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EARTHQUAKE!!!

fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell#BLMRegistered User regular
edited April 2010 in Social Entropy++
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6.9 on the Richter Scale in Baja, California!

edit: USGS calls it a 7.2 scale earthquake!

5.1 aftershock in Imperial, California!


Earthquakes Make Me Feel Like I'm Drunk!


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how are you all doing SE++ folks? any shaken-up Californians?

edit 2: serious business in Mexicali, at the epicenter of the quake.

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  • ArtreusArtreus I'm a wizard And that looks fucked upRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Also Mexico

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  • LarlarLarlar consecutive normal brunches Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited April 2010
    My earth is quaking right now...and loving it.

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  • fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Artreus wrote: »
    Also Mexico

    i guess.

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  • TardTard Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Are earthquakes like being in a hard, pointy, bouncy castle that's caving in?

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  • sponospono Mining for Nose Diamonds Booger CoveRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    that was no earthquake

    someone call tommy lee jones

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  • FalloutFallout GIRL'S DAY WAS PRETTY GOOD WHILE THEY LASTEDRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    mexico had it comin'

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  • fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    CNN is freaking the fuck out about this earthquake for some reason.

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  • PharezonPharezon Struggle is an illusion. Victory is in the Qun.Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    19 miles from Mexicali which is where my mom's family lives. :(

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  • BarcardiBarcardi All the Wizards Under A Rock: AfganistanRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I felt it, it was kinda intense there. A wine glass in my apartment fell over and broke. the horror

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  • sponospono Mining for Nose Diamonds Booger CoveRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    fightinfilipino wrote: »
    CNN is freaking the fuck out about everything all the time

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  • FoodFood Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Artreus wrote: »
    Also Mexico

    see: baja california

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  • BarcardiBarcardi All the Wizards Under A Rock: AfganistanRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    happy jesus day! this is retribution for all of the peeps soon to be thrown out.

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  • Meta T. DustMeta T. Dust Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    My house split in half, internet is fine though and its a bit windy, getting chilly.

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  • nukanuka What are circles? Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Meta T. Dust wrote: »
    My house split in half, internet is fine though and its a bit windy, getting chilly.

    Today is just not your day is it?

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  • redheadredhead Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    damn, 6.9 is pretty big

    for some reason i'm irrationally jealous of my friends who live in socal

    their earthquakes are bigger than mine

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  • BarcardiBarcardi All the Wizards Under A Rock: AfganistanRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    this b interesting to refresh every now and again

    http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Maps/special/California_Nevada.php

    quite a few aftershocks all up ins

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  • ArtreusArtreus I'm a wizard And that looks fucked upRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Food wrote: »
    Artreus wrote: »
    Also Mexico

    see: baja california

    Mexico

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  • fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Pharezon wrote: »
    19 miles from Mexicali which is where my mom's family lives. :(

    your mom should be ok. seems like the worst that's happened are fallen power lines and cell phone networks being overloaded with calls.

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  • CG FaggotryCG Faggotry BristolRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Earthquakes are bad, & have not been experienced by me.

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  • Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Meta T. Dust wrote: »
    My house split in half, internet is fine though and its a bit windy, getting chilly.

    Holy fucking shit really? Sorry to hear that.

    Did the quake have anything to do with the forums going down (I'm not sure where they are hosted).

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  • FoodFood Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    there was a tiny earthquake in my town in connecticut once and I thought someone had opened the garage which was under my room. then I went back to sleep.

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  • SeñorAmorSeñorAmor !!! Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
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    Hey what's goin on in here?

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  • redheadredhead Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Goose! wrote: »
    Meta T. Dust wrote: »
    My house split in half, internet is fine though and its a bit windy, getting chilly.

    Holy fucking shit really? Sorry to hear that.

    Did the quake have anything to do with the forums going down (I'm not sure where they are hosted).

    you don't live anywhere where earthquakes actually happen, do you

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  • <3<3 Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    The power line of my block went out this morning in Kansas.

    I blame the earthquake.

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  • FirmSkaterFirmSkater Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    So did California break off yet? Is it going to chill with hawaii?

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  • sponospono Mining for Nose Diamonds Booger CoveRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    our apartment building was swaying for a good minute or so

    it felt a little bit like being drunk

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  • FalloutFallout GIRL'S DAY WAS PRETTY GOOD WHILE THEY LASTEDRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    fightinfilipino wrote: »
    CNN is freaking the fuck out about this earthquake for some reason.

    fuck cnn

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    The sky has been overcast here in East Texas but still warm out.

    I blame the earthquake.

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  • fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    FirmSkater wrote: »
    So did California break off yet? Is it going to chill with hawaii?

    god i wish. hanging out on tropical beaches and eating luau pig every day would rock.

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  • BarcardiBarcardi All the Wizards Under A Rock: AfganistanRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    that reminds me, i should call a buddy of mine that is having a rooftop party today in downtown san diego, see how they reacted to it

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  • LarlarLarlar consecutive normal brunches Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited April 2010
    FirmSkater wrote: »
    So did California break off yet? Is it going to chill with hawaii?

    I still remember when my Grade 9 geography teacher wouldn't shut up about this inevitability.

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  • fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    USGS just inflated their numbers.

    it's now a 7.2.

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  • BarcardiBarcardi All the Wizards Under A Rock: AfganistanRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    We were doomed!

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  • Auntie ShibbyAuntie Shibby Horrible Visalia, CARegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2010
    I was sitting parked in my car. Wondering why the fuck my car was rocking back and forth. Turns out my friends were fucking in the backseat when this was happening.

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  • thorgotthorgot there is special providence in the fall of a sparrowRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    now that just sounds like a fabrication, shibby

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  • WhiteZinfandelWhiteZinfandel Your insides Let me show you themRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Man, people keep talking about this earthquake and I didn't even notice it. I think I was in the shower when it supposedly hit my area.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Boo get off the stage.

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  • ProjeckProjeck Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    tangentially related: I downloaded spelunky again

    fuck those arrow traps

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  • Auntie ShibbyAuntie Shibby Horrible Visalia, CARegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2010
    thorgot wrote: »
    now that just sounds like a fabrication, shibby
    Thats because it just plain isn't true.

    But I was sitting in my car parked and was wondering what the fuck for a couple minutes.

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  • FoodFood Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    just throw rocks

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