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Kamure
735 posts
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Topic Starter
Kamure
5.8 magnitude. Happened about 30 minutes ago.
Places including the Pentagon has been evacuated but now it's fine.
I live in Southern New York so I felt the aftershock. Everyone on Facebook was freaking out because of an unusual but small shock.

NEWS: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/alert-earthquake-rocks-central-virginia-dc-region/2011/08/23/gIQAMwvEZJ_blog.html

Thoughts?
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Shellghost
543 posts
Joined March 2009
Shellghost
And now the orgasm jokes can begin.
Nekoroll
513 posts
Joined May 2010
Nekoroll
Yeah, heard from my friends down in VA about it earlier. Nothing more to contribute. Everyone I know is fine.
Kamure
735 posts
Joined August 2009
Topic Starter
Kamure

Shellghost wrote:

And now the orgasm jokes can begin.
Not sure about you, but I totally saw that coming.
07 Ghost
93 posts
Joined July 2010
07 Ghost
Praying for those guys over there.
Shiirn
2,896 posts
Joined August 2010
Shiirn
5.8 is tiny
jjrocks
486 posts
Joined August 2008
jjrocks
......guys don't worry, I live pretty close to the place where it happened. A couple of shakes, sortof hard to keep balance...that's about it. Apparently the whole inside of the house was shaking though. I was outside though, so maybe the story was different for those who were there.

Though people did evacuate the buildings, and all public schools were closed (even though school isn't in session though)
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Dai
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Joined April 2010
Dai
I hope everything is fine
Firo Prochainezo
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Joined June 2010
Firo Prochainezo

Shellghost wrote:

And now the orgasm jokes can begin.
It took me a while to understand this.
Cuddlebun
965 posts
Joined August 2008
Cuddlebun
oh my god who cares
jjrocks
486 posts
Joined August 2008
jjrocks
;w; Phone lines are still down, curse these worried people.
Pokebis
2,047 posts
Joined April 2008
Pokebis
~*~*~*~Pray for Virginia~*~*~*~
Kamure
735 posts
Joined August 2009
Topic Starter
Kamure
Hmm, either my friends are overreacting from the aftershock and everything had a pretty insignificant effect or there was actually a big effect and we really should care for the victims from the 5.8 magnitude....

Shiirn wrote:

5.8 is tiny
Maybe....
UnderminE
osu! Alumni
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UnderminE

Shiirn wrote:

5.8 is tiny
Okay we're living on the faultline in Istanbul so it is really tiny.
Shiirn
2,896 posts
Joined August 2010
Shiirn
5.8 is tiny, hilo in hawaii got ones a bit over 5, sometime 6 every other year or so due to volcanic activity, suck it up~
Kamure
735 posts
Joined August 2009
Topic Starter
Kamure

UnderminE wrote:

Shiirn wrote:

5.8 is tiny
Okay we're living on the faultline in Istanbul so it is really tiny.
That makes sense, but this is something we are not used to.
Virginia is far away from any of the plate borders. Let alone where I am.
MMzz
Elite Mapper
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MMzz
I felt it lol.
ziin
2,632 posts
Joined January 2010
ziin
I thought my air conditioner was broken.

Didn't know it was an earthquake until 15 minutes later.

Sonia Spence wrote:

I thought, 'What could be shaking the building like this?' My first thought was a terrorist


To be honest, this is the biggest earthquake I've ever felt ever since my brother and I jumped in an elevator in Japan.

I've never felt one from Tenessee, and it's apparently the biggest earthquake in the US since ~April last year. Glad I live here and not Istanbul or something.
Metroid
834 posts
Joined May 2008
Metroid
I wonder if anybody in PA felt it... I checked some news sites and some said NYC felt it... I didn't feel a thing... (I live in southeastern PA between VA and NYC) :L At least nobody was hurt... Though I've never felt a major Earthquake in my life. We are used to Floods, T storms, and high winds usually. Floods are usually more of property damage here since I live next to a major river. (Schuylkill river which empties into Delaware somewhere closer to Philly)
awp
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awp
"Where I live, things are worse" doesn't actually invalidate or lessen the impact of anything (it's all relative) so making that argument kind of makes you out to be a jackass.

I don't know how big a 5.8 is (it sounds insignificant) but we felt it up here. Well, everyone in my office except me. I didn't notice.
foulcoon
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foulcoon
I caused an earthquake in the center of your mom's Virginia.


k
awp
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awp

foulcoon wrote:

I caused an earthquake in the center of your mom's Virginia.


k
I didn't feel that one

weaksauce
Shiirn
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Shiirn
awp, it's not a matter of "it's worse here", it's a matter of "your pencils might fall off the desk, holy god"
OzzyOzrock
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OzzyOzrock
THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA MUST HAVE BEEN SOME REAL EARTHQUAKE VIRGIN(s) YA?

Ok that was very bad and I should feel bad please pelt me with hammers.
ouranhshc
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ouranhshc
UnderminE
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UnderminE
chuck norris.
Shohei Ohtani
Shohei Ohtani

Cuddlebun wrote:

oh my god who cares
Silly Cuddlebun, you've forgotten the fitting video.



But hello my name is CDFA and I live in Calfornia. 5.8 isn't really "OH GOD WE ALMOST DIED." It's more like "Woah, that was odd. Better make sure nothing fell. Nothing? Ok. Back to not caring."
Firo Prochainezo
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Firo Prochainezo
But hello my name is CDFA and I live in Calfornia. 5.8 isn't really "OH GOD WE ALMOST DIED." It's more like "Woah, that was odd. Better make sure nothing fell. Nothing? Ok. Back to not caring."
You just described a little bit of California.

Nice.
Hika
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Joined February 2010
Hika
I didn't feel shit.. I think.
awp
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awp

Shiirn wrote:

awp, it's not a matter of "it's worse here", it's a matter of "your pencils might fall off the desk, holy god"
If pencils can fall, electronics can fall

what if our server farm toppled over? That could cost tens of thousands of dollars in repairs and tenfold more in downtime.
Cuddlebun
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Joined August 2008
Cuddlebun
it's hard to forget something I never have watched and never will watch
Vext_old
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Joined October 2010
Vext_old
JJ lives, now I'm not interested anymore.
ouranhshc
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Joined July 2009
ouranhshc
http://jmckinley.posterous.com/dc-earth ... evastation
Weez
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Joined February 2009
Weez
So this was felt all the way in Ontario...I felt NOTHING.
Shiirn
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Joined August 2010
Shiirn

awp wrote:

Shiirn wrote:

awp, it's not a matter of "it's worse here", it's a matter of "your pencils might fall off the desk, holy god"
If pencils can fall, electronics can fall

what if our server farm toppled over? That could cost tens of thousands of dollars in repairs and tenfold more in downtime.
what if you tripped and fell on the power cable and broke the entire thing? just about as likely.
awp
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awp
there isn't a lot of traffic through server farms

they're not exactly out in the open or anything they get their own temperature-controlled little office
Sorun
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Sorun

Shiirn wrote:

5.8 is tiny, hilo in hawaii got ones a bit over 5, sometime 6 every other year or so due to volcanic activity, suck it up~
I believe the biggest was a 6.7? During that earthquake I was on the kona side. Oh and the recent tsunami scare was pretty fun.
jjrocks
486 posts
Joined August 2008
jjrocks

Vext wrote:

JJ lives, now I'm not interested anymore.
I'm an earthquake survivor <3~
Sander-Don
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Joined March 2010
Sander-Don
Yeah in my skype group, Gracie said
[8/23/2011 1:54:07 PM] Grace Park ♥: why did i feel shaking just now..o-o;
then MMzz
[8/23/2011 1:55:46 PM] Dev.osz: I just felt my house shake
[8/23/2011 1:55:50 PM] Dev.osz: Like for reals
[8/23/2011 2:01:39 PM] Dev.osz: it almost threw me off my couch
Was pretty cool watching them say it while it was happening :3
D33d
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Joined April 2011
D33d
Sorry; I always did have a habit of jumping accidentally in Wii Fit's ski jump.

I was quite surprised to hear about this, but I'm glad to hear that few people have been affected beyond being nuisance. Not exactly the best thing to happen, but it seems to be all good.
Shiirn
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Shiirn

Sorun wrote:

Shiirn wrote:

5.8 is tiny, hilo in hawaii got ones a bit over 5, sometime 6 every other year or so due to volcanic activity, suck it up~
I believe the biggest was a 6.7? During that earthquake I was on the kona side. Oh and the recent tsunami scare was pretty fun.
The tsunami scare -was- kind of fun, seeing as it never happened. If it actually happened it would not have been very fun at all...
Kamure
735 posts
Joined August 2009
Topic Starter
Kamure
Haha, I guess when I was making this topic I was thinking of how unusual it was to be in Virginia and not the actual damage.....

Still, it was nothing for us. But as Hurricane Irene comes, it might be something of concern..... Probably not.
Hika
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Joined February 2010
Hika
THERE"S A HURRICANE COMING? Oh no.
Sander-Don
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Joined March 2010
Sander-Don
helpi'mscared
Cuddlebun
965 posts
Joined August 2008
Cuddlebun
everyone's freaking out about Irene but really after living in Florida for ten years I just can't bring myself to care
jjrocks
486 posts
Joined August 2008
jjrocks
=3= good for you, Cuddlebun.

Anyway, the hurricane will sure be fun~ I'll make sure to liveblog it for all of you guys~ (2 natural disasters in a week~ must be my lucky day~)
Sander-Don
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Joined March 2010
Sander-Don

Cuddlebun wrote:

everyone's freaking out about Irene but really after living in Florida for ten years I just can't bring myself to care
Hurricane Frances was fun, wasn't it?
ouranhshc
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Joined July 2009
ouranhshc

Cuddlebun wrote:

everyone's freaking out about Irene but really after living in Florida for ten years I just can't bring myself to care
It diffinitely ain't a Katrina
Shael_old
Shael_old
no1 cares not asia so yes my anime not in danger haeuhauehe kawaii desu desu desu
Cuddlebun
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Joined August 2008
Cuddlebun

Sander-Don wrote:

Cuddlebun wrote:

everyone's freaking out about Irene but really after living in Florida for ten years I just can't bring myself to care
Hurricane Frances was fun, wasn't it?
for some reason the only one I really remember distinctly was Ivan. Snakes everywhere.
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