5.2 Earthquake Shakes Up SF Bay Area 611
Joe Kaz wrote in (along with a number of other concerned folks): "There was a 5.2 Earthquake in Gilroy, CA, 70 miles south of San Francisco. The epicenter was 4.7 miles below surface. It lasted for about 10 seconds, and it did seem like a long time. Everything shook for a while, and it was a little scary. No reports of damage yet. Hope everyone is ok." I've got a report from my sisters father-in-law in gilroy (the epicenter) and he barely noticed it. Nate Oostendorp noted that "My stereo shook a little" in Walnut Creek. The SF Gate story on the quake notes that there are some phones out in some small parts of San Jose. The usgs has an event monitoring page if you are interested.
Damage Report from New Jersey.. (Score:5, Funny)
In other news... (Score:1, Funny)
(*Vancouver is one of the rainiest placed in North America.)
Oh, just a 5.2? (Score:5, Funny)
Heh. Course I live in Oregon now so I bet if they had a 5.2 out here everyone would be out on the street talking about how scared they were.
Re:5.2 is not so scary (Score:5, Funny)
What's to investigate? The pile of rubble?
Here, I shall provide you with a thorough investigation report:
engineer1: "Shit, that was only a 5.2, and that building collapsed. I didn't even spill my coffee."
engineer2: "Gee, sucks to be them. Oh well."
engineer1: "Want to grab a burger?"
engineer2: "Ok."
Re:I know what caused the quake... (Score:2, Funny)
Wait a sec...no, that was just my g/f rolling out of bed. Nevermind.
Is this (Score:2, Funny)
Watch It! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Yup, I felt it too (Score:4, Funny)
Heh heh... gotta love out-of-context excerpts.
Re:report your experiences to the USGS (Score:4, Funny)
Go there if you are in the area of the quake. Report what you felt. Don't make shit up, don't troll the USGS
Hmmm.. you just told the trolls on
Re:I know what caused the quake... (Score:1, Funny)
Here's a better title (Score:5, Funny)
Are we going to start reporting heavy rainfall in Hawaii next?
Story Time (Score:5, Funny)
here's mine, northridge earthquake, I dont remember exactly the date, but I wsa playing Wing Commander I or II, I dont remember which, and I had *just* blown up some huge ass ship, a carrier I think -> My speakers are blasting the sound of the ship exploding, and at that percise moment the earthquake begins, and as the ground begins to rumble Im thinking, "holy shit thats a great sound effect", then I realize whats going on and dash to the doorframe where your supposed to be in an earthquake. I think I ended up loosing the level to, got attacked while my ship was unmanned :)
I was at the San Jose Arena (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Damage Report from New Jersey.. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:AUSTRALIA (Score:2, Funny)
I have this image of blond-haired, blue-eyed, continents goosestepping their way around the globe
True Story (Score:5, Funny)
It was my girlfriend, who called to see if I was OK.
I've never been so fucking busted.
Re:report your experiences to the USGS (Score:5, Funny)
Don't worry... I've felt some shaky moderation myself.
Oh, wait...
Achtung! Ist Nicht Der Loma Prieta! (Score:3, Funny)
no subject (Score:5, Funny)
graspee
You know you've been in California too long... (Score:4, Funny)
cheers
Re:Oh, just a 5.2? (Score:2, Funny)
Course, they do that when the sun comes out too...