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Trying to be a betterer writerer
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Earthquakes! We haz them.
Er, we had one this morning at about 4:30. I was half nekkid as I was just getting dressed from my shower. Makes for an interesting morning.
Looks like a 5ish centered somewhere north of us from the prelim. reports, but I'm waiting for more official news. Good times. Very good times. Nothing like snatching a sleeping child out of bed while yelling, "Christopher! Earthquake!"
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An old, sappy, and happy one.
Requiescat In Pace
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Bummer...glad you are okay.
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teh evil broad
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It woke us up here in St. Louis.
5.4 on the scale. My kids slept through it. |
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Well that's one way to get me out of bed in the morning!
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In Honor of Peter Tomich,USS Utah
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It was truly a moving experience.
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It's a Bird! It's a plane! It's an
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Happy Friday! Man, what a way to start the day... much more effective than coffee, even! Glad y'all are okay.
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delicate #!&@*#! flower
Join Date: Apr 2005
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Why the hell are you up at 4:30? People in Illinois are sick.
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teh evil broad
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I'm up at 4:30 in the morning because an earthquake shook me out of bed.
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I'm super! Thanks for asking
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It's freaky, isn't it?
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Meow.
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It was felt here in Tennessee. I did, but only because I was already awake.
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delicate #!&@*#! flower
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Tjwriter is still in deep trouble with me. She was showered by then. |
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Well butter my biscuit!
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I felt it here. I was already awake.
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delicate #!&@*#! flower
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Okay -- everybody -- back to bed! Buncha freaks.
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Forgot what I was gonna say
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I woke up. The clock said 4:30.
I said "WTF!" Didn't have to pee. Dog wasn't nosing me. Went back to sleep. Heard about the earthquake when I turned on the news at 6:30. I always miss the fun things! Or I'm right in the middle of them (OK - a couple hundred miles away) and don't even know they are happening.
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delicate #!&@*#! flower
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My husband has slept through two earthquakes. As much as I apparently value sleeping, I notice when the whole house (or hotel) feels like a pitching train car.
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Somewhere in the hills....
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Here is VA we have the ocassional wallop! I was around 12 or 13 the last time I remember feeling the earth move. Not counting this time, can you remember it happening before?
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Just soaking up some R&R...
Join Date: Apr 2008
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alittle shaking going on...
My bed felt like it was on uneven rollers. I live right on the New Madrid Fault Line and I thought that the BIG one had hit. It wuz scaryyyy.
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Somewhere in the hills....
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Welcome to AW (just in case I forgot to welcome you earlier). I can imagine how frightened you were. Any damage to you or yours?
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delicate #!&@*#! flower
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Yeah, we had one in Richmond a few years ago. That was just weird. You don't expect earthquakes in Richmond.
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My first thought was that my dog needed more flea medicine. That was until I realized my entire house was shaking!
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Well butter my biscuit!
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I felt one here about 20 years ago. Ugh, I'm so old.
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delicate #!&@*#! flower
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Wow! I saw some pictures on CNN. It looks like it made a mess in places! What a hassle. Just the earth reminding us that it's here.
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Prodigiously Hanged
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I regret that I have lived my entire life on geologically stable strata.
Earthquakes? What are those? |
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Happy to be here
Join Date: Jul 2005
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Apparently, the quake was felt even here in West Michigan, though farther south than I am. I guess I could have slept through it though...but I doubt it, I don't think it was felt this far north.
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Just soaking up some R&R...
Join Date: Apr 2008
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Thx for the welcome. No, just some pictures askew and rearranged decor on shelves.
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Four Things You Cannot Retrieve The Stone -- after the throw. The Word -- after its said. The Occasion -- after its missed. The Time -- after its gone. ![]() 'TINK' ![]() Yee Haw!!!
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