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Climate Change? Nahhh ...

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Riptide, Oct 23, 2015.

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  1. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member


     
    Inky_Wretch, Jul 23, 2020
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  2. maumann

    maumann Well-Known Member

    Didn't feel it here, but a 5.1 mag earthquake near Sparta, N.C., sometime within the past hour or so. Shook up Boone and was felt as far as Chapel Hill and Spartanburg. The Appalachians are very old but still have active faultlines.
     
    maumann, Aug 9, 2020
    #482
  3. Driftwood

    Driftwood Well-Known Member

    A lot of people in my area felt it, but I didn't, and I was outside at the time.
    People were calling 911 and everything.
     
    Driftwood, Aug 9, 2020
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  4. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Very shallow, too, so no surprise it was felt in a vast area.
     
    MileHigh, Aug 9, 2020
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  5. Driftwood

    Driftwood Well-Known Member

    I just read a great observation:
    This week alone, North Carolina has been hit by a hurricane, tornado, and an earthquake in the middle of a pandemic.
    Nice.
     
    Driftwood, Aug 9, 2020
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  6. maumann

    maumann Well-Known Member

    Lucy Jones, the earthquake expert, had a factoid saying 5.1 equals the largest magnitude quake in the interior Carolinas since 1916. I know the first time we went to Boone after moving to North Carolina, the clerk at the motel we stayed at mentioned it being right along an ancient faultline, the reason for the steep dropoff to the canyon below. Plus, it was an amazing place to watch bats at dusk swooping up and down catching unsuspected bugs.
     
    maumann, Aug 9, 2020
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  7. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    You would be wise to listen to everything Ms. Jones says. She's a cult hero in SoCal. When she speaks, people listen. Rightly.
     
    MileHigh, Aug 9, 2020
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  8. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    God hates Duke too.

    more punchable: Grayson Allen or Stephen Miller?
     
    heyabbott, Aug 9, 2020
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  9. maumann

    maumann Well-Known Member

    She's a prominent follow in my Twitter feed. That and the live streaming seismograph from Escondido. Which is also 15 minutes from Tahoe.
     
    maumann, Aug 9, 2020
    #489
  10. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    Stephen Miller, who leads by more than Secretariat did.
     
    Neutral Corner, Aug 9, 2020
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  11. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    She's tremendous. She's been the face of earthquakes in SoCal dating to Whittier in 1987 and likely before that. She was out front with Ridgecrest. A refreshing, reassuring voice, a Fauci-type with no-nonsense facts and doesn't put up with anyone's bullshit. A very trusted voice.
     
    MileHigh, Aug 9, 2020
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  12. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    Ugh.
     
    2muchcoffeeman, Aug 10, 2020
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