*plays AC/DC's "Shook me all night long" in honor of Caela's experience*
sigpic courtesy of This Guy, original modified by me
Heh, I wasn't even sure it was over cause I, myself, was shaking so hard.
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[edit]*laughs* Thanks, 'Deth.
we had a 5.2 a couple weeks ago.
don't worry, a 4.4 is no big deal. Just enjoy the ride
Texas has Tornados, and on rare occasions Hurricanes, but there is one thing we can depends on... THE GROUND DOES NOT FUCKING MOVE.
Unless you're with one of the models or something that come from Texas... Then the whole planet moves... 
Though I got to say, Earthquakes can be fun to run through the house in! lol
The ground has NEVER moved. Ever. If it does move, so do I. Outta the state to somewhere that doesn't move.
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Janus impressed everyone with:
Tectonic plates? I guess those don't move at all, huh?
Ground. No Move. Note the periods.
I dont' care what thoes whackball bastards in Cali wanna claim about it being San Andrea's fault that there are earthquakes... THE GROUND ISN'T MEANT TO MOVE.
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Janus's unholy Backstreet Boys obsession manifested in:
Tectonic plates? I guess those don't move at all, huh?
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So quoth Densetsu:
No Tectonic junctionsinnear Texas.
Corrected.
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Normally I sleep/dont feel them at all, its usually my roomate who runs in and wakes me up to point out that all the ceiling fans are doing 360's and trying to pry themselves from the ceiling. I guess the scary part is, is being so numb to them now that when we do get hit by the 8.0 earthquake were all going to die because we could care less when it happens. Maybe 1% of people down here actually have some sort of Earthquake preperadness kit. 
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So quoth Janus:
Yeah, but Texas is still on the Earth, wich is made up of Tectonic plates. The plates move, Texas goes with it. Is Texas still were Pangea was?
Speaking as a bona fide Texan: Yes.
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Aanile stopped staring at Deedlit long enough to write:
Ugh, had two earthquakes since moven to WA, and now they're saying that Mt. Reiner is due to blow...
Yeah, we like to say that a lot, like every few years, but we never mean it. When I moved over to Port Orchard (100 miles straight out from Seattle) 8 years ago they were saying that Rainer was about to blow.
A year later no one thought about it. Repeat after about 5 more years.
So a 4.4 is just a little, bitty thing.
No, Really. Bite me.
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The_Mac Model 2000 was programmed to say:
4.4 is 10 times weaker than a 5.4, which is 10 times weaker than a .4, and those are the ones that do a significant amount of damage.So a 4.4 is just a little, bitty thing.
you just love putting EVERYTHING down dont you? :P [ 06-18-2002: Message edited by: Iron Chef Cadga ]
everytime someone posts something thats a big deal to them you start with the "this isnt that bad" shit
Starts with a base 1.0. Siesmographs can barely detect this, and thats when they're on top of it.
For every 1 that the first number goes up, the intensity of the Earthquake (Henceforth referred to as: EQ) is multiplied by ten.
So, a 2.0 would be 10x bigger then a 1.0, and a 8.0 would be 600x bigger then a 2.0.
And yes, Texas CAN have earthquakes. They're just soooo exceedingly rare that nobody has ever felt one in living memory.
You might have one every 10,000 years or so.. But in geologic terms, thats not much time.
The kewl thing I find about geology:
Mt. Kiluea, Hawaii.. The volcano has been erupting constantly.. for as long as I have been alive.
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But Indiana, thats freaky. I'm just south of Chicago so that's just a little bit close to home
Replace the 'south' with 'north' and it's right for me.
It's called Math. if a 2.0 is 10x bigger than a 1.0, and a 3.0 is 10x bigger than a 2.0, then a 3.0 is 100x bigger than a 1.0. Now let's do the math.
a 4.0 is 100x bigger than a 2.0. a 5.0 would be 1000x. 6.0 would be 10000x... 7.0 would be 100000x... and an 8.0 would be 1000000x.
Where the heck did you get 600x? =P
And it's "Richter." [ 06-18-2002: Message edited by: Arttemis the Rogue ]
I knew I spelled Richter wrong when I first wrote it.. but then I wrote the rest of the post and hit reply before I remembered to fix it.
Oh well.
I knew I had to multiply something by six.. I forgot it was the number of zeros.
I said " mr. Ott were having an earthquake"
hes all like no were not ... thet he almost fell over from the shaking , then hes all like yes were are! get under your destks. fun.
anyway, the whole school ended up staying outside for an hour and a half untill they made sure everything was ok inside the building. then, in 4th period, *poof* the hallways allasudden were filled with perty black smoke... turns out, someone lit the boys bathroom on fire. Wich someone did again this year, and I wont be surprised if that happens again next year.
Now to top it all off, during 6th perion, someone pulled the fire alarm... all together we had like 3 hours of class that day.
I believe the quake was a 7 or so. [ 06-18-2002: Message edited by: zabe the confused ]
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RPC thought about the meaning of life:
Ground. No Move. Note the periods.I dont' care what thoes whackball bastards in Cali wanna claim about it being San Andrea's fault that there are earthquakes... THE GROUND ISN'T MEANT TO MOVE.
You can't count on the ground moving in Texas, even in non-active fault lines the faults sometimes slip or move.
And don't even say because your on the coast (if you are) because earthquakes still happen on the coast when sand moves or slips.
I'm still confused how you arrived that the ground isn't meant to move?
Update:3:35pm: The USGS is reporting that there was only one earthquake Tuesday, registering 5.0 on the Richter Scale, centered 6 miles WSW of Darmstadt(which is about 30 minutes from me). This was a relatively shallow quake, at about 3 miles deep in the earth's crust.
According to the news the quake was felt in three states: South East Illinois, here in Southern Indiana and south of us in Northern Kentucky.
The 15 Largest Earthquakes in the United States
Scroll down to see the 15 largest in the Contiguous US. Note that while Cali has the most in the top 15 Contig. They are beat out TWICE by Missourri. They also don't make up but 3 of the largest 15 in the whole of the US, showing up highest at a dismal 10th place.
If you do a search, you'll find that Indiana is right near one of the largest fault lines in the US, the New Madrid Fault Line, which is what produced those fabulous quakes in Missouri. Note I said near, not ON.
And I knew we were close to a major fault line, but I could swear I remember reading or hearing someplace that we have a fault line of our own here in Indiana, just a minor one.
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
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Radience had this to say about dark elf butts:
The Richter scale also goes up to 10, which is supposed to be 'absolute destruction.' Wether this means of manmade objects or the entirety of the earthquake radius I've never been clear on.The 15 Largest Earthquakes in the United States
Scroll down to see the 15 largest in the Contiguous US. Note that while Cali has the most in the top 15 Contig. They are beat out TWICE by Missourri. They also don't make up but 3 of the largest 15 in the whole of the US, showing up highest at a dismal 10th place.
If you do a search, you'll find that Indiana is right near one of the largest fault lines in the US, the New Madrid Fault Line, which is what produced those fabulous quakes in Missouri. Note I said near, not ON.
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