Something About Nothing..........# 9

[macraven]

yea mel, i heard about the earthquake soon after it hit.

still trying to contact family members that are in that area.

 

[Melanie230]

yea mel, i heard about the earthquake soon after it hit.

still trying to contact family members that are in that area.

Cell service in our area is just about restored. It isn't great, goes in and out. It was quite the jolt today. I must say...I prefer hurricanes over earthquakes ANYDAY.

 

[KStarfish82]

I felt the earthquake here in NY!

I was on the beach and my chair started to sway side to side. My friend who was sitting next to me says, "are you moving?" and I'm like "yea!!!"

It was minor here but some people took it really seriously. My neighbor's coworker is a therapist and actually ran down 10 flights of stairs when they felt the quake, leaving their patient and all. Its kinda comical picturing it, but I found out that the same therapist watched the WTC towers fall from the same floor of their office building on 9/11.

 

[coastermom]

OK so I missed the earthquake !! Took my son to Dorney Park in PA and we were on rides at 2 PM in the water park and did not feel a thing !! LOL

SO super nervous we are going to have to cancel our sweet 16 trip ... Stupid Hurricane is suppose to hit here in NY/NJ on Sunday and guess who is suppose to leave from Newark NJ sunday morning at 11:30 ??? ME !!! UGH

Not sure what to do here !! I dont even know if we can change it there is no information on the air lines web site yet and I have to get the other people to be able to go on Saturday maybe so stressed why is nothing easy here ?? Poor daughter is in tears here !

 

[Melanie230]

Here is what I have found. I think you may have a slight flight delay, but you should be ok. The hurricane EVEN IF it hits on time will have downgraded significantly by the time it hits you guys. I used to work for Midway airlines and unless the winds are just too high and sustained...you should get out. I really think you will make it.

 

[keishashadow]

DIL who works on the upper floor of a 100+ y.o. building said everybody could fill the whole office move/lights sway, etc. Earthquake was last thing most initially considered to be the cause here, given the state of the world. They evacuated many bldgs in downtown & inspected for safety. A good idea imo as they weren't built to current specs. I was just glad that the local nuke plant didn't have an issue. Most of our area is undermined and it's not unusual to see random sinkholes pop up, big enough to swallow up a car or two.

mac did u make contact, did hear the east coast phone lines were jammed

cm -

andy - ouch, better now than during ur trip i guess, i'm going thru a course of antibiotics myself and not too thrilled i have to stay out of sun during waning days of summer.

need to finish packing up DS & head to $ store for another trip, apparently gremlins made off with a box of supplies

 

[minniejack]

me, DS and DD were all in the same room and only DS felt it. I think he felt me stomping around yelling about paint on the wall paper

DD was eating a DC cupcake at the time and she feels connected since she was just at camp there

I was worried about all of the miners in and around that area. DH said he didn't feel a thing and he was in an old area of the mine at the time.

 

[macraven]

mac did u make contact, did hear the east coast phone lines were jammed

cm -

andy - ouch, better now than during ur trip i guess, i'm going thru a course of antibiotics myself and not too thrilled i have to stay out of sun during waning days of summer.

need to finish packing up DS & head to $ store for another trip, apparently gremlins made off with a box of supplies

thankfully i did make contact at 2:40 this morning.

 

[bubba's mom]

thankfully i did make contact at 2:40 this morning.

thank goodness!

now you can ketchup on trippie

 

[macraven]

thank goodness!

now you can ketchup on trippie

i already started reading it......



from what i have read on here and other dis threads, many peeps have never experienced an earthquake.

where i lived and grew up in the mid west, we had tremors all the time.
some were a lot stronger where our dishes would fall out of the cabinet.
sometimes just a wave motion when you walked or sat.
most of the time you would not know there was a tremor.

one time we didn't feel it but our neighbor across the street did.
when it hit, their house collapsed into a sink hole...
that we did notice.......

the epi center for the new madrid line is very near Cairo illinois.


madrid fault line


About The New Madrid Fault

THE NEW MADRID FAULT SYSTEM EXTENDS 120 MILES SOUTHWARD from the area of Charleston, Missouri, and Cairo, Illinois, through New Madrid and Caruthersville, following Interstate 55 to Blytheville and on down to Marked Tree, Arkansas. It crosses five state lines and cuts across the Mississippi River in three places and the Ohio River in two places.

THE FAULT IS ACTIVE, AVERAGING MORE THAN 200 MEASURED EVENTS per YEAR (1.0 or more on the Richter scale), about 20 per month. Tremors large enough to be felt (2.5 - 3.0 on the Richter scale) are noted annually. Every 18 months the fault releases a shock of 4.0 or more, capable of local minor damage. The most recent registering 4.3 along the New Madrid Fault on Thanksgiving evening, 1996, which was felt by citizens in the states of Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky, Illinois and Mississippi. Magnitudes of 5.0 or greater occurring about once per decade, can do significant damage, and be felt in several states.

 

[bubba's mom]

i already started reading it......



from what i have read on here and other dis threads, many peeps have never experienced an earthquake.

where i lived and grew up in the mid west, we had tremors all the time.
some were a lot stronger where our dishes would fall out of the cabinet.
sometimes just a wave motion when you walked or sat.
most of the time you would not know there was a tremor.

one time we didn't feel it but our neighbor across the street did.
when it hit, their house collapsed into a sink hole...
that we did notice.......

the epi center for the new madrid line is very near Cairo illinois.


madrid fault line


About The New Madrid Fault

THE NEW MADRID FAULT SYSTEM EXTENDS 120 MILES SOUTHWARD from the area of Charleston, Missouri, and Cairo, Illinois, through New Madrid and Caruthersville, following Interstate 55 to Blytheville and on down to Marked Tree, Arkansas. It crosses five state lines and cuts across the Mississippi River in three places and the Ohio River in two places.

THE FAULT IS ACTIVE, AVERAGING MORE THAN 200 MEASURED EVENTS per YEAR (1.0 or more on the Richter scale), about 20 per month. Tremors large enough to be felt (2.5 - 3.0 on the Richter scale) are noted annually. Every 18 months the fault releases a shock of 4.0 or more, capable of local minor damage. The most recent registering 4.3 along the New Madrid Fault on Thanksgiving evening, 1996, which was felt by citizens in the states of Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky, Illinois and Mississippi. Magnitudes of 5.0 or greater occurring about once per decade, can do significant damage, and be felt in several states.

I didn't know you knew...you didn't post like u usually do (unless my blonde self missed it?)

I felt a quake here back in '93. We lived in our apt. at the time which was 2nd & 3 floor of building (not apt building...private building w/ business on 1st floor) Anyhow, was sitting on sofa watching tv and the sofa started swaying side to side. I was like "wth?..." Then heard it was a quake...nearer to Reading I think? (I was living down in the town I work in) My Mom called this morning and thot the cat was scratching at her chair. No cat..couldn't figure out what was up. Then she heard about the quake and figured it out.

I'm glad your family is all a-okay! ANYTHING else you can prepare for...a quake you just can't

 

[macraven]

I didn't know you knew...you didn't post like u usually do (unless my blonde self missed it?)

i haven't been able to be on the computer very much the last 2 weeks.
went out of town for a few days 2 weeks back and have been tied up with the parental units.

 

[RAPstar]

Morning all!

 

[macraven]

how's your butt today andy?

 

[RAPstar]

how's your butt today andy?

Much better! They said to try and keep heat on it to help it drain (hard to do at work), so I took a hot bath last night. I think they also gave me a pain killer so that helps. I started the antibotics last night

 

[Mad Hattered]

We have felt a quake or two in my lifetime here in St Louis. Mac pretty much explained the fault that we live on.

Here are a few pics of the new camper set up from last week. We are also going back to that same park for the Labor day holiday...

 

[RAPstar]

Nice camper, MH!

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

the epi center for the new madrid line is very near Cairo illinois.

madrid fault line


About The New Madrid Fault

THE NEW MADRID FAULT SYSTEM EXTENDS 120 MILES SOUTHWARD from the area of Charleston, Missouri, and Cairo, Illinois, through New Madrid and Caruthersville, following Interstate 55 to Blytheville and on down to Marked Tree, Arkansas. It crosses five state lines and cuts across the Mississippi River in three places and the Ohio River in two places.

THE FAULT IS ACTIVE, AVERAGING MORE THAN 200 MEASURED EVENTS per YEAR (1.0 or more on the Richter scale), about 20 per month. Tremors large enough to be felt (2.5 - 3.0 on the Richter scale) are noted annually. Every 18 months the fault releases a shock of 4.0 or more, capable of local minor damage. The most recent registering 4.3 along the New Madrid Fault on Thanksgiving evening, 1996, which was felt by citizens in the states of Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky, Illinois and Mississippi. Magnitudes of 5.0 or greater occurring about once per decade, can do significant damage, and be felt in several states.

I did not know about that fault line ... thank you Ms. Teacher for the lesson

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

Me thinks those lights on the awning look like the electrified, terrified pumpkin lights you can buy at Wal-mart during a certain time of year

 

[macraven]

Me thinks those lights on the awning look like the electrified, terrified pumpkin lights you can buy at Wal-mart during a certain time of year

Mr Hatter is a halloween boy............
of course the pumpkins are angry....