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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: demik on Fri, 28 March 2014, 23:39:43

Title: EARTHQUAKE
Post by: demik on Fri, 28 March 2014, 23:39:43
IT'S SHAKING IN LA!

well, for a bit.

3 earthquakes in a row! hat trick!
Title: Re: EARTHQUAKE
Post by: CPTBadAss on Fri, 28 March 2014, 23:41:16
Dibs on your goodies
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Post by: Pacifist on Fri, 28 March 2014, 23:42:54
lol
Title: Re: EARTHQUAKE
Post by: demik on Fri, 28 March 2014, 23:43:10
Dibs on your goodies

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Post by: nubbinator on Sat, 29 March 2014, 01:02:07
It was a pansy ass earthquake.  Why you postin' about a baby roller?  Of course, if you listen to the guy who lives near me on the news, you'd think it was some crazy big earthquake, but it barely qualified as more than a tremor.  If I can look at it and think, eh, I would have slept through that, it isn't an earthquake.
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Post by: eddie on Sat, 29 March 2014, 01:03:56
haha proud to live in northern California
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Post by: lightsout714 on Sat, 29 March 2014, 01:07:03
It was pretty good here in Oc. My friend lives right on it in LA habra and they got broken stuff all over the house.
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Post by: nubbinator on Sat, 29 March 2014, 01:08:17
It was pretty good here in Oc. My friend lives right on it in LA habra and they got broken stuff all over the house.

From a 5.3?  Do they live in a gingerbread house?
Title: Re: EARTHQUAKE
Post by: demik on Sat, 29 March 2014, 01:14:29
It was pretty good here in Oc. My friend lives right on it in LA habra and they got broken stuff all over the house.

From a 5.3?  Do they live in a gingerbread house?

Stop acting like you hard, ol' drake ass dude.

But yeah, the strength isnt the problem. It is how long it lasts.
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Post by: katushkin on Sat, 29 March 2014, 01:14:54
TFW never having natural disasters in the UK/West Midlands
Title: Re: EARTHQUAKE
Post by: demik on Sat, 29 March 2014, 01:19:39
TFW never having natural disasters in the UK/West Midlands

TMW you realize the UK is already a natural disaster

MURICA
Title: Re: EARTHQUAKE
Post by: nubbinator on Sat, 29 March 2014, 01:26:03
It was pretty good here in Oc. My friend lives right on it in LA habra and they got broken stuff all over the house.

From a 5.3?  Do they live in a gingerbread house?

Stop acting like you hard, ol' drake ass dude.

But yeah, the strength isnt the problem. It is how long it lasts.

Drake ain't got nothin' on me.  His hardest moment was getting shot on TV.  But seriously, a 5.3, be a quick one or a slow roller, is nothing.  You shouldn't be acting like it's crazy or anything until it's in the mid-to-upper 6 range or higher.
Title: Re: EARTHQUAKE
Post by: demik on Sat, 29 March 2014, 01:32:06
DONT TELL ME HOW TO LIVE MY LIFE NUBS.

I want an excuse to make some bug out bags
Title: Re: EARTHQUAKE
Post by: nubbinator on Sat, 29 March 2014, 01:36:53
DONT TELL ME HOW TO LIVE MY LIFE NUBS.

I want an excuse to make some bug out bags

Ok, but complaining about today's "quake" puts you in wheelchair jimmy territory and makes you as hard as Katy Perry.

The only excuse you need for a bug out bag is the gubmint of 'murica in its current iteration and the fact that you're hispanic in over-conservative and kind of racist OC.
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Post by: demik on Sat, 29 March 2014, 01:38:27
Hue katy perry hue hard

****ing news showing gift cards on the floor due to earthquake
Title: Re: EARTHQUAKE
Post by: katushkin on Sat, 29 March 2014, 01:43:02
TFW never having natural disasters in the UK/West Midlands

TMW you realize the UK is already a natural disaster

MURICA

TFW your country would still be a natural disaster of Indians and buffalo if we hadn't colonised you.

HISTORY'D
Title: Re: EARTHQUAKE
Post by: nubbinator on Sat, 29 March 2014, 01:53:28
TFW never having natural disasters in the UK/West Midlands

TMW you realize the UK is already a natural disaster

MURICA

TFW your country would still be a natural disaster of Indians and buffalo if we hadn't colonised you.

HISTORY'D

TFW Tony Blair and George W. Bush gave each other secret under the table handies.

CONSPIRACIED
Title: Re: EARTHQUAKE
Post by: MissMurd3r84 on Sat, 29 March 2014, 03:30:38
I can only ever recall one  big earthquake where I live, back in 1989. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Newcastle_earthquake
Title: Re: EARTHQUAKE
Post by: demik on Sat, 29 March 2014, 06:50:59
TFW never having natural disasters in the UK/West Midlands

TMW you realize the UK is already a natural disaster

MURICA

TFW your country would still be a natural disaster of Indians and buffalo if we hadn't colonised you.

HISTORY'D

TIL people still say Indians
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Post by: SpAmRaY on Sat, 29 March 2014, 07:33:17
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

earthquakes.....earthquakes....earthquakes....everywhere!
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Post by: naasfu on Sat, 29 March 2014, 14:34:27
thank god all my gift cards are safe.
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Post by: Pacifist on Sat, 29 March 2014, 14:36:23
TFW never having natural disasters in the UK/West Midlands

TMW you realize the UK is already a natural disaster

MURICA

TFW your country would still be a natural disaster of Indians and buffalo if we hadn't colonised you.

HISTORY'D

TFW colonize the americas and then get kicked out for increasing taxes by 2 cents
Title: Re: EARTHQUAKE
Post by: katushkin on Sat, 29 March 2014, 17:33:21
TFW never having natural disasters in the UK/West Midlands

TMW you realize the UK is already a natural disaster

MURICA

TFW your country would still be a natural disaster of Indians and buffalo if we hadn't colonised you.

HISTORY'D

TFW Tony Blair and George W. Bush gave each other secret under the table handies.

CONSPIRACIED

Best bromance ever amirite?
Title: Re: EARTHQUAKE
Post by: demik on Sat, 29 March 2014, 17:36:24
thank god all my gift cards are safe.


RIP my bottle of water.

WE WILL REBUILD
Title: Re: EARTHQUAKE
Post by: mkawa on Sat, 29 March 2014, 18:00:43
for the record, i didn't even feel it. i had to be told it even happened.
Title: Re: EARTHQUAKE
Post by: demik on Sat, 29 March 2014, 18:22:26
apparently there was a tiny one about an hour ago.
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Post by: eth0s on Sat, 29 March 2014, 18:23:18
For the record, I'm against Earthquakes.  They make me sad.
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Post by: nubbinator on Sat, 29 March 2014, 18:24:08
apparently there was a tiny one about an hour ago.

RIP poor drop of water that splashed out of my over full cup.

For the record, I'm against Earthquakes.  They make me sad.

How could you be against free foot massages and/or vibrating beds?
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Post by: rowdy on Sat, 29 March 2014, 18:26:03
Is this you guys?

http://news.slashdot.org/story/14/03/29/1234206/51-earthquake-hits-california?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Title: Re: EARTHQUAKE
Post by: demik on Sat, 29 March 2014, 18:26:39
that's us
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Post by: eth0s on Sat, 29 March 2014, 18:30:07
How could you be against free foot massages and/or vibrating beds?

Hmm, well now I'm now so sure.  Do earthquakes make t!tties jiggle too?  I might be for that.
Title: Re: EARTHQUAKE
Post by: nubbinator on Sat, 29 March 2014, 18:30:13
Yup, but I call bull**** on a 5.1 causing a car to overturn.  More like the person freaked out because they're not from here and did something stupid.
Title: Re: EARTHQUAKE
Post by: demik on Sat, 29 March 2014, 18:39:13
Yup, but I call bull**** on a 5.1 causing a car to overturn.  More like the person freaked out because they're not from here and did something stupid.

I think somebody crashed into a hydrant lol.

How could you be against free foot massages and/or vibrating beds?

Hmm, well now I'm now so sure.  Do earthquakes make t!tties jiggle too?  I might be for that.


It's actually how implants are tested here. If they survive an earthquake, an angel get its wings.
Title: Re: EARTHQUAKE
Post by: kurplop on Sat, 29 March 2014, 19:40:15
Being a Southern California resident, I've experienced many earthquakes and I think it's important to realize one thing when evaluating them. Just like Real Estate, it's location, location, location.

The recent 5.1 La Habra quake may seem minor from a purely statistical perspective but for those who lost their chimneys, suffered broken windows, lost water service because of a broken waterline flooding streets and even those that just had dishes flying out of the cabinets or pictures shaken off the walls, it's not minor.

Part of the misunderstanding comes from having experienced a quake a distance from the epicenter. When I felt the 1971 Flintridge 6.6 shaker I naturally thought, 'so that's what a 6.6 quake feels like', not even factoring in the 100 mile distance I was experiencing it from. I got a better understanding in '87 when the Whittier Narrows quake hit. Being only 10 miles away, while it only measured a 5.9 on the scale, the sensory experience was much greater.   I spent the next 2 years rebuilding stacks and re-stuccoing houses in those Whittier neighborhoods. Even after a year, many of my customers were still traumatized by that morning jolt.

I live within 2 miles of this recent 5.1 quake and while I had minimal damages, it was a violent shake. Minor in its range but anything but pansy___ to those who suffered loss.

Sometimes I complain about the oppressive seismic requirements in the current building code but events like this are a good reminder as to why they are there. Most of the tens (hundreds?) of millions of dollars of damages from the Whittier quake were to older homes and businesses that weren't built with the many seismic countermeasures most of us enjoy today.
Title: Re: EARTHQUAKE
Post by: boradori007 on Wed, 02 April 2014, 00:40:57
I was stopped at the red light when this happened, first I thought my gf was shaking the car but turns out she wasnt lol
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Post by: SpAmRaY on Wed, 02 April 2014, 06:45:07
I was stopped at the red light when this happened, first I thought my gf was shaking the car but turns out she wasnt lol

Do you like big butts?
Title: Re: EARTHQUAKE
Post by: Latin00032 on Wed, 02 April 2014, 09:14:36
I was stopped at the red light when this happened, first I thought my gf was shaking the car but turns out she wasnt lol

Do you like big butts?

I do.

And, I can not lie.
Title: Re: EARTHQUAKE
Post by: demik on Wed, 02 April 2014, 09:23:29
There are ass men, and then there are people that havent seen a great ass.