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4.8 earthquake last night.

#1 Post by a1mamacat » Wed Dec 30, 2015 10:58 am

No damage, but Mom has to straighten all her pictures. I thought a truck or car had hit the building.

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#2 Post by Bob78164 » Wed Dec 30, 2015 2:00 pm

It's been a while since I've felt an earthquake. Can't say that I've missed them, but I would feel more at ease if the earth around these parts were letting off steam a little more frequently. --Bob
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#3 Post by SpacemanSpiff » Wed Dec 30, 2015 2:29 pm

Bob78164 wrote:...I would feel more at ease if the earth around these parts were letting off steam a little more frequently. --Bob
I feel that way about the Gulf of Mexico and hurricanes. I don't wish for them, but it's been a number of years that the Gulf has been getting warmer and warmer without a major event to dissipate it. IIRC, Katrina was a Cat 1 when it approached Florida, cut across the state, and hit the Gulf. It then grabbed a season's worth of warmth, and we all remember the results.
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Re: 4.8 earthquake last night.

#4 Post by Estonut » Wed Dec 30, 2015 11:58 pm

Bob78164 wrote:It's been a while since I've felt an earthquake. Can't say that I've missed them, but I would feel more at ease if the earth around these parts were letting off steam a little more frequently.
Why? There is zero evidence to support the theory that that would lessen any future quakes.
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Re: 4.8 earthquake last night.

#5 Post by mrkelley23 » Thu Dec 31, 2015 9:27 am

Estonut wrote:
Bob78164 wrote:It's been a while since I've felt an earthquake. Can't say that I've missed them, but I would feel more at ease if the earth around these parts were letting off steam a little more frequently.
Why? There is zero evidence to support the theory that that would lessen any future quakes.
Really almost the opposite, actually. A cluster of small quakes can be the precursor to "the big one." My own opinion, though, is that Bob and other Californians ought to direct their worries several hundred miles north.
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#6 Post by ne1410s » Thu Dec 31, 2015 9:59 am

What is the current over/under concerning how far that stick is up Esto's ass?
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Re: 4.8 earthquake last night.

#7 Post by Estonut » Thu Dec 31, 2015 8:11 pm

mrkelley23 wrote:
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Bob78164 wrote:It's been a while since I've felt an earthquake. Can't say that I've missed them, but I would feel more at ease if the earth around these parts were letting off steam a little more frequently.
Why? There is zero evidence to support the theory that that would lessen any future quakes.
Really almost the opposite, actually. A cluster of small quakes can be the precursor to "the big one." My own opinion, though, is that Bob and other Californians ought to direct their worries several hundred miles north.
These sites differentiate between small quakes "letting off steam" lessening the strength of eventual bigger ones and small quakes being precursors to bigger ones. Bob says he'd feel more at ease if we were having more small quakes, but it is generally accepted that those are probably signs that a big one is coming. I'd rather not have them.
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Re: 4.8 earthquake last night.

#8 Post by Beebs52 » Fri Jan 01, 2016 5:28 pm

ne1410s wrote:What is the current over/under concerning how far that stick is up Esto's ass?
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#9 Post by tlynn78 » Wed Jan 06, 2016 2:38 pm

Beebs52 wrote:
ne1410s wrote:What is the current over/under concerning how far that stick is up Esto's ass?
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#10 Post by BackInTex » Wed Jan 06, 2016 2:52 pm

ne1410s wrote:What is the current over/under concerning how far that stick is up Esto's ass?
My bookie says 1/10 of the distance the one in yours is. I'm taking the under.
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Re: 4.8 earthquake last night.

#11 Post by tlynn78 » Wed Jan 06, 2016 3:47 pm

BackInTex wrote:
ne1410s wrote:What is the current over/under concerning how far that stick is up Esto's ass?
My bookie says 1/10 of the distance the one in yours is. I'm taking the under.

No dibs on being the one who has to measure.
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Re: 4.8 earthquake last night.

#12 Post by BackInTex » Wed Jan 06, 2016 3:57 pm

tlynn78 wrote:
BackInTex wrote:
ne1410s wrote:What is the current over/under concerning how far that stick is up Esto's ass?
My bookie says 1/10 of the distance the one in yours is. I'm taking the under.

No dibs on being the one who has to measure.
Oh I don't know. I think we need someone official. You're as close as we have.
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#13 Post by tlynn78 » Wed Jan 06, 2016 4:21 pm

BackInTex wrote: Oh I don't know. I think we need someone official. You're as close as we have.
Unless you'd like the aforementioned sticks relocated...
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#14 Post by BackInTex » Wed Jan 06, 2016 5:12 pm

tlynn78 wrote:
BackInTex wrote: Oh I don't know. I think we need someone official. You're as close as we have.
Unless you'd like the aforementioned sticks relocated...
Umm....on second thought....
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#15 Post by tlynn78 » Wed Jan 06, 2016 5:21 pm

BackInTex wrote:
tlynn78 wrote:
BackInTex wrote: Oh I don't know. I think we need someone official. You're as close as we have.
Unless you'd like the aforementioned sticks relocated...
Umm....on second thought....

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