Posted on 08/23/2011 10:55:19 AM PDT by stockpirate
DAMN
I thought that for a second or two, but then it went on so long it had to be a quake.
I'm sort of annoyed, I was in an office building and didn't hear any rumble and I couldn't really tell the difference between the P and S wave. I wish I had been standing outside.
"Earthquake weather", always beautiful and dead still.
It’s still early in the week. The next disaster on the horizon is Hurricane Irene ;-) Who will they blame for that?
Same for me in Fairfax, VA and my daughter in Suitland, MD.
What a great general! He’s at the top of my list!
I will have you know that I had to go look ‘orogeny’ up. Here I thought it had to do with some kind of redneck sexual thing when I first saw the word.
That said, I love rocks. Always have. They’re just kewl. Am quite fond of the Columbia River basalts. And trylobytes. You always get a great skipping stone.
;>
Yup!
Yup!
“I can see new government spending demands to repair damages.”
Anyone for a ‘detailed jobs plan’ about now? A week or more? After Irene, too.
Gee.
FYI from a So Cal native next time that the last thing you want to do in a quake..
It the crap falling off building outside that will kill you...stay put if you can, but get away from heavy thing that will fall... get under a desk, in a doorway, or in a bath room, again it the falling crap that will kill you...
FYI brick things in a quake like a fireplace chimney are pure death they can just shatter and go flying or crumble on top of you
Pick the western local and book a hotel now for Sat night.
LOL I clicked on your profile and I agree but I was seeing what part of NC you were in.
Allah didit.
I suggested the same to a friend who lives on Knotts Island.
No sense waiting until it hits and THEN try to get one.
Always had to straighten the pix on the walls.
“This is a barracks, not a bordello!”
Yeah, well. It was what it was.
The buildings over East are often fragile. They weren’t built for earthquakes, for cry-eyed.
I have to admit that the last thing I would do if it looked like skyscrapers were swaying in NYC would be to go stand in the street between them. The windows themselves would be nasty incoming.
I heard St. Helens blow. It was something. I was a long ways away at the time. The liquifaction was a phenomenon I was able to see, however. Man. That was an event to remember.
A once in a lifetime opportunity, I'm sorry you weren't able to experience it as you wished.
Thanks...I didn’t notice that at all. It just popped up on an image search for ‘US FAULT LINES’.
“I think the famed “Bush’s Fault” runs right through that area.”
Great post.
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