We just got hit - biggest one I felt for years (in fact for me, ever). Had to crawl under my desk and building is still swaying. It was a magnitude 5.8 On the Richter scale this is: 5.0-5.9 Moderate Can cause major damage to poorly constructed buildings over small regions. At most slight damage to well-designed buildings. 800 per year 6.0-6.9 Strong Can be destructive in areas up to about 160 kilometres (100 mi) across in populated areas. 120 per year
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080729/ap_on_re_us/california_earthquake hope you guys are all ok down there.
KDB, As long as there is no damage to any of your Chelsea gear or Becky I will breathe a sigh of relief.... Seriously- I hope all is well.
Good God. It just wouldn't f*cking stop this time. Stuff was falling from the shelves on this one. Biggest one I have felt since Northridge.
Lasted a good 15 seconds and MY CHELSEA CALENDAR WAS KNOCKED OFF THE WALL!! Needless to say I have put in a requisition order for earthquake proof push pins. We're on the 10th floor of a modern building so it kept swaying for another 30 seconds after the tremor. All are well here thankfully.
I should mention that The Paradise is Mr July and it's not the first time he's gone to ground rather easily this season
OMG. That is absolutely terrifying. I hope there are no casualties. I have a brother in Los Angeles. Haven't heard from him. Must call him immediately!
Earthquakes are crazy I was here for the Nisqually quake that was a 6.8 and was felt in San Francisco apparently. Sounds like this one was up there glad to see it wasn't too bad.
Yeah so my summer habit for sleeping from 5am-1pm then playing video games the rest of my waking hours usually prevents me from watching/reading most anything in the news. I had no idea brotha! I obviously would have called! Of course, my first initial reaction after seeing this (and that you were ok) was SON OF A BITCH! ALL I WANTED WHILE I WAS VISITING WAS A GOD DAMN EARTHQUAKE! MOTHER HUMPING WHORES OF BIATCH INFESTED SHITBALLS! That said, I hope your Yankees hat died a slow death in the quake. Next time I come, there better be a quake or there will be hell to pay.
I imagine a gaming room. With a Pirates bean bag seat. There's a big Natalie Portman poster up, but it has a little rip in the middle from one of your "F*CK THIS GAME!" controller throws when you lose. There's a Houston Oilers rug under the seat that you bought at a yard sale for $2, 14 years ago. It's stained. Stained badly. Empty and half eaten Red Vines packages are all over the carpet. Some of the delicious licorice has hardened, while others have melted into Warren Moon's helmet. Gaming systems are carelessly piled up in ripped brown boxes against the wall with wires and cords spilling out. Genesis, Sega CD, Neo Geo, Virtual Boy, and 7 seperate Power Gloves are among the mess. You have "gaming clothes" in a dresser which includes "Spring Break" t-shirts from the years 1994-99, and body glove basketball shorts. No socks or underwear. There's also a Sports Illustrated swimsuit calender for 2004 up on the wall, but it's crooked and hanging on to one pushpin because the other fell off and you're too lazy to fix it. It's turned to Anna Kournikova. I also see powerstrips sitting next to every wall. Every outlet is being used, but the cords don't seem to be going anywhere in particular as there is only a ceiling fan and one dusty flat screen TV in the room. The walls are painted baby blue, except for the one behind the TV which is painted white.
LMFAO BCI have roughly the same schedule, but it's been more 3pm-6am... and I have a job. Damn lazy teachers and their unions and communism.