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Just Felt an Earth Tremor in Dallas
Vanity ^
| 6 August 2011
| Windflier
Posted on 08/06/2011 10:06:45 PM PDT by Windflier
I just felt a hard jolt. The whole house shook. It felt something like a hard bump. My whole family felt it.
Anybody else in North Texas feel it?
TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: earthquake; tremor
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To: The Cajun
I imagine it’s pretty dry up there where you live, could have been some subsidence kicking in big time in your immediate area. That actually makes sense. It's extremely dry here.
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posted on
08/06/2011 10:28:40 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Windflier
Leonard Davis is back from the NFL lockout, that’s all.
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posted on
08/06/2011 10:29:35 PM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(Obama: The Dr. Kevorkian of the American economy.)
To: Windflier
Maybe your home's foundation cracked? Seriously.
There was an article in the Ft. Worth paper within the last week or so about home foundations cracking. Apparently it is a common thing in north Texas at any time, and the recent heat and drought have made it much worse.
To: Orange1998
Be sure to look under the bed, maybe a big hole developing. I heard of this happening before. Never heard of a sinkhole developing in this part of the country, but anything's possible, I guess. I just took a walk around outside to inspect, and everything appears normal.
This is a real head scratcher. If it was just me, I'd chalk it up to the effects of working in 106 degree heat all day, but all my kids felt it too.
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posted on
08/06/2011 10:31:55 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Windflier
In the morning look for cracks in your driveway, patio, etc. Could be sudden subsidence as others have speculated.
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posted on
08/06/2011 10:32:08 PM PDT
by
HerrBlucher
("It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged." G.K. Chesterton)
To: Windflier
The USGS now shows a 2.6 event for the Dallas area.
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posted on
08/06/2011 10:34:00 PM PDT
by
Pox
(Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
To: Clive
Are there any propane tank farms in or near your municipality? What you are describing is sounds very much like what we experienced some time ago when a propane tank farm blew up. Well, I'd have to check the local news about that. There very well could have been some explosion that was too far off for us to hear. And yes, it did feel like something large ran smack into the house.
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posted on
08/06/2011 10:34:30 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: susannah59
Maybe your home's foundation cracked? Seriously. North Texas is the broken foundation capital of America. Hard to find one out here that isn't cracked.
Still, that's something worth checking. I'll have a look tomorrow when it's daylight. Thanks.
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posted on
08/06/2011 10:37:17 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: RVN Airplane Driver
I’m north of you up near the Red River....felt nothing...did you fart? Sure-fire cure:
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posted on
08/06/2011 10:37:27 PM PDT
by
FromTheSidelines
("everything that deceives, also enchants" - Plato)
To: HerrBlucher
In the morning look for cracks in your driveway, patio, etc. Could be sudden subsidence as others have speculated. Will do. Thanks, HB.
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posted on
08/06/2011 10:38:26 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Windflier
I’m in Plano right now. Didn’t feel anything...
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posted on
08/06/2011 10:38:44 PM PDT
by
piytar
(The Obama Depression. Say it early, say it often. Why? Because it's TRUE.)
To: Pox
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posted on
08/06/2011 10:39:00 PM PDT
by
pollywog
("O Thou who changest not, abide with me.".......)
To: Windflier
I’m in Fort Worth. Nothing.
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posted on
08/06/2011 10:39:25 PM PDT
by
fwdude
To: Windflier
I had beans for lunch. Sorry about that...
To: Windflier
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posted on
08/06/2011 10:40:02 PM PDT
by
PeaceBeWithYou
(De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afghanistan and Iraq))
To: Pox; Windflier
To: Windflier
We call it an earthquake in CA.
To: Pox
The USGS now shows a 2.6 event for the Dallas area. Aha!
When I first felt it, my first thought was that it felt like about a 3.0 quake. They're so common in SoCal (where I'm from), that you can figure the magnitude pretty closely, after a while.
Thanks for the data. That may be it.
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posted on
08/06/2011 10:42:47 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Lakeshark
We hadn’t even been drinking, and we thought the world was coming to an end. It was spooky. We never read anything about the phenomenon.
Luckily there was two of us.......
I have been to the British Virgin Isles and did drink on the beaches while there. And, yes there were two of us and the sand did move under us.
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posted on
08/06/2011 10:43:03 PM PDT
by
unkus
(Silence Is Consent)
To: Windflier
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