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26 Dec 2006 06:31:21 AM |
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I just had one of those "holy *****" moments.... |
We just had a sizeable earthquake here in Taiwan. It was big
enough to make my fridge rattle on the floor....
Bob Dog
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| User: "Pangur Ban" |
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26 Dec 2006 07:30:28 AM |
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explained :
We just had a sizeable earthquake here in Taiwan. It was big
enough to make my fridge rattle on the floor....
Bob Dog
3 ft tsunami headed your way according to CNN .... BE SAFE!
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Pangur Ban - nonchristian theist
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| User: "" |
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26 Dec 2006 06:37:22 AM |
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wrote:
We just had a sizeable earthquake here in Taiwan. It was big
enough to make my fridge rattle on the floor....
Bob Dog
Make that two. We just had a SECOND quake in less than ten
minutes (bigger than the first), and of course it comes on the
two year anniversary of the tsunami....
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| User: "Denis Loubet" |
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| Title: Re: I just had one of those "holy *****" moments.... |
26 Dec 2006 12:15:55 PM |
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<bg12345@apexmail.com> wrote in message
news:1167136642.119313.199580@42g2000cwt.googlegroups.com...
bg12345@apexmail.com wrote:
We just had a sizeable earthquake here in Taiwan. It was big
enough to make my fridge rattle on the floor....
Bob Dog
Make that two. We just had a SECOND quake in less than ten
minutes (bigger than the first), and of course it comes on the
two year anniversary of the tsunami....
Do not give in to the temptation to go and pick up the stranded fish...
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Denis Loubet
dloubet@io.com
http://www.io.com/~dloubet
http://www.ashenempires.com
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| User: "Enkidu" |
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26 Dec 2006 12:22:32 PM |
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wrote in news:1167136642.119313.199580@
42g2000cwt.googlegroups.com:
wrote:
We just had a sizeable earthquake here in Taiwan. It was big
enough to make my fridge rattle on the floor....
Bob Dog
Make that two. We just had a SECOND quake in less than ten
minutes (bigger than the first), and of course it comes on the
two year anniversary of the tsunami....
I spent 3.5 years in Japan . . . lots of quakes on that side of the
Pacific!
Don't play in the waves!
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Enkidu AA#2165
http://www.thoughts.leaddogs.org/
EAC Chaplain and ordained minister,
ULC, Modesto, CA
Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
-- Eric Hoffer
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| User: "Budikka666" |
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26 Dec 2006 07:23:22 AM |
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wrote:
wrote:
We just had a sizeable earthquake here in Taiwan. It was big
enough to make my fridge rattle on the floor....
Bob Dog
Make that two. We just had a SECOND quake in less than ten
minutes (bigger than the first), and of course it comes on the
two year anniversary of the tsunami....
You need to get high - and no, not in that way!!! Good luck!
Budikka
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| User: "chibiabos" |
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26 Dec 2006 11:52:18 AM |
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In article <1167136642.119313.199580@42g2000cwt.googlegroups.com>,
<bg12345@apexmail.com> wrote:
bg12345@apexmail.com wrote:
We just had a sizeable earthquake here in Taiwan. It was big
enough to make my fridge rattle on the floor....
Bob Dog
Make that two. We just had a SECOND quake in less than ten
minutes (bigger than the first), and of course it comes on the
two year anniversary of the tsunami....
Yeah. Central California Coast here. I know what you mean by "holy
*****."
Hope ya'll are safe.
-chib
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Member of S.M.A.S.H.
Sarcastic Middle-aged Atheists with a Sense of Humor
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: I just had one of those "holy *****" moments.... |
26 Dec 2006 09:27:11 AM |
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On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 04:37:22 -0800, bg12345 wrote:
bg12345@apexmail.com wrote:
We just had a sizeable earthquake here in Taiwan. It was big
enough to make my fridge rattle on the floor....
Bob Dog
Make that two. We just had a SECOND quake in less than ten
minutes (bigger than the first), and of course it comes on the
two year anniversary of the tsunami....
Yikes! The USGS is reporting them as 7.1 and 7.0 earthquakes. Both off the
coast but the second appears to have been closer in which would explain
why it felt bigger.
Reminds me of my "going away present" from LA, the Hector Mine quake. It
was a 7.1 but centered way out in the desert. But talk about wild ride...
--
Mark K. Bilbo
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"Being surprised at the fact that the universe is fine tuned
for life is akin to a puddle being surprised at how well it
fits its hole"
-Douglas Adams
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| User: "johac" |
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27 Dec 2006 01:31:26 AM |
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In article <0uSdnQRtvI7SogzYnZ2dnUVZ_tfinZ2d@giganews.com>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 04:37:22 -0800, bg12345 wrote:
bg12345@apexmail.com wrote:
We just had a sizeable earthquake here in Taiwan. It was big
enough to make my fridge rattle on the floor....
Bob Dog
Make that two. We just had a SECOND quake in less than ten
minutes (bigger than the first), and of course it comes on the
two year anniversary of the tsunami....
Yikes! The USGS is reporting them as 7.1 and 7.0 earthquakes. Both off the
coast but the second appears to have been closer in which would explain
why it felt bigger.
Reminds me of my "going away present" from LA, the Hector Mine quake. It
was a 7.1 but centered way out in the desert. But talk about wild ride...
I've had four good shakers since I've been out here, and a number of
little ones. There's always that first second when your heart skips a
beat and you wonder "Is this the big one?"
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
Contact - Throw a .net over the .com
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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28 Dec 2006 09:48:40 AM |
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On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 23:31:26 -0800, johac wrote:
In article <0uSdnQRtvI7SogzYnZ2dnUVZ_tfinZ2d@giganews.com>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 04:37:22 -0800, bg12345 wrote:
bg12345@apexmail.com wrote:
We just had a sizeable earthquake here in Taiwan. It was big
enough to make my fridge rattle on the floor....
Bob Dog
Make that two. We just had a SECOND quake in less than ten
minutes (bigger than the first), and of course it comes on the
two year anniversary of the tsunami....
Yikes! The USGS is reporting them as 7.1 and 7.0 earthquakes. Both off the
coast but the second appears to have been closer in which would explain
why it felt bigger.
Reminds me of my "going away present" from LA, the Hector Mine quake. It
was a 7.1 but centered way out in the desert. But talk about wild ride...
I've had four good shakers since I've been out here, and a number of
little ones. There's always that first second when your heart skips a
beat and you wonder "Is this the big one?"
Most of them are too short for me to think much of anything. Hector Mine
was probably the longest I went through in the two times I lived out
there. It was long enough to think, "Oh *****, the computer shelves are
about to collapse!"
It was this big, sturdy thing built to hold all the computer equipment in
Bob's office (which included almost a half dozen CPUs at the time) but had
the misfortune of apparently facing lengthwise into the waves. Damn thing
was swaying a good foot to either side.
The move wasn't too long after that. Bob insisted on moving the thing
while I kept insisting the quake pretty much ruined it. It lasted long
enough for the movers to put it in the garage at the new house then did an
almost comical collapse...
--
Mark K. Bilbo
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"There is something feeble and a little contemptible about
a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of
comfortable myths. Almost inevitably some part of him is
aware that they are myths and that he believes them only
because they are comforting. But he dare not face this
thought! Moreover, since he is aware, however dimly, that his
opinions are not rational, he becomes furious when they are
disputed." -Bertrand Russell
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| User: "" |
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26 Dec 2006 11:06:22 AM |
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Mark K. Bilbo wrote:
On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 04:37:22 -0800, bg12345 wrote:
bg12345@apexmail.com wrote:
We just had a sizeable earthquake here in Taiwan. It was big
enough to make my fridge rattle on the floor....
Make that two. We just had a SECOND quake in less than ten
minutes (bigger than the first), and of course it comes on the
two year anniversary of the tsunami....
Yikes! The USGS is reporting them as 7.1 and 7.0 earthquakes. Both off the
coast but the second appears to have been closer in which would explain
why it felt bigger.
The difference was the length of the quakes: the first was 10-15
seconds long and seemed "subtle" while the second was nearly as
long as a commercial on my TV as I was watching it shake.
Reminds me of my "going away present" from LA, the Hector Mine quake. It
was a 7.1 but centered way out in the desert. But talk about wild ride...
These sorts of earthquakes are so different from what I grew up
with in British Columbia: those were subduction quakes, deep in
the crust, while these are surface quakes and you feel them more.
I guess this proves that I'm in Taiwan. I posted the first
message within minutes of the quake and an hour before the first
news bulletins...unless somebody I knew lived here and told me
about it by email, 'fcourse.
Bob Dog
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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28 Dec 2006 09:58:11 AM |
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On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 09:06:22 -0800, bg12345 wrote:
Mark K. Bilbo wrote:
On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 04:37:22 -0800, bg12345 wrote:
bg12345@apexmail.com wrote:
We just had a sizeable earthquake here in Taiwan. It was big
enough to make my fridge rattle on the floor....
Make that two. We just had a SECOND quake in less than ten
minutes (bigger than the first), and of course it comes on the
two year anniversary of the tsunami....
Yikes! The USGS is reporting them as 7.1 and 7.0 earthquakes. Both off the
coast but the second appears to have been closer in which would explain
why it felt bigger.
The difference was the length of the quakes: the first was 10-15
seconds long and seemed "subtle" while the second was nearly as
long as a commercial on my TV as I was watching it shake.
That second sounds like Hector Mine. It just went on and on and on. Long
enough to notice the different kinds of waves. First the hard shakes then
the lovely long waves rolling through the ground. Creepy feeling when the
ground beneath your feet is rolling and pitching like the deck of a ship.
Wheeee!
Reminds me of my "going away present" from LA, the Hector Mine quake.
It was a 7.1 but centered way out in the desert. But talk about wild
ride...
These sorts of earthquakes are so different from what I grew up with in
British Columbia: those were subduction quakes, deep in the crust, while
these are surface quakes and you feel them more.
I guess this proves that I'm in Taiwan. I posted the first message
within minutes of the quake and an hour before the first news
bulletins...unless somebody I knew lived here and told me about it by
email, 'fcourse.
Did you get any damage or was it mostly nerves? Well, "nerves" as in that
"ohfuckingshit!" feeling? <g>
You know, having lived in LA (twice, totalling ten years) and then having
been right outside New Orleans for Katrina, I think I prefer earthquakes.
They're at least over quick and if they're going to kill you, they just
get on with it. Katrina just went on for days. That "holy *****" moment
was something like a week long.
Bleah.
But how are things? The news seems to be talking mostly about the
communications infrastructure being a mess. Which is not as serious as
what can come out of major quakes...
--
Mark K. Bilbo
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"The problem with defending the purity of the English language
is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse *****. We don't
just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other
languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their
pockets for new vocabulary." -James D. Nicoll
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| User: "MarkA" |
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26 Dec 2006 11:16:05 AM |
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On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 04:37:22 -0800, bg12345 wrote:
bg12345@apexmail.com wrote:
We just had a sizeable earthquake here in Taiwan. It was big enough to
make my fridge rattle on the floor....
Bob Dog
Make that two. We just had a SECOND quake in less than ten minutes
(bigger than the first), and of course it comes on the two year
anniversary of the tsunami....
I hope you live on high ground. FWIW, think of how boring Earth would be
without tectonic activity.
--
MarkA
(still caught in the maze of twisty little passages, all different)
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| User: "" |
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27 Dec 2006 08:47:11 AM |
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MarkA wrote:
On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 04:37:22 -0800, bg12345 wrote:
bg12345@apexmail.com wrote:
We just had a sizeable earthquake here in Taiwan. It was big enough to
make my fridge rattle on the floor....
Bob Dog
Make that two. We just had a SECOND quake in less than ten minutes
(bigger than the first), and of course it comes on the two year
anniversary of the tsunami....
I hope you live on high ground.
I live 50km inland.
FWIW, think of how boring Earth would be
without tectonic activity.
What I wonder about tectonic or internal activity in the Earth
is how it affected human history. How different would the world
and human migration be if in the past 3000 years we had had four
or eight magnetic poles instead of just two (which has happened
in past epochs)? The compass would have been useless.
Bob Dog
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| User: "Douglas Berry" |
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26 Dec 2006 01:54:58 PM |
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On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 12:16:05 -0500 there was an Ancient MarkA
<manthony@stopspam.net> who stoppeth one in alt.atheism
On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 04:37:22 -0800, bg12345 wrote:
bg12345@apexmail.com wrote:
We just had a sizeable earthquake here in Taiwan. It was big enough to
make my fridge rattle on the floor....
Bob Dog
Make that two. We just had a SECOND quake in less than ten minutes
(bigger than the first), and of course it comes on the two year
anniversary of the tsunami....
I hope you live on high ground. FWIW, think of how boring Earth would be
without tectonic activity.
Well, we'd be dead and have no atmosphere to speak off. So I'll take
the quakes and volcanoes in return for a livable planet.
--
Douglas Berry Do the OBVIOUS thing to send e-mail
Atheist #2147, Atheist Vet #5
Jason Gastrich is praying for me on 8 January 2011
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the
source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a
stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as
good as dead: his eyes are closed." - Albert Einstein
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| User: "MarkA" |
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26 Dec 2006 04:56:42 PM |
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On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 19:54:58 +0000, Douglas Berry wrote:
On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 12:16:05 -0500 there was an Ancient MarkA
<manthony@stopspam.net> who stoppeth one in alt.atheism
On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 04:37:22 -0800, bg12345 wrote:
bg12345@apexmail.com wrote:
We just had a sizeable earthquake here in Taiwan. It was big enough
to make my fridge rattle on the floor....
Bob Dog
Make that two. We just had a SECOND quake in less than ten minutes
(bigger than the first), and of course it comes on the two year
anniversary of the tsunami....
I hope you live on high ground. FWIW, think of how boring Earth would be
without tectonic activity.
Well, we'd be dead and have no atmosphere to speak off. So I'll take the
quakes and volcanoes in return for a livable planet. --
Not to mention some really cool IMAX movies about volcanoes!
--
MarkA
(still caught in the maze of twisty little passages, all different)
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| User: "stoney" |
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01 Jan 2007 01:04:35 PM |
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On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 12:16:05 -0500, MarkA <manthony@stopspam.net> wrote
in alt.atheism
On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 04:37:22 -0800, bg12345 wrote:
bg12345@apexmail.com wrote:
We just had a sizeable earthquake here in Taiwan. It was big enough to
make my fridge rattle on the floor....
Bob Dog
Make that two. We just had a SECOND quake in less than ten minutes
(bigger than the first), and of course it comes on the two year
anniversary of the tsunami....
I hope you live on high ground. FWIW, think of how boring Earth would be
without tectonic activity.
But its nice without the teutonic activity......
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a plethora of splinters.
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| User: "Liz" |
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26 Dec 2006 07:17:33 AM |
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On 26 Dec 2006 04:31:21 -0800, in news message
<1167136281.857940.204470@n51g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> wrote:
We just had a sizeable earthquake here in Taiwan. It was big
enough to make my fridge rattle on the floor....
CNN says 7.2 magnitude with a 6.4 aftershock. 3 foot tsunami heading
toward the Philippines. Stay away from the shore.
Überwench #658 Now a *real* atheist!
Dame Liz the Undaunted Ath.D BAAWA
Charter Member of SMASH
and Queen of the known universe
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| User: "Daniel Kolle" |
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26 Dec 2006 03:26:56 PM |
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On 26 Dec 2006 04:31:21 -0800, wrote:
We just had a sizeable earthquake here in Taiwan. It was big
enough to make my fridge rattle on the floor....
Bob Dog
Feh. Live through five tornadoes and give me a call back, all right?
Ah, the joys of Alabama...
But seriously. Are you all right?
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