17 of 30
4/18/08 at 11:49am
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Originally Posted by Keith Fordyce View Post
I remember going to a Les Claypool show about six years ago, and he remarked about how our tornado sirens freaked him out.
In college, one of the guys down the hall from me in the dorm was from NYC, and the first time the county did their weekly siren test, he had a similar reaction. I believe his exact words were "What the fuck?! Are the Germans attacking?"
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post #18 of 30
4/18/08 at 11:59am
We had an earthquake here. In England. I believe it was in the 2.0s somewhere. Still got everyone talking. I turned to the girl I was with and said, "Was that you?"
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post #19 of 30
4/18/08 at 12:02pm
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We had an earthquake here. In England. I believe it was in the 2.0s somewhere. Still got everyone talking. I turned to the girl I was with and said, "Was that you?"
Today? That + this + this = buckle up for the upcoming apocalyse
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post #20 of 30
4/18/08 at 12:04pm
Felt it in Southwest Ohio. Not strong enough to knock anything from the shelves, but rattled closed doors. Sounded like someone was in the furnace closet trying to get out.

Cool but freaky.
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post #21 of 30
4/18/08 at 12:04pm
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Originally Posted by Moltisanti View Post
Relax folks, I know it's all relative. I'm just sayin' I won't even stop shaving my balls with a straight razor until it's at least rocking a 6.
See, but if you used a safety razor, like you're supposed to when you shave your balls, you could easily keep going till a 7 hits.
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post #22 of 30
4/18/08 at 12:05pm
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Originally Posted by sackley View Post
We had an earthquake here. In England. I believe it was in the 2.0s somewhere. Still got everyone talking. I turned to the girl I was with and said, "Was that you?"
I remember that, I shouted at the cats - thinking it was them running around the house making a noise.
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post #23 of 30
4/18/08 at 12:07pm
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So, I AM the only one who assumes the devil is at play when these things startle me. Cursed bible belt upbringing.

EDIT: Aftershocks. Cut it out, plates. I've had enough of this subduction shit for one day.
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post #24 of 30
4/18/08 at 12:26pm
Yeah so you midwesterners know how it feels eh?
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post #25 of 30
4/18/08 at 12:33pm
Don't make me wish a blizzard on you, Hocken.
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post #26 of 30
4/18/08 at 12:36pm
Uh we're going to need global cooling for that to happen . But you don't deal with brushfires like we do.
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post #27 of 30
4/22/08 at 12:42am
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I slept through it.
Same. But that doesn't mean much considering I also slept through an F2 tornado about 7 years ago.
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post #28 of 30
4/22/08 at 2:55am
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Same. But that doesn't mean much considering I also slept through an F2 tornado about 7 years ago.
Pfft, F2?! That barely even rattles the windows.

I was driving through Jarrell, Tx when this motherfucker rolled through town.
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post #29 of 30
4/22/08 at 2:59am
slept through it as well..shame
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post #30 of 30
4/22/08 at 8:38am
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Originally Posted by James Kimbell View Post
Today? That + this + this = buckle up for the upcoming apocalyse
Nah, it was about four weeks ago.
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