im very sensitive though

[Edited on August 23, 2011 at 8:28 PM. Reason : oh come on, THAT makes the top of a page?]

8/23/2011 8:27:45 PM

I'm in Quantico. I kind of felt the second one.

8/23/2011 8:28:11 PM

^^ha

8/23/2011 8:29:05 PM

Never Forget.

8/23/2011 8:58:52 PM

omgthat'shilarious



ohlookmyspacebarstopworkingyay!

8/23/2011 9:04:05 PM

I was over by my friend's desk talking about how amazing Walmart Chicken wings are and missed the whole damn thing. My desk shakes every time someone walks by...crappy building.

8/23/2011 9:08:45 PM

nvm

[Edited on August 23, 2011 at 9:37 PM. Reason : they hid it]

8/23/2011 9:34:50 PM

there was some actual damage at the epicenter... my aunt (not the one from new jersey i previously talked about in this thread) drove there and saw a lot of chimney damage, and at least a few injuries from a high school where the gym roof had partially collapsed.

8/23/2011 10:42:01 PM

yeah, some girl i went to high school with lost her house.


granted, it looked to have been built 130 years ago, and still had a carport, but nevertheless, it's gone and her insurance won't cover it.

sucks for her.

8/23/2011 10:44:20 PM

oh shit i'd be torching some shit and claiming the fire destroyed it.

8/23/2011 10:45:21 PM

Quote :

"POLITICO Breaking News ------------------------------------------------- The 555-foot Washington Monument will be closed indefinitely after engineers found a crack near the top, presumably caused by Tuesday's East Coast earthquake. The National Park Service said the closing of the 91,000-ton monument is to keep the public safe, the Associated Press reported. "

8/23/2011 10:47:53 PM

^^^that's terrible

8/23/2011 10:51:46 PM

Quote :

"oh shit i'd be torching some shit and claiming the fire destroyed it."

NEWS FLASH. A surge of 100s of apparently unconnected fires broke out 2 days after the East Coast earthquake that condemned old uninsured buildings.

8/24/2011 8:18:28 AM

Quote :

"dont know if its been noted yet but the softer ground on the east coast allows waves to travel further while they diminish quickly in the solid rock out west."

wow. couldn't be more wrong.

the highly fractured and inconsistent bedrock in the west allows earthquake energy to dissipate very quickly, thus earthquakes aren't typically felt from far away.

on the east coast, however, the older, more stable, less fractured, consistent bedrock allow for this energy to propagate vast distances, thus why smaller earthquakes (like yesterdays) can be felt up and down much of the coast (reports from toronto to south carolina)

8/24/2011 8:34:38 AM

^lol, I was just about to post the same thing. It doesn't take a degree in geology to know this either.

8/24/2011 8:56:50 AM

i already posted something to that effect... and i can confirm with my degree in geology

8/24/2011 8:59:02 AM

looks like a lot of people listened to NPR on the way in

8/24/2011 9:04:18 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meyacsAQK38

8/24/2011 9:29:39 AM

was that an earthquake in the chatterbox?

8/24/2011 9:55:07 AM

8/24/2011 11:18:51 AM

Quote :

"looks like a lot of people listened to NPR on the way in"

or took high school physics if you're referring to vibrations in hard versus soft earth...

[Edited on August 24, 2011 at 12:40 PM. Reason : ]

8/24/2011 12:39:22 PM

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=check-east-coast-earthquake-intenity-by-zip-code

Check the earthquake's intensity in YOUR zip code.

8/24/2011 5:04:31 PM

8/24/2011 8:56:09 PM

8/24/2011 11:36:35 PM

It's only a matter of time before the big one hits and the East Coast splits off into the ocean.




has that joke been made yet? Cuz if not, I'd like to call dibs on that shitty joke.

8/25/2011 2:19:01 AM

There was a big aftershock last night, did anyone feel it? I heard it was a 4.something on the scale...

8/25/2011 8:11:37 AM

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/usc0005jg1.php

8/25/2011 8:23:37 AM

Quote :

"BREAKING NEWS! President Obama has just confirmed that the DC earthquake occurred on a rare and obscure fault-line, apparently known as "Bush's Fault". Obama also announced that the Secret Service and Maxine Waters continue an investigation of the quake's suspicious ties to the Tea Party. Conservatives however have proven that it was caused by the founding fathers rolling over in their graves."

didn't see a topic about it in the Soap Box

8/25/2011 3:15:50 PM

^http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh_IFymXS9o

8/26/2011 1:01:37 AM

relatives in VA are saying they felt another aftershock earlier today

9/5/2011 1:19:17 PM

hmmmm where? i didn't feel anything

9/5/2011 1:25:24 PM

USGS says the most recent aftershock was Saturday morning.

9/5/2011 1:30:23 PM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/video-shows-inside-washington-mon%20ument-as-quake-strikes/2011/09/26/gIQAZzunzK_video.html

9/26/2011 4:40:47 PM

damn.

9/26/2011 4:44:57 PM

so not sure if this will work, but washington post has a live feed of the guys rappelling down the monument to check for damage

http://www.washingtonpost.com/live/video-1?tid=sm_twitter_washingtonpost

9/27/2011 10:00:03 AM

this looks safe

9/27/2011 10:03:39 AM

i wouldn't want to do that even if i knew that it was structurally sound

wonder what they get paid?

9/27/2011 10:22:10 AM

the parks service has put about $200k into checking it out since the hurriquake...

not sure if this latest thing is included in that cost though.

9/27/2011 10:24:50 AM

Too much. They should bulldoze the thing.

9/27/2011 10:25:00 AM

^ along with NASA, right?!

9/27/2011 10:29:21 AM

9/27/2011 2:22:29 PM

I think we might forget after all

10/8/2011 2:36:50 PM

3.2 near mineral VA

1/30/2012 7:01:55 PM

^3 i wonder what kind of money THAT guy makes

1/30/2012 7:21:10 PM

8/23/2013 12:05:51 PM

DID YOU FORGET THEM LAWN CHAIRS IN DC?

8/23/2013 12:21:51 PM

http://www.nps.gov/wamo/washington-monument-earthquake-update.htm

8/23/2013 12:23:29 PM

I forgot

8/24/2013 7:33:20 PM

does the washington monument have scaffolding on it now?

8/24/2013 7:34:11 PM

Yes. And lights.

8/24/2013 7:35:47 PM