dannydan 5 #1 April 18, 2008 I got a call from SWEEEET at 0444 telling me that She thought that She felt the house shaking and or something..... A few minutes later a report over the radio CONFIRMED along with me going to USGS...... http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/ http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008qza6.php Man She scares me sometimes.... I think I taught SWEEEET too many "sensory" observations.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slowfaller 0 #2 April 18, 2008 We did. I'm was on my lunch sleeping in a conf room and awoke to something that sounded like the ceiling settling but extra loud. My two coworkers that were at their desks explained what happend. Kinda freaky. We're in Arlington Heights, IL --"Someday you will die and somehow somethings going to steal your carbon" -MM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lilDevil 2 #3 April 18, 2008 You must be having fun if the earths moving ;-)``````````````````````````````````` " Cant keep a good woman down " Angels have wings, but devils can fly ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dannydan 5 #4 April 18, 2008 I didnt feel a thing while sleeping underground! I always ALWAYS miss them tremors.... Anywho, I couldnt get back to sleep after Her fonecall so i got uP and loogged on to see what was uP... Those maps and info are pretty cool! Sometimes technology is pretty dang cool!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slowfaller 0 #5 April 18, 2008 Agreed, thanks for the links! --"Someday you will die and somehow somethings going to steal your carbon" -MM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dannydan 5 #6 April 18, 2008 did you FEEL it too? Fun you say? I am good but I ain't that GOOD! ....however i don't NEED any "stiffeners" just yet!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #7 April 18, 2008 QuoteYou must be having fun if the earths moving ;-) i was about to say, stop fucking around mate!“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #8 April 18, 2008 Slept right thru it....we did just have aftershocks here about 5 minutes ago though. it was weird. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #9 April 18, 2008 Just a disturbance in The Force as Hillary learned she lost yet another superdelegate to Obama."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChangoLanzao 0 #10 April 18, 2008 QuoteSlept right thru it....we did just have aftershocks here about 5 minutes ago though. it was weird. The first one at 4:37 am got me up, so after about an hour of looking through the USGS maps (they're pretty cool!) I went back to sleep. Then ANOTHER one (4.5M) woke me up at around 10:20 a.m.! The USGS site now shows that there have been seven earthquakes today. I wonder if that's kind of unusual? CLICKY Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #11 April 18, 2008 Its just leading up to the BIG ONE.... http://quake.usgs.gov/prepare/factsheets/NewMadrid/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChangoLanzao 0 #12 April 18, 2008 QuoteIts just leading up to the BIG ONE.... http://quake.usgs.gov/prepare/factsheets/NewMadrid/ SCARY! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #13 April 18, 2008 Quote Its just leading up to the BIG ONE.... http://quake.usgs.gov/prepare/factsheets/NewMadrid/ "...and in Kentucky, the quake destroyed 59 homes with a resulting property damage of $1230. Also, 3 dogs were killed at one home when the front porch collapsed." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #14 April 18, 2008 QuoteIts just leading up to the BIG ONE.... http://quake.usgs.gov/prepare/factsheets/NewMadrid/ There were 2 or 3 much bigger ones there a few decades before that one. But I do think that region is overdue for another big one."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #15 April 18, 2008 When it does kick off.. this time around there are many millions living in the region where only a few thousand lived in before. There are litteraly hundreds of thousands of sturctures that were built in the last 200 years there that will suffer severe damage or collapse. If you see a brick building in the region depicted on that map that was built before 1980 it will probably be lying in a pile of rubble when the rift kicks off again. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PoppyFunk 0 #16 April 18, 2008 QuoteIf you see a brick building in the region depicted on that map that was built before 1980 it will probably be lying in a pile of rubble when the rift kicks off again. Lovely. That will be my 100+ year old apartment building. The one this morning woke me up. My bedroom is on the third floor and it felt like the whole building was swaying back and forth. Felt like it lasted a good minute or so. I'm in Louisville. A building two blocks away lost part of the bricks on the front, yeah that one they keep showing on TV as proof of the "damage". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #17 April 18, 2008 This one is listed at 4.5 and the motion on the Ricter scale is a logarithmic scale. a 5.5 is 10 times as much motion a 6.5 is 100 times as much motion a 7.5 is 1000 times as much motion Getting the idea??? BUT each point on the richter scale from a 4 to a 5 is 32 times as much energy released. A 4 to a 6 is about 1000 times the energy release. Yall are in for a hell of a ride if more 8.0 or 9.0 hit the area such as those back in the early 1800's Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #18 April 18, 2008 Quote Its just leading up to the BIG ONE.... Come protect me!!! Seriously thought, this crap is freakin me out. We're not used to this in the midwest - i'm a little scared. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SWEEEET 0 #19 April 18, 2008 IT'S TIME TO RELOCATE!!!!...Seriously...It woke me up and it reminded me of being in the semi-truck I rode down to Florida in and going across the south Alabama roads into the pan-handle...BUMP..bumpbumpbumpbump...BUMP...and all the Monster cans on my shelf were clankin together...NOISY for 4:40AM...My sister across the hall was on the phone until her alarm went off...It was really crazy but I have been looking forward to the tremors all day while in school and haven't felt anymore... I'm not weird...just cool that's all...!!!! *SWEEEET* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PoppyFunk 0 #20 April 18, 2008 We generally get a couple of small ones a year, most of them too small to even be felt unless you are already standing perfectly still. However, for years now, they've been stating a 90% probability of a 7.0 or greater hitting the area before 2040 and a 7-10% chance of it being above 8.0. And yeah, people around here just don't even realize what they are standing on. Then, they are surprised when we get one like this morning."Analyze this!" http://www.myspace.com/poppyfunk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #21 April 18, 2008 There was a show on TV earlier this week talking about the New Madrid faults, about how it's not your typical plate vs plate rift. It was very interesting. And yes, it did state that there was a chance of another great quake within the next generation or so."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #22 April 18, 2008 I was aware of the fault and of the predictions...but it's not something i really think about. Today was a surprise to me. Now if we get a hurricane, i'm really gonna freak out. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RALFFERS 0 #23 April 18, 2008 Quote We did. I'm was on my lunch sleeping in a conf room and awoke to something that sounded like the ceiling settling but extra loud. My two coworkers that were at their desks explained what happened. Kinda freaky. We're in Arlington Heights, IL I slept right through it too - woke up at 5:00 am, an hour after it had apparently happened. Up until today (we're moving the office) I worked in Arlington Heights...wish would of been kind of cool to be there when it happened; I never felt an earthquake before... Now, as far as the location - 5.4 on the scale is a big earthquake in any location, all the more in Illinois! Dialogue/commentary between Divot, Twardo & myself - "from your first Oshkosh when the three of us were riding to or from one of Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dannydan 5 #24 April 18, 2008 born and raised here for the last 45 years and even tho we dont get that many tremblors or whatever, they dont bother me at all... I have been expecting the "big one" ever since i was younger. As long as I am 1-either under canopy when it hits, or 2- in swimming pool (WaVTEK), I am not worried about any size of quakes here in the flatlands... Just dont wanna be swallowed uP by a cracked open earth and or crushed by whatever is falling from being sHoOkEd to death.. SWEEEET; Quote IT'S TIME TO RELOCATE!!!!... you'll get your chance kid... now get back to the skool work or no new canopy for you.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PoppyFunk 0 #25 April 19, 2008 Quote 2- in swimming pool (WaVTEK) Hehehe, there's a blast from the past. There used to be a Wave Tek pool right across the river in Indiana. I wonder if it's still there. I bet riding a quake out in a pool would be kinda interesting. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
