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Post subject: East coast has earthquake... 5000 men take credit. Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:33 pm |
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The best quote from a West coaster I saw was "5.8? We use a 5.8 quake to stir our coffee". Virginia, we will rebuild!
_________________ Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge - Charles Darwin
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Post subject: Re: East coast has earthquake... 5000 men take credit. Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:59 pm |
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Post subject: Re: East coast has earthquake... 5000 men take credit. Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:04 pm |
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Everyone I know was going absolutely insane flipping out. People in my town, down the street from me swearing they felt the quake. Idiots. They even closed some building near us. Every local news station in CT was on special coverage, special experts in to explain, little brother terrified it was the work of Gadhafi. Idiots.
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Post subject: Re: East coast has earthquake... 5000 men take credit. Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:31 pm |
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Joined: Thu Mar 16, 2006 12:55 pm Posts: 775 Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California
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I was in UC Santa Cruz during the big loma prieta quake in '89. I remember holding on to the metal frame of the huge double doors to my dorm, and watching the the ground in front of me move in waves like water, and the big glass window of the cafeteria maybe 50 yards away oscillating in and out like a giant soap bubble till it shattered.
Needless to say it scared the crap out of a lot of students, and many left the school never to return to the west coast.
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Post subject: Re: East coast has earthquake... 5000 men take credit. Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:27 pm |
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Breaking news! Goldman Sachs evacuates after the earthquake.
_________________ Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge - Charles Darwin
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Post subject: Re: East coast has earthquake... 5000 men take credit. Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 11:40 am |
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Post subject: Re: East coast has earthquake... 5000 men take credit. Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:55 am |
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Well now that you've WestCoasters have had all your fun, it's time to be serious. Those of us here who have survived are not in the clear yet. As I type a Hurricane named Irene is barreling towards us and we are still rebuilding in CT after the last natural disaster. I get that some may find it funny at our reactions but I ask you WestCoasters, when was the last time you've been rocked by a hurricane after suffering a 5.8 megaquake? Yeah that's what I thought. I have never been more terrified then when I heard that some of my Aunts books fell off the sideboard. Does your insurance cover trauma like that? I didn't think so. Next time you find yourself laughing ask yourself, "How you I feel if that had been my lawn chair?", or "What would I do in that situation". For shame West Coast. lol. No local news stations are showing anything but the "hurricane" (which happens to be move in day for almost all CT state universities, gonna have me some fun) or the megaquake (lol). Many people I know have talked of nothing but the quake, that's all I see on facebook, "Did you feel the quake" is the Northeast's icebreaker of 2011, and all it makes me want to do is escape the stupidity. If I manage to survive the hurricane I'll keep y'all informed of the rebuilding process............... and ask for donations. lol
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Post subject: Re: East coast has earthquake... 5000 men take credit. Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 2:13 pm |
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Right on leading!
I've been ?fortunate? enough to live in the four corners of the US; Michigan, Florida, New York, California. Everyplace seems to have its fair share of potential natural calamity.
_________________ Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge - Charles Darwin
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Post subject: Re: East coast has earthquake... 5000 men take credit. Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 2:56 pm |
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Post subject: Re: East coast has earthquake... 5000 men take credit. Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 3:25 pm |
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Man, my ass is getting big! It overlaps 4 states at the same time!
_________________ Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge - Charles Darwin
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Post subject: Re: East coast has earthquake... 5000 men take credit. Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 4:34 pm |
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hmm. I'm sitting on laptop on Long Island right now. I have lived here through many hurricanes and I certainly will through this one. I remember going in my brothers pickup truck rescuing people in flooded water all over town.
And I've spent the last 16+ years living in Los Angeles during many earthquakes.
Spend less time comparing fear and more time wondering what you'll do to help your fellow man if they need it.
There's always going to be someone who has lived through more than you.
For anyone who thinks we're laughing..it's at the sheer drama and spectacle... please keep breathing and prepare instead of worry.. You'll be one less person who needs rescuing.
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