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What the hell just happened? (earthquake)

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by The Big Ragu, Aug 23, 2011.

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  1. schiezainc

    schiezainc Well-Known Member

    Rhody and I are about 12 miles apart here in Rhode Island. He felt it. I didn't.

    Weak.
     
    schiezainc, Aug 23, 2011
    #25
  2. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    If you're right on top of a 5.0, yeah, you're going to notice it pretty good. A 5.9 within 150 miles is a good shaker. I expect to see stuff off shelves in the Richmond/Charlotesville area.

    Be safe everyone.
     
    MileHigh, Aug 23, 2011
    #26
  3. spikechiquet

    spikechiquet Well-Known Member

    Was sweeping the floor in the kitchen here in Toledo...didn't feel a damn thing.
    I must have a quake-proof apartment.
     
    spikechiquet, Aug 23, 2011
    #27
  4. Big Circus

    Big Circus Well-Known Member

    My buddy in the UVa football office said he was on a ladder changing a projector when it hit.
     
    Big Circus, Aug 23, 2011
    #28
  5. suburbia

    suburbia Active Member

    I'm currently about 20 miles north of Philadelphia and definitely felt it. No damage, though.

    My parents are about another 40 miles northeast of here and they felt it too.

    All the best to those near the epicenter. A 6.0 quake is nothing to sneeze at to begin with. And those of us on the East Coast, not to mention our infrastructure, are not used to earthquakes of any significance.
     
    suburbia, Aug 23, 2011
    #29
  6. JR

    JR Well-Known Member

    Didn't feel it either and I'm something like 5 kms from HC's office
     
    JR, Aug 23, 2011
    #30
  7. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    And we're in full-blown over-reaction mode in DC and New York.

    Californians are laughing their asses off right now.
     
    Armchair_QB, Aug 23, 2011
    #31
  8. BrianGriffin

    BrianGriffin Active Member

    Had a relative message me on facebook asking me if my gulf coast home had fallen into the water. Easterners just aren't used to earthquakes.

    I blame Obama.
     
    BrianGriffin, Aug 23, 2011
    #32
  9. Beaker

    Beaker Active Member

    Felt it in CT, hardly much of anything though.
     
    Beaker, Aug 23, 2011
    #33
  10. Small Town Guy

    Small Town Guy Well-Known Member

    We were at our table eating lunch and my wife looked at me and said, "What did you do?" I said I had nothing to do with our apartment shaking. She said I looked "guilty" and didn't believe me, until she went online and saw the news.
     
    Small Town Guy, Aug 23, 2011
    #34
  11. Flying Headbutt

    Flying Headbutt Moderator Staff Member

    Sorry Armchair, we've all been too busy getting ready to overreact to a hurricane to bother with earthquake preps.
     
    Flying Headbutt, Aug 23, 2011
    #35
  12. Mystery Meat II

    Mystery Meat II Well-Known Member

    I was in the bathroom at my office in western Richmond. I was really hoping that wasn't how I was going out.
     
    Mystery Meat II, Aug 23, 2011
    #36
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