Awwww, look at Maine and its cute little earthquake

Ghoulish Delight · 10-03-2006, 04:45 PM

The area near Portland, Maine was hit by an estimated 3.9 earthquake today.

http://knbc.nbcweatherplus.com/weath...66/detail.html

I know, being someone with a phobia of quakes myself I shouldn't make fun...but I just love reading quotes like this about a measly 3.9.

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"I thought I was done for," he said.Brundrett added that it felt as though "the earth was opening up."

Teehee. Silly Mainers.

Matterhorn Fan · 10-03-2006, 04:52 PM

There was a 6.0 in the middle of the Gulf this summer. It woke a friend of mine up. I didn't feel it.

I guess it's a bigger deal when you didn't grow up in CA.

Snowflake · 10-03-2006, 04:56 PM

Wow, a 3.9 here would not even make the art on the wall crooked.
Amazing slant on perspective here.

lizziebith · 10-03-2006, 05:36 PM

The title of this thread really gave me the giggles!

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You must spread some Mojo around before giving it to Ghoulish Delight again.

Alex · 10-03-2006, 07:32 PM

Don't get too cocky about how we wouldn't overreact. There was a 3.8 up in Santa Rosa (about 60 miles north of San Francisco) a few months ago and the local news covered it like the world was about to end. They even interrupted the TV show I was watching to report that shampoo bottles had fallen off shelves at salons.

xharryb · 10-04-2006, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Matterhorn Fan

There was a 6.0 in the middle of the Gulf this summer. It woke a friend of mine up. I didn't feel it.

I guess it's a bigger deal when you didn't grow up in CA.

I didn't feel that one either and I live on the west coast of Florida. I was out working in the yard and when I came in for a water break they were making a big deal on the news about it. I just sat there thinking of how all my California friends would laugh at us.

Drince88 · 10-06-2006, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Matterhorn Fan

There was a 6.0 in the middle of the Gulf this summer. It woke a friend of mine up. I didn't feel it.

I guess it's a bigger deal when you didn't grow up in CA.

I was starting to get a little paranoid about that one creating a tsunami. Yes, totally unrealistic, but not knowing how well the pumps really have been refurbished, it's a concern. I then read/heard that the gulf is to shallow to really get a good wave going, which makes real sense, and I felt much better about it.

Morrigoon · 10-03-2006, 11:35 PM

Well, FWIW, remember that back east they have masonry construction. Brick.

That's not known to hold up to shaking too well. Remember, stuff's built different out here, our wood frame houses can move with the ground a lot better.

Moonliner · 10-04-2006, 04:31 AM

And don't forget the largest earthquake ever recorded in the continintal USA was not in Cali. It was in the East at a estimated magnitutde of 8.0

Gemini Cricket · 10-04-2006, 07:22 AM

Maine... pshaw... so far away and pointy...

10-03-2006, 04:52 PM	#2
Matterhorn Fan Double Agent Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Back East Posts: 2,071	There was a 6.0 in the middle of the Gulf this summer. It woke a friend of mine up. I didn't feel it. I guess it's a bigger deal when you didn't grow up in CA.
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Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	Wow, a 3.9 here would not even make the art on the wall crooked. Amazing slant on perspective here. __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Don't get too cocky about how we wouldn't overreact. There was a 3.8 up in Santa Rosa (about 60 miles north of San Francisco) a few months ago and the local news covered it like the world was about to end. They even interrupted the TV show I was watching to report that shampoo bottles had fallen off shelves at salons.
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Well, FWIW, remember that back east they have masonry construction. Brick. That's not known to hold up to shaking too well. Remember, stuff's built different out here, our wood frame houses can move with the ground a lot better. __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	And don't forget the largest earthquake ever recorded in the continintal USA was not in Cali. It was in the East at a estimated magnitutde of 8.0 __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	Maine... pshaw... so far away and pointy...
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