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Easrthquake rocks southern California ....Long Beach area....
self ^ | May 17, 2009 | Ernest at the Beach

Posted on 05/17/2009 8:42:29 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

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To: rintense; Ernest_at_the_Beach

Cal tech is saying that it was on the north end of the Newport-Inglewood fault, the same as the 1933 earthquake. During that one, there was a big pre-shock two days before the big one.

Hey Ernest, take a trip east on Tuesday.


141 posted on 05/17/2009 10:05:44 PM PDT by calcowgirl (RECALL Abel Maldonado! - NO on Props 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 1F)
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To: calcowgirl

The stress on that fault is nuts. And with the quakes in Alaska too, something is ready to turn loose.


142 posted on 05/17/2009 10:07:49 PM PDT by rintense (Senior Marketing / IT / UX architect unemployed and looking for work. Freepmail me if you have leads)
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To: rintense

Well, if it is really big, I’ll either be livin’ on an island — or underwater.

As it is, I just noticed new cracks in the wall... bummer!


143 posted on 05/17/2009 10:09:13 PM PDT by calcowgirl (RECALL Abel Maldonado! - NO on Props 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 1F)
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To: rintense
The stress on that fault is nuts. And with the quakes in Alaska too, something is ready to turn loose.

Being in between the two in a seismically active area, that doesn't make me feel so great!

144 posted on 05/17/2009 10:10:00 PM PDT by conservative cat (America, you have been PWNED!)
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To: Strategerist

Sorry — I meant to post the link. It’s from USGS

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/ci10410337.php#summary


145 posted on 05/17/2009 10:10:07 PM PDT by calcowgirl (RECALL Abel Maldonado! - NO on Props 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 1F)
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To: calcowgirl

Well, according to the movie, ‘The Big One’, you’ll be on an island. And we know Hollywood is always right. :)


146 posted on 05/17/2009 10:10:18 PM PDT by rintense (Senior Marketing / IT / UX architect unemployed and looking for work. Freepmail me if you have leads)
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To: conservative cat

I say take a vacation for a few days someplace East.


147 posted on 05/17/2009 10:11:08 PM PDT by rintense (Senior Marketing / IT / UX architect unemployed and looking for work. Freepmail me if you have leads)
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To: rintense
I miss seeing the towering thunderheads and the lighting in the tornado alley...
148 posted on 05/17/2009 10:11:22 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

7.4 would definitely be a killer — literally.

I’ve lived through Sylmar, Whittier, Northridge, and all the little ones in between.

I’d hate to see a bigger one — especially if it was in a populated area.


149 posted on 05/17/2009 10:11:59 PM PDT by calcowgirl (RECALL Abel Maldonado! - NO on Props 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 1F)
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To: calcowgirl; Brad's Gramma
Chanel 9 is showing damage at a minimall in Long Beach...knocked out the front plate glass windows...South St and Atlantic I think,..

Strongest quake in that area on the IN fault since 1920....according to Geophysicist at caltech they interviewed.

150 posted on 05/17/2009 10:14:08 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Support Geert Wilders)
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To: antiunion person

On May 20, 2009 after the “Special Election” on Tuesday, May 19, 2009.


151 posted on 05/17/2009 10:15:35 PM PDT by Buddy B (MSgt Retired-USAF - Year: 1972)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Saw some doozeys in Nebraska last year. And we get a few in Michigan from time to time. They don’t develop near the lakeshore, but I can look inland and get incredible views of massive thunderheads. Its pretty cool.


152 posted on 05/17/2009 10:17:20 PM PDT by rintense (Senior Marketing / IT / UX architect unemployed and looking for work. Freepmail me if you have leads)
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To: calcowgirl

Wow - so many on FR from California - this is encouraging - I thought your state was totally liberal! Hoping the big one doesn’t come!


153 posted on 05/17/2009 10:19:05 PM PDT by RushingWater
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To: Strategerist

Whatever. All I know is that 66 people died — many of them just down the street from me.

I hereby dedicate the scars on my wife’s hands (injured during the quake) to your earthquake prowess.


154 posted on 05/17/2009 10:19:08 PM PDT by B-Chan (Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
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To: Buddy B

We’ll be having a couple of ‘earthquakes’ on that day anyway. They’ll be announcing the money grab of city revenues, and probably announcing they’re releasing most of the ‘non-residents’ in the prison system because Obama cut off payment for them.


155 posted on 05/17/2009 10:21:39 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg (hoaxy dopey changey)
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To: RushingWater

Yep! There are tons of California FReepers... conservatives, too! LOL.

I think the biggest earthquake in U.S. History was in St. Louis, MO.

You can’t predict them so I don’t worry much.


156 posted on 05/17/2009 10:22:19 PM PDT by calcowgirl (RECALL Abel Maldonado! - NO on Props 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 1F)
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To: B-Chan

I saw the parking structure at Cal State Northridge that was flattened by that quake....which didn’t feel as stron as this one did down here near Los alamitos Air Field.....that was serious stuff.....


157 posted on 05/17/2009 10:24:10 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Support Geert Wilders)
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To: B-Chan

I remember the 1989 quake. We were watching the World Series at Michigan State and went through it with Al Michaels.


158 posted on 05/17/2009 10:24:28 PM PDT by rintense (Senior Marketing / IT / UX architect unemployed and looking for work. Freepmail me if you have leads)
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To: Brad's Gramma

One of my dogs had gone to bed in the other room, the other did act strangely - he was laying on the back step that faces
Northwest- he never lays there, usually up on the soft cushions of the chair or sofa.
I picked him up and brought him in the house and shut the french door and locked it. Two minutes later the quake hit. Sounded like a train rushing toward that side of the house before it hit and then the house rocked and rolled.
Amazing that nothing fell off the wall or shelves.


159 posted on 05/17/2009 10:27:00 PM PDT by antceecee (Bless us Father.. have mercy on us and protect us from evil.)
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To: calcowgirl
Sky9...the helicopter for channel 9 is showing boarded up windows at the control tower at Long Beach Municpal ....JetBlue's landing site....

I havn't heard any planes coming in...I am in the path as they come in...must have shut down for a bit.

160 posted on 05/17/2009 10:28:10 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Support Geert Wilders)
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