the gods must be crazy...

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zeehag

zeehag

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Mar 26, 2009
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but then, mebbe you easterners deserved it?--- first this earthquake in the middle of storm prep--- wtf, already...my cousin felt the quakeas far north in ny as hudson. she sed she hadnt yet movbe4d to kali what is happening......and this irene bitcvhiness factor--- you all havent even gotten your legs back from the sidewalk surfing ...... yipes.... hold fast and be safe.!!
 
Ross

Ross

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I was on my boat and didn't know about until I got home.
 
zeehag

zeehag

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Mar 26, 2009
3,198
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wow so ye didnt feel it?? they are weird whenye can feel em...different kinds of feeling s for each kinda quake action. the oscillating thru keel is like being tickled.
i figgered the gods are pissed at the gumminkt for their misdeeds..lol....the storm is aimed right at them.....
 
shemandr

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Jan 1, 2006
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no quake in G-port. Hope the luck holds for Irene. I'm officially on alert.
 
gpd955

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Feb 22, 2006
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Catalina 310 Cape May, NJ
No big deal in NJ/SE PA area. A few precautions with large building evacs but everyone was allowed back in shortly after it was determined that all was safe. Haven't had any quake action here since the 70's.

Now I just have to convince my daughter to cut her trip short and leave Myrtle Beach, SC before Friday.
 
jepomer

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Jan 22, 2008
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Catalina 310 278 Lyndeborough NH
I knew we needed a shake-up in Washington, but didn't expect it from that source... Soon to be followed by high winds and torrential rains. Think any of them will take a hint and work together?
 
zeehag

zeehag

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Mar 26, 2009
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they need the brimstone first--
 
kenn

kenn

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Apr 18, 2009
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CL Sandpiper 565 Toronto
Didn't feel anything at home in west Toronto. Downtown, the people in my office felt a teeny swaying.

They apparently evacuated the Pentagon. Quick - what can we do to keep them from going back in?

(I keed! I keed! Please take my co-ords out of your targeting computer)

;)
 
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JohnS

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Sep 25, 2008
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Pretty violent shaking in my office. Mostly side to side. I didn't see any damage though, and I'm now glad for those annoying safety inspections that complain about stuff stacked too high overhead. ("What, you think we're gonna have an earthquake or something?") They sent everyone home so they'd have time to inspect all the buildings here before letting people back in.

Similar story throughout DC. Everyone was sent home at the same time. The subway trains are being limited to 15 MPH until ALL the track can be inspected. I imagine there are still folks who left at 3pm trying to get home. But everyone seemed to remain calm. Probably helped that it was such a beautiful day outside.
 
Fly_H23

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Mar 2, 2011
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Compac 14 Charleston, SC
It felt like when my boat is on it's trailer and someone is shaking it side to side. My house moved enough to cause hanging fern baskets to rock for a few seconds.
 
Scott T-Bird

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Oct 26, 2008
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Catalina 320 Barnegat, NJ
Others in my office felt it ... I didn't. I must have been too engrossed in a report I was writing.

Many years ago, about 1985 (I'm guessing), there was a quake in Illinois that I felt when sitting in my office in downtown Chicago. It was at about 6:00 and most people had already left the building. I remember thinking "wouldn't it be weird if that was an Earthquake". Sure enough, it was as I heard on the news when I got home.
 
Deadhead

Deadhead

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Jan 22, 2008
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I was in my dentist's waiting room on the 2nd floor of an older building on Main St., Flemington, NJ. The shaking lasted for maybe 20 or 30 seconds. It was a weird feeling and I figured it must be an earthquake. I was texting my business partner asking if this was an earthquake when the receptionists started to freak out. I am just glad I wasn't in the chair with him drilling away when it happened.

Probably too bad that Gus ( the Guy UpStairs) missed the bums in DC by 35 miles.
 
kloudie1

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Nov 6, 2006
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Hunter 34 Mandeville Louisiana
WOAH.. New Madrid Fault may be next.. Folks in St. Louisand surrounds should get low ..??
One in southern Colorado Yesterday then this one .. and right in the middle.. St. Louis.. (said Chicken Licken)
 
CalebD

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Jun 27, 2006
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Tartan 27' 1967 Nyack, NY
The sky is falling! The sky is falling!
I was wondering why my couch was moving one way while the lamp was going the other about that time. Folks on the 6th floor of my building in lower NYC are doing a lot of major construction. I thought they moved a few too many tons of building materials. The scream I heard from the sidewalk 1 floor below should have clewed me in when I think I heard: "The buildings are moving!"
Beautiful day here though. We left our Snowshoe cat in the apartment and went to the beach on LI and enjoyed the beach and a swim. Traffic was a bit more then usual though.
Howz Bubba the Maine Coon boat cat?
 
zeehag

zeehag

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Mar 26, 2009
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1976 formosa 41 yankee clipper santa barbara. ca.(not there)
bubba is fine... wondering what all the fuss is about. he is listening to thunder and not looking too excited about it---when they get close he lets me know we gonna die...\lol.. gooood kitty. but then he has been sitting realllly close to me today--mebbe we really gonn a die......lemme see--nearest tormenta is 497 miles off,,,,, so we may be ok for a minuet. mebbe.....
you guys keep safe and hold fast!
 
rgranger

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Jan 19, 2010
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Hobie 16 & Rhodes 22 Skeeter Charleston
I was about 40 miles from the center. Not really that big a deal. The building shook for 20 seconds, we all stood under our door jams and then went back to work. I guess it was a slow news cycle at CNN

Remember that the Richter scale is log based so.... to put it into perspective, the quake in Japan ( 9) was 1585 times stronger than this quake (5.8).
 
Dan Johnson

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Oct 14, 2005
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1983 Hunter H34 North East, MD
Didn't feel a thing...

sitting on the patio drinking a cup of coffee after lunch. Wife was panicy because the whole house shook. Didn't believe her until I saw the cat looking like he was tasered. LOL... "Good night, Irene"-- what sort of cruel joke is next?
 
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