Anyone notice this?

[freeflir29 0]

http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/06/18/midwest.earthquake/index.html
I guess California doesn't have the market cornered on earthquakes..."Here I come to save the BOOBIES!"

[Muenkel 0]

We just had one in New England about a month ago.
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Chris

[TEB6363 0]

Now you guys don't have to fly all the way out here to feel the difference!! Hell, come on out and visit any way, we're not afraid :::OK, Canopy is Open, No Traffic Around, .. Why are these "Extra" Lines Draping Down??, Damn!

[lummy 4]

That's it?? a 5.0??? Huh.. wouldn't even wake a baby in these parts :)
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[Sebazz1 2]

yea exactly....did you hear something?

Sebazz........

[thrillseek 0]

wow...i am in the midwest near the epicenter and didn't even notice a thing.....i need to get out more!!

[Viking 0]

OMG!! a 5.0!! jesus it doesn't get fun until it hits 6.0 ATLEAST!
I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver

[lummy 4]

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jesus it doesn't get fun until it hits 6.0 ATLEAST

No kidding , All I ask for on Xmas is a 7.0 and a skateboard....
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[indyz 1]

A couple of Falling Illini reported feeling the quake in Champaign, IL. Swaying lights and all that.
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I guess California doesn't have the market cornered on earthquakes...

No they don't, but we pay so close attention because there's a really good chance a nice sized quake will create "Arizona Bay". And does anyone really care if LA gets dropped into the ocean!?
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[Cornholio 0]

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And does anyone really care if LA gets dropped into the ocean!?

Not really, but I would care if the Bay Area fell into the bay...
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[lummy 4]

but the Island of San Francisco has SUCH a nice ring to it.
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Not really, but I would care if the Bay Area fell into the bay...

Sometimes you just have to make sacrifices.
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[scottbre 0]

I felt it. I was just sitting at my desk, probably doing something unproductive on my computer, when the whole floor started shaking and shook for about 15 seconds. I work in downtown Indianapolis on the 5th floor of an office building.
Talk about weird. The 4th paperclip didn't say much, but I could tell that it was still the smartass of the bunch...

[jfields 0]

I've never been in an earthquake. From what I've read, the geology of the mid-Atlantic region of the US isn't prone to them, but if they ever do happen, they will be really really bad.
I spent some time in Ecuador awhile ago. We drove on lots of roads that were perched right on the sides of mountains. The day after we left, an earthquake completely wiped out many of the places we'd been, and a lot of people died. We got lucky.
Justin

[PhillyKev 0]

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And does anyone really care if LA gets dropped into the ocean!?
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It wouldn't even be that catastrophic. All the silicone boobed babes would float and probably have enough buoyancy for 3-4 passengers.
cielos azules y cerveza fría
-Kevin

[jfields 0]

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And does anyone really care if LA gets dropped into the ocean!?

They wouldn't notice anyway. Water is only slightly thicker than their smog.
Justin

[freeflir29 0]

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Water is only slightly thicker than their smog

As much as I like to bash California I am saddened to say that Atlanta now has more polluted air than LA. I yearn for the days when there was one DZ (Ellijay), we all drove pick ups, drank budweiser, and breathed clean air. Danm Yankees!!! I know they are to blame..."Here I come to save the BOOBIES!"

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Danm Yankees!!! I know they are to blame...

Nope, you screwed this one up yourselves! Justin

[rhino 0]

A while back there was an earthquake in the Memphis area that made the mississippi flow backwards.. That's what I heard anyways All of the overhangs there have steel cables attaching the bridges to the ground.. Like they would make a damn bit of difference..
Rhino
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[freeflir29 0]

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A while back there was an earthquake in the Memphis area that made the mississippi flow backwards

Don't quote me but I think that was in the 1880's....so yeah....a while back......"Here I come to save the BOOBIES!"

[Kris 0]

Someone correct me on this but isn't there a fault line in the midwest that makes the San Andreas fault look like a sidewalk crack? Good thing it isn't tectonically active.
Kris

[rgoper 0]

you are absolutely correct. i've seen whole drilling rigs dissapear into cavities in the earths surface, real scary stuff. some years ago, a crater opened up in florida and swallowed a man's house cars, and everything. but bear in mind, the more we remove from underneath the earth's surface the more cavernous it becomes, thus the surface overcomes the formation pressure(s) and falls the other way, which is south. we have massive salt dome storage facilities around the gulf coast in texas, and near where i live, because of the presence of salt domes, the energy companies, and our government love to store all kinds of hydrocarbons in them, including natural gas for emergency use. about ten years ago, a "fail safe" or "check" valve failed on one of the pipelines near the underground storage caverns, you would not believe the carnage, and destruction of humans, property, and animals. the blast was so severe it removed all of the grass off of the ground, all of the limbs off of trees, it blew a 3/4 ton ford truck 3/4 mile into the air, and dropped it from the blast site, more than one human lost their lives that day, and millions in property damage. i've got video, i was one of the first on the scene, it was very ugly. it ain't nice to fool with "mother nature"
Richard
"Gravity Is My Friend"