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Shakin' Up the East Coast - Ebony - 08-23-2011
Evidently, Virginia just had a 5.9 earthquake. That had to be a bit unnerving.
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com
"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."
- Ankhani - 08-23-2011
Felt all the way up'n down the coast from NY to SC. I was wondering what that shaking was, and glad I wasn't closer.
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>Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI
- Sweno - 08-23-2011
I haven't heard of anyone killed by this yet (and hopefully we won't by the time all is said and done).
but I'm a bit worried about some of the damage to buildings in the area.
Here in CA we are used to that sort of thing, and tend to build on the assumption that buildings will get shaken around a bit.
I have no clue how some of the historic buildings in the area will take this, but I hope that nothing falls down.
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy
- Werehawk - 08-23-2011
Felt it here in Kensington, Md. Strongest quake I've felt since leaving Guatemala. House shook had some pictures fall or topple over. As well as some large waves in both house aquariums.
--Werehawk--
My mom's brief take on upcoming Guatemalan Elections "In last throes of preelection activities. Much loudspeaker vote pleading."
- The Wanderer - 08-23-2011
Surprisingly little damage so far; the total cost of the mass shutdown while they check to be sure it's safe to go back into buildings seems likely to be higher than the total cost of what damage there was.
I was on MD 210 (due south of DC, heading north) when the quake hit, and all I noticed was the car wavering back and forth a bit; I figured it was just an uneven road surface, and the shocks not absorbing it all because I was driving slower than usual.
Then I got in to work, and found out that A: there had been an earthquake, and B: they were closing the college down for the day and kicking everyone out. (Despite the fact that in the building where my office is, the sum total of the damage appears to have been that one light fixture broke and the ring around one ceiling sprinkler fell down.)
On the bright side, I get most of the day off, with pay.
On the downside, this means I'm not going to be able to get everything ready before classes begin, unless I come in on what would have been my day off.
C'est la vie...
- Ebony - 08-23-2011
A friend of mine found a pair of links (here and here), showing some of the horrible devastation that evidently has been left in the aftermath of the earthquake. I have to say that you guys are putting up a brave front in the face of all this tragedy.
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com
"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."
- classicdrogn - 08-24-2011
I slept throught it. Which makes it the second east-coast earthquake I've missed that that way. Of course, even though I'm south of Boston it's still a mite north of NYC, so there may not have been much to notice anyway.
- CD
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
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- Sweno - 08-24-2011
some very cool data visualization, you can see the ripples in the earths crust:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKE7MLNdtcg&hd=1
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy
- Bob Schroeck - 08-24-2011
I was in the kitchen at work making tea. I didn't notice a thing, and came back to my desk to find three text messages, one missed call, and an email, all from Peggy demanding to know if I'd felt the earthquake. In the first few minutes afterward, at least, the thought in this area was that it was centered around Newark (NJ); Peggy had a particularly visceral experience of the quake and was worried that, being closer to the then-presumed epicenter I might have been in actual danger. I was sorry to have to disabuse her of the notion -- "Earthquake? What earthquake?" (Meanwhile, the coworker in the office behind me is going "Waaaaaah! Earthquake!" Seriously.)
And trust me, I know an earthquake when I feel one. There was a biggish one in North Jersey in, oh, late '86 or early '87. I don't remember the exact date, but I do remember that it woke me up early (after dawn, before my alarm). I groggily thought, "What the...? Oh, it's just an earthquake", then rolled over and went back to sleep. I was rather annoyed at myself later as it was my first earthquake, and I wanted to have somewhat more conscious memories of it.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
- CattyNebulart - 08-24-2011
We felt it pretty good here, and when I came home it was pretty terrible, my coffee-cup had fallen of the table. At least it wasn't damaged, I don't know what I would do without my trusty coffee-cup (probably sleep but I digress).
It did knock out phones for most of the day, some power outages, and some network issues.
Fun fact, the epicenter was near a nuclear power-plant which shutdown and went to emergency power, like fukashima (and as per design.)
E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?"
B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
- Bob Schroeck - 08-24-2011
Oh, and Ebony? I showed Peg the photos you've linked to. I haven't seen her giggling like that in a long time.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
- Black Aeronaut - 08-24-2011
The Wanderer Wrote:Surprisingly little damage so far; the total cost of the mass shutdown while they check to be sure it's safe to go back into buildings seems likely to be higher than the total cost of what damage there was.It'll be worth every penny spent if they find even one building that has been made unsafe due to fatigue from seismic activity. Really, they just don't make buildings with earthquakes in mind over there.
- NifT - 08-24-2011
I'm about 50mi northwest of the epicenter, so we felt it pretty good here. We were all a bit panicked; our building was designed with tornadoes in mind, not earthquakes, after all. No damage thankfully, unless you count some filing cabinent drawers rolling open.
- ECSNorway - 08-24-2011
Didn't feel anything here, although some of the sub-sub-sub-urbs south of town felt it.
OTOH, my primary support client is HQ'ed in Richmond, and sent everyone home for the day from several facilities there.
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- The Wanderer - 08-24-2011
Frankly, I've been wondering if there's something Going On.
Last Friday, there were severe thunderstorms in the region; at one point, looking at the radar, I noticed that there was a circle of unusually heavy rain centered on DC, lined up just about exactly with the ring of the Beltway. Those storms produced flooding at the college where I work, and I had to come in on Sunday to help repair damaged computer equipment.
On Sunday evening, there was more rain, and the same building flooded again. The building is still largely shut down, and schedules are disrupted.
Yesterday, there was the earthquake; the college closed down shortly after 14:00, despite the apparent lack of damage.
According to current forecasts, we are all but guaranteed to get at least the outside-boundary effects of a Category 2 hurricane this coming weekend.
At this point, I'm waiting to hear the announcement of sudden wildfires, or swarms of mutant wasps, or something equally outlandish. This is getting kind of weird...
- Florin - 08-24-2011
Well, someone has to be the first to say it... This is God's punishment upon a sinful America! He is slightly irritated by your actions! Repent now, lest he unleash a rainstorm of such furious power that some of your storm drains will clog and backup!
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If you become a monster to put down a monster you've still got a monster running around at the end of the day and have as such not really solved the whole monster problem at all.
- Thesilentjackofalltrade - 08-24-2011
Florin Wrote:Well, someone has to be the first to say it... This is God's punishment upon a sinful America! He is slightly irritated by your actions! Repent now, lest he unleash a rainstorm of such furious power that some of your storm drains will clog and backup!lol.
If god was going to 'unleash wraith' it would be at Washington D.C.
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Veni, vidi, vici. [I came, I saw, I conquered
Quote from Julius Caesar
- The Wanderer - 08-25-2011
Which is where those severe thunderstorms I mentioned hit, and not far from the epicenter of the earthquake, and within the possible trajectory of the hurricane.
- Jorlem - 08-25-2011
This weekend, I'm moving to MA for grad school. The apartment I'm going to be moving into is literally about 500 feet from the projected path of the hurricane's eye, last I checked. Wheeee...
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- Sweno - 08-25-2011
hmmm, if possible you may want to leave a few things in boxes with family/friends.
Rather than have it be unpacked by nature.
(then again, I have no clue if this is considered a large hurricane. My knowledge of Earthquakes: cluefull, of hurricanes: clueless)
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy
- Jorlem - 08-25-2011
Just checked the website again, and the predicted path is now 60 miles west, so that's better for me, I think. Better than right on top of me, anyway. Here's the site I'm looking at: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/r....shtml?gm_track#contents
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Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber." --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.
- Bob Schroeck - 08-26-2011
Unfortunately for us, the predicted path takes the eye directly over us. Fun, fun, fun.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
- Black Aeronaut - 08-26-2011
Better board up your place real good, Bob.
- Thesilentjackofalltrade - 08-26-2011
Maryland evacuated ocean city, not too shocking, but still.
Some of my family is up there.
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Veni, vidi, vici. [I came, I saw, I conquered
Quote from Julius Caesar
- Jorlem - 08-26-2011
Best of luck Bob.
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Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber." --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.