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By: GayPatriot » Earthquake 2.0!!!

GayPatriot » Earthquake 2.0!!! — Mon, 18 May 2009 05:01:55 +0000

[...] remake with Brando when I started feeling the shaking. This shaking seemed more intense than the last one I experienced. More intense, perhaps but not as long. I can still feel the vibrations in my [...]

By: Trace Phelps

Trace Phelps — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:02:27 +0000

ThatGayConservative, #27 — I thought I was the only guy in Florida who sits on the “screened in patio” and watches the storms. However, a Cat 4 or 5 would send me scurrying inland since my back yard and a narrow strip of sandy beach are all that separate me from the Gulf and storm surges. We haven’t had a direct hit where I live since we built the house but one of the 2004 storms was close enough that the storm surge made it into our pool and to within a foot of the “screened in patio”, which sent me upstairs to watch from a “screened in porch” that sits atop the “screened in patio”.

At least there’s multiple-days warning. Here in Kansas, where we spend the summers working our small farm, the tornado sirens don’t give us much time to take shelter. Fortunately, they’ve only come close. The night in June when a tornado hit Manhattan and Kansas State University the storm cell held up all the way into our county and that was spooky.

In a few hours we’ll be leaving tornado alley and sometime late tomorrow will be in Asia for four weeks in Vietnam and China (for the Beijing Olympics) and I will definitely be thinking about earthquakes!

By: North Dallas Thirty

North Dallas Thirty — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:29:12 +0000

Earthquakes do make a sound; it can be a loud rumble or kind of like a muffled thunderclap, depending on where you are and what kind of earthquake it is. The motion varies; in some places it is like a big wave where you feel an up and down motion, and in others, it is a continuous back and forth shaking.

My first big temblor was last fall; ironically, on a night when I was teaching class, and at our building that was located next to the harbor. It started as shaking, which isn’t too bad, but when the shaking doesn’t stop, that’s when the adrenaline goes up. I just told everyone to get under their desks and we stayed there until it stopped (about thirty seconds).

By: ThatGayConservative

ThatGayConservative — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:07:41 +0000

Oh, and do earthquakes make a sound like on TV or is it just the noise of stuff falling/breaking? Like say you were in a huge field or prairie with nothing to fall over, would you hear anything?

By: ThatGayConservative

ThatGayConservative — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:05:49 +0000

I was in one that occurred about 4-5 years ago on the 13th floor

13th floor? Well there’s your problem right there. Say, is an earthquake an up & down motion or side to side?

â€œLanai?â€ What, are you one of the missing Golden Girls? Puh-leeze. Does that mean if I get to visit you, we get to slice up a cheesecake and talk about sex all night?

Yeah I know. Momma told me the other day that “lanai” was yankee. I’ve just heard it so much down here, I thought that was correct. But then it’s easier to say than “screened-in patio”. I always eschew obfuscation and take the easy route.

By: Peter Hughes

Peter Hughes — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:39:43 +0000

#27 – You can still get fried pies here in Houston. I’ll send you a care package.

I was in FL during the 2004 hurricane season with Hubby. We were in Ft. Lauderdale and got stuck there. Did the same thing you did – except since we had a hotel room, I’ll just leave the rest to your imagination.

“Lanai?” What, are you one of the missing Golden Girls? Puh-leeze. Does that mean if I get to visit you, we get to slice up a cheesecake and talk about sex all night?

Regards,
Peter H.

By: Sean A

Sean A — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:49:28 +0000

I used to live in Chino Hills. This time I was in downtown San Diego on the 20th floor of an office building. I didn’t think it was that bad–just back and forth a couple of times. I was in one that occurred about 4-5 years ago on the 13th floor and our building was literally swinging around in circular motions. During that one I white-knuckle gripped my desk for a good 90 seconds.

By: ThatGayConservative

ThatGayConservative — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:44:11 +0000

#24
Maybe Pinko can explain how Bush has taken away our right to have KFC. I’ll tell you one d*mn thing, I’ve been craving those fried cherry pies, McDonald’s used to have, fortnightly the past few months. Whataburger still has fried pies.

#26
I’ll stick with the hurricanes down here in Florida. You can see ‘em coming and you know in advance how bad it’s going to be. Back in ‘04 when three of ‘em criss-crossed our county, I sat on the lanai drinking, smoking and toasting the storm. We didn’t piss and moan about FEMA either.

By: A Different Peter H

A Different Peter H — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:32:45 +0000

Glad all is well. A friend of mine in Chino Hills called it “significant”. Y’all can have your quakes, I rather deal with stormy weather down here in ATL.

By: Peter Hughes

Peter Hughes — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:40:13 +0000

#22 – Mark, I just call ‘em like I see ‘em.

Regards,
Peter H.

By: V the K

V the K — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:45:45 +0000

I've been in four earthquakes... none of which were in California. (Two in Michigan, two in Oregon). Maybe whatever gods you worship in El Lay are offended that the socialist whackjobs on the city council are trying to ban fast-food restaurants. Something's definitely askew in the world when they can get KFC in Fallujah but not in El Lay.

By: ThatGayConservative

ThatGayConservative — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:21:53 +0000

I remember after the 89 quake, my highschool went to a conference about what would happen if something similar happened in Mississippi. They talked about the New Madrid Fault and what not, but I don’t remember much else.

By: Mark J. Goluskin

Mark J. Goluskin — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:05:43 +0000

Peter H, I love “libtards”! That is so funny!

By: NaturallyGay

NaturallyGay — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:17:41 +0000

I was in San Fransisco on business when one hit. I was in my hotel room sitting on my bed when everything started to vibrate. I was about to call the front desk to complain about whomever had the bass on their boombox turned up too loud when a local news anchor came on the TV to tell us what had happened.

That’s my only big natural event to speak of in my life. I’ve always wanted to see a tornado, from a safe distance of course.

By: KevinQC

KevinQC — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:54:25 +0000

I’ve only been in one, in Atlanta. It wasn’t big at all but not a nice feeling!

By: ThatGayConservative

ThatGayConservative — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:23:55 +0000

I got to experience one on the BART at Embarcadero station, but I was at Universal Studios in Orlando.

Glad to hear you guys haven’t fallen into the Pacific yet.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:24:33 +0000

#14: I don’t think that even The Obama is powerful enough to cause earthquakes – it was probably global warming:

http://globalwarmingwatch.blogspot.com/2008/06/agw-quake-link-not-all-it-cracked-up-to.html

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:19:44 +0000

Report from northern San Diego county: was sitting in the car at work listening to the radio and eating a sandwich.

I noticed the car was shaking (it had to have been shaking for 2-3 seconds before it was aware of it) and I first thought it was wind but then noticed it wasn’t all that windy. By the time I realized it might have been a quake, the shaking had stopped. I noted the time figuring I’d check the USGS website when I went back in.

A couple of minutes later, they broke in on Rush and said there’d been a quake in LA.

Glad there was no major damage up there but, never having experienced a quake before, I thought it kind of cool.

By: Peter Hughes

Peter Hughes — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:15:55 +0000

#14 – Gladly – we will. Does the Lightboy plan on visiting Southern Cal? Will he perform miracles like healing the sick and raising the dead? (SARC)

You libtards are so amusing.

Regards,
Peter H.

By: V the K

V the K — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:27:46 +0000

I heard one of the network talking heads say. “This was not the Big One.”

Well, duh-h-h-h-h-h-h-h.