Holy shit! :o
Felt on Wall Street a minute ago apparently. Nothing to do with Lloyd Blankfein either.
Magnitude 5.8
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Maps/US10/32.42.-85.-75.php
Report is about 5.0 in midtown Manhattan.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on August 23, 2011, 12:58:43 PM
Magnitude 5.8
Epicenter not that far south of me.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/280_40.php
Relatively speaking, of course. This isn't exactly earthquake central.
Some things fell off the shelves here, but otherwise things are okay. Didn't even lose power.
It was a lot bigger than the one I felt in Korea. That one was ~3.
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zerohedge zerohedge
S&P upgrades earthquake from 5.8 to 6.0
:lol:
I didn't even know there was a fault line in Virginia.
felt it briefly in Toronto. Was very weird. Sitting at my desk, and my chair felt wobbly and my desk started shaking.
Quote from: Josephus on August 23, 2011, 01:04:59 PM
felt it briefly in Toronto. Was very weird. Sitting at my desk, and my chair felt wobbly and my desk started shaking.
Same here. First I thought it was somebody heavy sprinting, but after a while it seemed too strong and continuous to be that.
Strange. Felt like the whole house was on a teeter-totter. Just strong enough to be worrying, but not strong enough to knock anything down.
Quote from: Josephus on August 23, 2011, 01:04:59 PM
felt it briefly in Toronto. Was very weird. Sitting at my desk, and my chair felt wobbly and my desk started shaking.
Didn't feel anything :( . i always miss the earthquuakes.
Sounds like it fell off fast toward the northwestern portion of the plate.
My building was evacuated - well everyone just took the opportunity to evacuate.
Actually there was one woman, who when they told us it was safe to go back in, who said: "That's what they said on 9/11! I ain't being scary just being cautious."
Total damage: a pepper shaker fell off a high shelf and shattered. A couple of other things (stack of CDs, pictures that were placed on shelves and leaned against the wall) fell but didn't break.
The cats are cowering under the bed and I don't expect to see them until dinner. :lol:
Reactors shutting down on the east coast on unusual events. So far no reports of anything outside of routine safety scrams though.
Everyone was just recounting their brush with death. :bleeding:
Oh hell. :lol:
Where is the new coastline? Ohio?
I still have a couple cracks in my patio from that 5.0 back in 2k8. The dishes all came out of the cabinets, and I had to pound a few nails back in the siding, but that's it. And that epicenter was a couple hundred yards away.
Quote from: HVC on August 23, 2011, 01:20:16 PM
Quote from: Josephus on August 23, 2011, 01:04:59 PM
felt it briefly in Toronto. Was very weird. Sitting at my desk, and my chair felt wobbly and my desk started shaking.
Didn't feel anything :( . i always miss the earthquuakes.
Same here. People on the 5th floor of our building felt it, and people on the 15th floor really felt it (and are still freaking out about it apparently). I was out getting a sandwich around that time, so I felt nothing :mellow:
Quote from: DGuller on August 23, 2011, 01:33:41 PM
Everyone was just recounting their brush with death. :bleeding:
Yeah that made me laugh a lot too. I was like - common occurrence in California.
I didn't feel anything up here just outside of Boston; or it wasn't strong enough to notice.
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:lol:
Now the rest of the country has to suffer through the news talking about this non-stop. :nelson:
Yeah, well the reporters themselves felt it. So it's the biggest thing in the universe.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on August 23, 2011, 02:02:36 PM
Yeah, well the reporters themselves felt it. So it's the biggest thing in the universe.
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O.M.G. :o
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on August 23, 2011, 02:09:14 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on August 23, 2011, 02:02:36 PM
Yeah, well the reporters themselves felt it. So it's the biggest thing in the universe.
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O.M.G. :o
:lmfao:
I didn't feel shit.
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on August 23, 2011, 02:09:14 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on August 23, 2011, 02:02:36 PM
Yeah, well the reporters themselves felt it. So it's the biggest thing in the universe.
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O.M.G. :o
:lmfao:
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on August 23, 2011, 02:09:14 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on August 23, 2011, 02:02:36 PM
Yeah, well the reporters themselves felt it. So it's the biggest thing in the universe.
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O.M.G. :o
:D
CNN can be a parody of itself at times. :P
Do you think stuff like this might piss off shittier countries? If I were them I would hate us for our tectonic stability and building codes.
Anyway, was I supposed to have felt something in South Carolina? I was asleep.
The epicenter was just 25 miles south of here. I was in a grocery store. The store now smells like a BBQ restaurant from all the broken bottles of BBQ sauce and cheap wine! :lol: They closed for about 20 minutes to sweep up and whatnot.
At home, I lost a couple of jewel cases from a stack of CDs that toppled to the floor. :cry:
Still, it was interesting. The first quake I had really felt since I lived out in California.
Were you scared? :o Did you think of 9/11? :o
Quote from: Ideologue on August 23, 2011, 02:25:00 PM
Do you think stuff like this might piss off shittier countries? If I were them I would hate us for our tectonic stability and building codes.
Anyway, was I supposed to have felt something in South Carolina? I was asleep.
It seems like it was mostly felt to the north, even as far as Toronto and New York. I guess the geography prevented it from being felt very far south.
QuoteStill, it was interesting. The first quake I had really felt since I lived out in California.
Yeah, definitely interesting. I'm a little surprised at how little damage there was, given how old some buildings here are. I'll have to see what's happened in downtown Fredericksburg.
Quote from: derspiess on August 23, 2011, 01:39:35 PM
People on the 5th floor of our building felt it, and people on the 15th floor really felt it (and are still freaking out about it apparently).
On the 48th floor I felt a little swaying, kind of like when there are very brisk winds. That was it. Nothing fell over, which is nice b/c I have three bottles of Roederer in here.
Quote from: DGuller on August 23, 2011, 02:48:11 PM
Were you scared? :o Did you think of 9/11? :o
I wasn't scared, but I did get out of the aisles post-haste. Didn't for a moment think of 9/11. I did hearken back to the time I watched a tornado pass on the other side of the (huge) parking lot of this same Giant about 5 years ago.
For the first thirty seconds or so, I was sure the noise and shaking was coming from the AC unit on the roof of the store. Then the ground started shaking noticeably, and I knew it was an earthquake, of all things.
The thought did briefly cross my mind that the Lake Anna Nuclear Power plant was 40 miles south of where I was. I knew intellectually that this couldn't be anything to do with the plant, but that didn't stop me from wondering, just for a few seconds, if I shouldn't be watching the southern horizon for the tall man of smoke who wears a wide hat.
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on August 23, 2011, 03:34:33 PM
Quote from: derspiess on August 23, 2011, 01:39:35 PM
People on the 5th floor of our building felt it, and people on the 15th floor really felt it (and are still freaking out about it apparently).
On the 48th floor I felt a little swaying, kind of like when there are very brisk winds. That was it. Nothing fell over, which is nice b/c I have three bottles of Roederer in here.
Do you find yourself swaying a lot in your office?
Quote from: Razgovory on August 23, 2011, 03:44:28 PM
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on August 23, 2011, 03:34:33 PM
Quote from: derspiess on August 23, 2011, 01:39:35 PM
People on the 5th floor of our building felt it, and people on the 15th floor really felt it (and are still freaking out about it apparently).
On the 48th floor I felt a little swaying, kind of like when there are very brisk winds. That was it. Nothing fell over, which is nice b/c I have three bottles of Roederer in here.
Do you find yourself swaying a lot in your office?
:lol:
As much as I love looking at tall buildings, man do I hate being in tall buildings.
I was on the 52nd floor of the TD Tower in a fancy-dancy restaurant (Canoe) after my big client meeting. Didn't feel a thing. The smoke alarm went off and we had to evacuate - I was worried we'd have to march down all 52 floors, but the elevators went back on when we were on the 38th floor, so it wasn't so bad.
No idea if the smoke alarm had anything to do with the earthquake, though it happened at exactly the same time. The clients joked about the combination of (alleged) disasters encountered in our city ...
Quote from: Ideologue on August 23, 2011, 04:02:19 PM
As much as I love looking at tall buildings, man do I hate being in tall buildings.
Safest place to be in an earthquake.
2012 :homestar:
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on August 23, 2011, 04:25:48 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on August 23, 2011, 04:02:19 PM
As much as I love looking at tall buildings, man do I hate being in tall buildings.
Safest place to be in an earthquake.
How about an open field? :P
But yeah, it's not just earthquakes. The swaying from the wind or even just looking out windows would freak me out.
Quote from: Ideologue on August 23, 2011, 05:32:38 PM
The swaying from the wind
What's the tallest building you've been in? :huh:
Earthquake virgins are cute. :)
Quote from: Admiral Yi on August 23, 2011, 05:34:37 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on August 23, 2011, 05:32:38 PM
The swaying from the wind
What's the tallest building you've been in? :huh:
That's not relevant. I can imagine it would scare me. :P
I'm with Ide on that one. I've been up in some pretty high buildings, and it always makes me a bit nervous. Especially if I'm on an observation deck outside. I hate going over suspension bridges, and you can just fucking forget about gondolas. In fact, the more it feels like swinging from a string, the worse it is.
The only time heights freak me out are on grated walking bridges. Don't like seeing the ground under my feet.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on August 23, 2011, 06:02:30 PM
I'm with Ide on that one. I've been up in some pretty high buildings, and it always makes me a bit nervous. Especially if I'm on an observation deck outside. I hate going over suspension bridges, and you can just fucking forget about gondolas. In fact, the more it feels like swinging from a string, the worse it is.
Might want to avoid the Sears Tower's observation deck thingy then. :)
Quote from: Caliga on August 23, 2011, 06:21:51 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on August 23, 2011, 06:02:30 PM
I'm with Ide on that one. I've been up in some pretty high buildings, and it always makes me a bit nervous. Especially if I'm on an observation deck outside. I hate going over suspension bridges, and you can just fucking forget about gondolas. In fact, the more it feels like swinging from a string, the worse it is.
Might want to avoid the Sears Tower's observation deck thingy then. :)
I've been there!
...Stayed behind the glass. That shit was windy and I didn't want to fly away. :lol:
Quote from: HVC on August 23, 2011, 06:21:01 PM
The only time heights freak me out are on grated walking bridges. Don't like seeing the ground under my feet.
Amen. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge is an absolute nightmare. Whenever I crossed I let someone else drive and cowered on the floor.
Quote from: HVC on August 23, 2011, 06:21:01 PM
The only time heights freak me out are on grated walking bridges. Don't like seeing the ground under my feet.
Yeah...anything that's open like that. I can go up to the CN Tower and look out. As long as I'm enclosed, ti's not a problem. But I hate being up high and in the open. The scariest part of a roller coaster ride for me is the line up, where you're normally waiting for a long time on an open metal stairway.
i actually have to make out the ground. i went on the CN tower glass floor thing a couple of times and i was fine because the ground was so far away.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on August 23, 2011, 06:24:10 PM
I've been there!
...Stayed behind the glass. That shit was windy and I didn't want to fly away. :lol:
I'm talking about the little bridge thing up there that's built out of glass where you can literally walk out from the side of the tower, kind of like the one they installed at the Grand Canyon a few years back.
Oh fuck no.
:D I liked it. I think I might be the opposite of afraid of heights (acrophiliac?)
The first time I flew in a plane I was like "Whee! This is awesome! It's like I'm in the HBO commercial, only there's no laser light show inside the 'O' at the end of the flight. :( "
I was talking to one of the security guys in our building & apparently the company that occupies our 14th floor evacuated the building and regrouped where they're supposed to go for fire drills: across the street under a huge interstate overpass :lol:
In Cincinnati? :wacko:
OTOH some of my Louisville FB people actually claimed to feel the quake... :hmm: I definitely did not (and I've been through three, so I know what a quake feels like).
I remember being afraid of heights when I was younger. Though three years ago, while moving up to Alaska, I did the Angel's Landing hike in Zion NP...there is a nice section where you're walking across a little sandstone "fin" connecting the "mainland" to the butte/island that is Angel's Landing. For about 20-30 feet, you're basically on a 2-3 foot wide walkway with about a 700+ feet sheer cliff on one side, maybe 1300+ feet on the other (and a nice little chain to hold on to for comfort). A conscious respect for mortality, sure, but no fear.
Found this on another forum
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:lol:
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on August 23, 2011, 01:33:27 PM
Reactors shutting down on the east coast on unusual events. So far no reports of anything outside of routine safety scrams though.
Bah...our reactors did not shut down, and the turbines did not go offline. Only Dominion's went to back-up. No tsunamis reported in the Chesapeake Bay.
Quote from: sbr on August 23, 2011, 08:29:30 PM
Found this on another forum
God bless the motherfucking internet.
Quote from: garbon on August 23, 2011, 01:42:13 PM
Quote from: DGuller on August 23, 2011, 01:33:41 PM
Everyone was just recounting their brush with death. :bleeding:
Yeah that made me laugh a lot too. I was like - common occurrence in California.
Other than turning it into a totally unnecessary 12 hour day, the collective panic was hilarious.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on August 23, 2011, 06:41:23 PM
Oh fuck no.
No fucking joke.
I've never shit, barfed and pissed myself all at once, and I'm not really in the mood to try with shit like that.
Quote from: derspiess on August 23, 2011, 06:55:14 PM
I was talking to one of the security guys in our building & apparently the company that occupies our 14th floor evacuated the building and regrouped where they're supposed to go for fire drills: across the street under a huge interstate overpass :lol:
We evac'd our downtown building; naturally, some broad from the 15th floor left something in her office, and because the elevators shut down, she felt compelled to climb the 15 stories back up to get it.
Result: our only EMS call for the day.
Quote from: derspiess on August 23, 2011, 06:55:14 PM
I was talking to one of the security guys in our building & apparently the company that occupies our 14th floor evacuated the building and regrouped where they're supposed to go for fire drills: across the street under a huge interstate overpass :lol:
:lol: That's fantastic.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 23, 2011, 09:06:13 PM
Quote from: derspiess on August 23, 2011, 06:55:14 PM
I was talking to one of the security guys in our building & apparently the company that occupies our 14th floor evacuated the building and regrouped where they're supposed to go for fire drills: across the street under a huge interstate overpass :lol:
We evac'd our downtown building; naturally, some broad from the 15th floor left something in her office, and because the elevators shut down, she felt compelled to climb the 15 stories back up to get it.
Result: our only EMS call for the day.
:unsure: What'd she do, have a heart attack?
Quote from: sbr on August 23, 2011, 08:29:30 PM
Found this on another forum
:lmfao: Fucking brilliant!
Made me think: why is it impossible to design lawn furniture that doesn't tip you over on your ass constantly?
I saw this posted elsewhere, it makes me lol
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/stunning-photos-of-damage-caused-by-the-east-coast
Quote from: Admiral Yi on August 23, 2011, 09:27:34 PM
Made me think: why is it impossible to design lawn furniture that doesn't tip you over on your ass constantly?
Maybe the problem lies not in the furniture but in your own fat ass.
Quote from: sbr on August 23, 2011, 08:29:30 PM
Found this on another forum
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F7kDXs.jpg&hash=3b635e5511b84e523e95efceeafe3124dfec482e)
:lol:
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on August 23, 2011, 02:54:04 PM
It seems like it was mostly felt to the north, even as far as Toronto and New York. I guess the geography prevented it from being felt very far south.
it was felt in Trois-Rivières (between Montreal and Quebec city, North shore of the St-Lawrence), but over here, I didn't feel a thing. Some media were trying to create a panic, as usual, but it didn't seem to work this time.
Quote from: Malthus on August 23, 2011, 04:08:22 PM
I was on the 52nd floor of the TD Tower in a fancy-dancy restaurant (Canoe) after my big client meeting. Didn't feel a thing. The smoke alarm went off and we had to evacuate - I was worried we'd have to march down all 52 floors, but the elevators went back on when we were on the 38th floor, so it wasn't so bad.
going down is nothing. Going up 52 floors now...
Quote from: sbr on August 23, 2011, 08:29:30 PM
Found this on another forum
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F7kDXs.jpg&hash=3b635e5511b84e523e95efceeafe3124dfec482e)
A variant:
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Quote from: Admiral Yi on August 23, 2011, 09:27:34 PM
Made me think: why is it impossible to design lawn furniture that doesn't tip you over on your ass constantly?
because it would need to be heavier and bulkier, wich is inconveniant to be frequently moved around.
Quote from: viper37 on August 23, 2011, 10:36:34 PM
Quote from: Malthus on August 23, 2011, 04:08:22 PM
I was on the 52nd floor of the TD Tower in a fancy-dancy restaurant (Canoe) after my big client meeting. Didn't feel a thing. The smoke alarm went off and we had to evacuate - I was worried we'd have to march down all 52 floors, but the elevators went back on when we were on the 38th floor, so it wasn't so bad.
going down is nothing. Going up 52 floors now...
No, going down is bad. Not so much for the immediate effects but one's leg muscles don't really appreciate it later.
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on August 23, 2011, 03:34:33 PM
Quote from: derspiess on August 23, 2011, 01:39:35 PM
People on the 5th floor of our building felt it, and people on the 15th floor really felt it (and are still freaking out about it apparently).
On the 48th floor I felt a little swaying, kind of like when there are very brisk winds. That was it. Nothing fell over, which is nice b/c I have three bottles of Roederer in here.
Alcohol in the office? :huh:
Quote from: alfred russel on August 24, 2011, 12:40:51 PM
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on August 23, 2011, 03:34:33 PM
Quote from: derspiess on August 23, 2011, 01:39:35 PM
People on the 5th floor of our building felt it, and people on the 15th floor really felt it (and are still freaking out about it apparently).
On the 48th floor I felt a little swaying, kind of like when there are very brisk winds. That was it. Nothing fell over, which is nice b/c I have three bottles of Roederer in here.
Alcohol in the office? :huh:
We have some in our office. :ph34r:
Quote from: alfred russel on August 24, 2011, 12:40:51 PM
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on August 23, 2011, 03:34:33 PM
Quote from: derspiess on August 23, 2011, 01:39:35 PM
People on the 5th floor of our building felt it, and people on the 15th floor really felt it (and are still freaking out about it apparently).
On the 48th floor I felt a little swaying, kind of like when there are very brisk winds. That was it. Nothing fell over, which is nice b/c I have three bottles of Roederer in here.
Alcohol in the office? :huh:
Many people don't do important work.
We many have some in our office too. :shifty: Not even close to as much as Princesca has in hers, though. *jealous*
Quote from: Caliga on August 24, 2011, 06:37:09 PM
We many have some in our office too. :shifty: Not even close to as much as Princesca has in hers, though. *jealous*
Do an experiment. Remove some of the alcohol she has in her office and see if her support for Ron Paul also decreases.
Looks like the Washington Monument took some non-trivial damage.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-washington-monument-20110825,0,5896037.story
Another aftershoc. This time 4.5.
Quote from: Tyr on August 23, 2011, 09:32:47 PM
I saw this posted elsewhere, it makes me lol
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/stunning-photos-of-damage-caused-by-the-east-coast
:lol:
Not sure how I missed this last night.
Quite a few historic buildings suffered some damage:
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/082011/08252011/647482
Fortunately, nothing too important was destroyed - mostly damaged chimneys and some cracks. A few historic buildings built in the early 1700s in Culpepper will have to be torn down. If the hurricane is bad, though, then some of those old buildings could see even worse damage. At least one had its damaged chimneys removed due to fears that they could come down during the storm.
Can't wait. <_<
I'll be sure to keep you informed. :)
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on August 26, 2011, 12:40:28 AM
I'll be sure to keep you informed. :)
Shouldn't this discussion go in the Hurricane thread?