voluptuary_manque
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Wow! Did we just get rocked a good one. No damage but it didn't make the terror-ier happy one little bit. Wonder where it was . . . Sure went on for a while.
Earthquake!
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Just saw that. It said it didn't appear to be too damaging, except for (as they put it) "poorly constructed buildings."
Glad you're safe, VM.
Glad you're safe, VM.
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Glad to hear you're safe, VM.
voluptuary_manque
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Just saw that. It said it didn't appear to be too damaging, except for (as they put it) "poorly constructed buildings."
Glad you're safe, VM.
I love the phrase "poorly constructed". Here, that means buildings that would last centuries anywhere else but drop like pancakes when Mother turns over in her sleep. And the best kind of house to own in SoCal? Good ol' reliable, boring, ballon-frame and stucco. It flexes like bamboo.
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You were pretty quick VM ... posting here less than five minutes after the shake.
Glad to hear you're well ... enjoy the aftershocks
From USGS:
Magnitude 5.8
Date-Time Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 18:42:15 UTC
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 11:42:15 AM at epicenter
Location 33.959°N, 117.752°W
Depth 12.3 km (7.6 miles)
Region GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA
Distances 3 km (2 miles) SW (235°) from Chino Hills, CA
8 km (5 miles) SE (127°) from Diamond Bar, CA
9 km (5 miles) NNE (23°) from Yorba Linda, CA
11 km (7 miles) S (178°) from Pomona, CA
47 km (29 miles) ESE (103°) from Los Angeles Civic Center, CA
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 0.3 km (0.2 miles); depth +/- 1.3 km (0.8 miles)
Glad to hear you're well ... enjoy the aftershocks
From USGS:
Magnitude 5.8
Date-Time Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 18:42:15 UTC
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 11:42:15 AM at epicenter
Location 33.959°N, 117.752°W
Depth 12.3 km (7.6 miles)
Region GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA
Distances 3 km (2 miles) SW (235°) from Chino Hills, CA
8 km (5 miles) SE (127°) from Diamond Bar, CA
9 km (5 miles) NNE (23°) from Yorba Linda, CA
11 km (7 miles) S (178°) from Pomona, CA
47 km (29 miles) ESE (103°) from Los Angeles Civic Center, CA
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 0.3 km (0.2 miles); depth +/- 1.3 km (0.8 miles)
voluptuary_manque
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Okay, so it was only a 5.6-.8. In Pakistan it would be a major disaster. In L.A., we stir our coffee with such. Still, I'll bet the people at the top of those skyscrapers had one Hell of a ride. 
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Okay, so it was only a 5.6-.8. In Pakistan it would be a major disaster. In L.A., we stir our coffee with such. Still, I'll bet the people at the top of those skyscrapers had one Hell of a ride.
Man, data comes fast these days. Here's map showing the epicenter. It's right close to where I bought my Ford.
http://www.weather.com/weather/map/...rthquake centered near Chino, CA&from=hp_news
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This is not exactly related, but Chuck Roberts on Headline News is having some trouble with this story.
In the past five minutes he said (and I kid you not) after shakes instead of after shocks and magniturd instead of magnitude.
He's struggling, people.
In the past five minutes he said (and I kid you not) after shakes instead of after shocks and magniturd instead of magnitude.
He's struggling, people.
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Now he just said - maggot-tude.
He needs a break, I think.
He needs a break, I think.
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Bwahahahaha . . .
Ah C'mom, Chuck, it wasn't that big!
Ah C'mom, Chuck, it wasn't that big!
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The truckers don't call it 'shakey town' for nothin'.
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I thought that was for the strip clubs.
No?
No, and it's been Shaky Town since at least the '30's. You'd think SF would get the nod after their Big One but no, it's L.A. Wonder if maybe we get them more often?
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maggot-turd...
*falls off my chair*
*falls off my chair*
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Never felt a real Earthquake. I have felt tremors of the 3.4 or so range, but nothing that did more than rumble harder than a passing truck.
Now, when the Hercules gun powder factory blew up about 50 miles from my house, that shook the foundations. But it wasn't an Earthquake.
Now, when the Hercules gun powder factory blew up about 50 miles from my house, that shook the foundations. But it wasn't an Earthquake.
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Having grown up with them, I just think "Oh ho!" and go stand in the doorway. Some newbie, I suspect, would completely freak out.
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We had (probably) what was regarded as a little one - 4 or something - a few years ago. It was prety wild.
I was all hopped up on codiene and all of a sudden everything went "whoopsie".
Felt all the world like riding on a big roller.****.
Damaged the foundation of the condo we had tho. *grrr*
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It would have to be a real shaker to get me to move out of my chair. We have grown quite casual in our reactions to most quakes.
Here, this one was big enough to make me move. Not very fast, mind . . .
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Yeah . . . well . . . the one's you can get up there can damage the foundations of the continent. San Juan Da Fuco plate is a baaaaad little boy!
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I grew up out there, so minor shakers don't faze me a bit. About seven or eight years ago I was in Simi at my company's headquarters for a training thingy with about twenty other managers from around the company - we'd all been selected for the new position of Regional Training Manager.
The room we were in had those metal grids on the wall that retailers use to show designs. I happened to be sitting next to a manager from Kentucky who, as luck had it, had grown up in LA too. Middle of the day we hear those grids start vibrating against the walls, but couldn't actually feel anything. We looked at each other and both said "Earthquake." No big deal, or so we believed...obviously, it wasn't a big deal to us.
The chaos that erupted around us when the others heard us was entertaining.
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It would have to be a real shaker to get me to move out of my chair. We have grown quite casual in our reactions to most quakes.
Hehe makes me think of the opening of "Independence Day"
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I grew up out there, so minor shakers don't faze me a bit. About seven or eight years ago I was in Simi at my company's headquarters for a training thingy with about twenty other managers from around the company - we'd all been selected for the new position of Regional Training Manager.
The room we were in had those metal grids on the wall that retailers use to show designs. I happened to be sitting next to a manager from Kentucky who, as luck had it, had grown up in LA too. Middle of the day we hear those grids start vibrating against the walls, but couldn't actually feel anything. We looked at each other and both said "Earthquake." No big deal, or so we believed...obviously, it wasn't a big deal to us.
The chaos that erupted around us when the others heard us was entertaining.
I'll bet it was! Pity you didn't have a picture phone . . .
