Posted on 09/29/2012 9:14:37 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
Just felt an earthquake here in Dallas and an aftershock...reports coming in all over the scanners and local media...
Its just Sam Houston rolling over in his grave at the way the Nation is heading.
Hehehe
The Twin Towers collapses gave Richter readings of 2.1 to 2.3, which gives a fair measure of the power of earthquake magnitudes depending on their depths.
For those who felt two, USGS site now appears to reflect that.
I live in Grapevine, 4 miles due West of the DFW airport, and I felt it! ....I’m about 30 driving miles West of Dallas, so I doubt it happened in Dallas.
News media talking heads are idiots and don’t realize that the DFW Metro area includes at least 5 counties. They tend to call anything happening to be in Dallas.
Louisiana sinkhole is spreading....
I assume you lead with that when talking to the ladies...
I’m in north Grand Prairie, right on the southern border of Irving along I-30, and we didn’t feel a thing. Interesting that the enviros are already rushing to blame fracking and claming there have never been earth tremors in Dallas County before, even though there’s always been a faultline through North Irving/Las Colinas. Half the McMansions up there have chronic foundation problems because of it.
Obama’s fault.
Anything under 4.0 should not be reported.
I’m in North Dallas and I felt it. First I thought it felt like a quake but figured it must have been a really strong gust of wind as I heard the walls and roof and everything kinda creak at once. Lasted about a second.
There were two late last night in the Dallas area.....a 3.4 and a 3.1.
Depends on the geography and depth.
A 3.4 might be felt strongly over a large area, or barely felt at all even at the epicenter.
On bedrock, even a 3 might be perceived as strong and be felt over a wide area.
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