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6.5 Earthquake off the coast of Nor Cal

PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:25 am
by Playitloudforme
Just "breaking news" at this point -- all Nor Cals check in if ya can.

PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:28 am
by S2M
Fact Finder wrote:A 6.5 earthquake is recorded offshore of Ferndale, California, says USGS http://bit.ly/6zgcvz
39 minutes ago from BreakingNews Headquarters


California will be an island in the near future....

PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:38 am
by steveo777
6.5 is nothing. They eat those for breakfast.

PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:53 am
by cyndy!
steveo777 wrote:6.5 is nothing. They eat those for breakfast.

if a 6.5 struck here on the hayward fault, there would probably be some death & destruction. fortunately, this one was way north, off-shore. i'm assuming there's at least minor damage in ferndale & eureka. not sure who's fault this was.

PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 12:09 pm
by artist4perry
My husband is from Ventura CA. We argue wich is worse............tornados or earthquakes. I say earthquakes.......their is no warning for an earthquake, there are no shelters to hide in. You are where you are and you pray nothing falls on you. :shock: :shock:

PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 12:27 pm
by Jubilee
:shock:

Hope everyone is okay...ya know now that I think about it -6 degrees doesn't seem so very cold afterall... :(

PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 12:30 pm
by Maui Tom
Humboldt County? They're all stoned anyway.....no biggie....

PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 2:09 pm
by Voyager
Maui Tom wrote:Humboldt County? They're all stoned anyway.....no biggie....


Stop shipping that Maui Wowie in there so they can sober up.

:lol: :lol:

PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 2:15 pm
by tammy
artist4perry wrote:My husband is from Ventura CA. We argue wich is worse............tornados or earthquakes. I say earthquakes.......their is no warning for an earthquake, there are no shelters to hide in. You are where you are and you pray nothing falls on you. :shock: :shock:


Having grown up in the Midwest with tornados and then experiencing (living just a few miles from the epicenter) the Northridge quake in '94 (6.7 magnitude that killed many people) - for me, I'd say that earthquakes are worse...no warning, no idea how bad it will be, and there is no season for them. But, then again earthquakes can happen anywhere - even in the Midwest (Missouri had severe ones).

PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 2:51 pm
by steveo777
cyndy! wrote:
steveo777 wrote:6.5 is nothing. They eat those for breakfast.

if a 6.5 struck here on the hayward fault, there would probably be some death & destruction. fortunately, this one was way north, off-shore. i'm assuming there's at least minor damage in ferndale & eureka. not sure who's fault this was.


Well it wasn't mine. I blame George "dubya" Bush. :lol:

PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:56 pm
by G.I.Jim
steveo777 wrote:
cyndy! wrote:
steveo777 wrote:6.5 is nothing. They eat those for breakfast.

if a 6.5 struck here on the hayward fault, there would probably be some death & destruction. fortunately, this one was way north, off-shore. i'm assuming there's at least minor damage in ferndale & eureka. not sure who's fault this was.


Well it wasn't mine. I blame George "dubya" Bush. :lol:


Don't blame George... He only had a weather machine (which he used to make Katrina because he hates black people). He wasn't there long enough to get the earthquake machine. You know what I think it was? Chuck Norris doing push-ups! :D

PostPosted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 2:04 am
by brandonx76
Crap - we just had one closer to SF earlier this week. . .not good

PostPosted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 4:40 am
by cyndy!
brandonpfn wrote:Crap - we just had one closer to SF earlier this week. . .not good

i think it's good that the earth around the bay area is taking incremental steps. i'd rather have a whole bunch of quakes under 4.5 than one over 6.0!

PostPosted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 5:25 am
by steveo777
The Gay area is potentially pretty volatile.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:14 am
by brywool
hmm... nearly 3 years till 12/21/12

PostPosted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:33 am
by G.I.Jim
brywool wrote:hmm... nearly 3 years till 12/21/12


I'm telling you, it was just Chuck Norris doing push-ups! Nothing to worry about at all. :wink:

PostPosted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 6:29 am
by Sarah
StocktontoMalone wrote:California will be an island in the near future....

I don't think that's how it works...

PostPosted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 6:39 am
by steveo777
Sarah wrote:
StocktontoMalone wrote:California will be an island in the near future....

I don't think that's how it works...


You're right. Arizona becomes the largest shipping port area on the west coast. :wink: