EARTHQUAAAAAKE!!!!

[Beaver]

Originally posted by The AD
Am I dreaming or did this post say it was by phUnk at first? What the hell, is Dantheman a phUnk alias?

When I read it I couldn't figure out why he was going to school in SLO.

Anyone else see this or am I crazy?

I'll have some of what you're smokin'.

[Viva]

Yeah, I noticed that too. Right after my post, I was taken back to the thread and saw in the post after mine that phUnk was the original author.

[divegirl]

Originally posted by Dantheman
Damn, I go to school in San Luis Obispo. This had to happen while I'm not there, I've always wanted to feel a good quake. Hope nothing broke in my apartment.

Hey I'm from there! How was the damage in SLO-town? Have to head back there on Wed.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Originally posted by ak_powder_monkey
Mag 6 thats pussy

Tell that to the families of people who lost their lives in your 'pussy' quake.

[Buzzworthy]

Ok you drug monkeys, Dantheman goes to school down there and is living with phUnkstar for a month or so to ski, ski, and probably ski some more for break.

And he is too lazy to log out of phUnk's name to post!!

[The AD]

Originally posted by Buzzworthy
Ok you drug monkeys, Dantheman goes to school down there and is living with phUnkstar for a month or so to ski, ski, and probably ski some more for break.

And he is too lazy to log out of phUnk's name to post!!

Well that explains it then. For a minute there I thought I discovered that every other alias besides me was actually phUnk! Yes, he's a busy man.

[Blurred Elevens]

Originally posted by tuffy109
20 floors up for my first earthquake. our building was swaying for a good minute or so. i'm still freaked out.

Karma strikes again! Sweet!

[Blurred Elevens]

Newsflash!!

This just in: The Earthquake this morning was caused by the terrorists. Al-Qaida detonated a bomb 2 miles under the "epicenter" causing the disturbance. They were trying to destroy Michael Jacksons "Neverland Ranch", missing their target terribly. More news at 9.

[divegirl]

Earthquake collapses historic building, killing 2

(CNN) -- Two people died when a building collapsed after a strong earthquake jolted the central California coast Monday and sent tremors from Los Angeles to San Francisco.

The quake registered a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 when it hit about 11:15 a.m. (2:15 p.m. ET), the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Its epicenter was about six miles northeast of the town of San Simeon, about 240 miles north of Los Angeles and 200 miles south of San Francisco.

In Paso Robles, about 30 miles from the epicenter, two people were killed when a building capped by the city's landmark clock tower collapsed, said Ron Alsop, a spokesman for the San Luis Obispo County Emergency Services Office.

The tower was on a corner of the two-story building built in 1892. It was across from a municipal park and housed a jewelry store, said Madelyn Stemper, an accountant at a nearby office.

"A lot of the buildings across from the park in both directions are pretty well demolished," she said.

Another Paso Robles resident, Bijan Eskandanian, said he and his wife were walking down the street when the quake hit "like a shock wave in a bomb blast," he said. "It almost knocked us off our feet."

City officials said businesses and homes near downtown were destroyed by the quake, which ruptured gas and water lines. They urged residents to use bottled water for drinking and cooking until the city's water system can be checked and confirmed safe.

More than 30 aftershocks were reported in the hour after the quake, with the strongest measuring about 4.7.

More aftershocks are expected during the next several days, said Ross Stein, a geophysicist with the USGS in Menlo Park, near San Francisco.

Stein said some aftershocks could be larger than Monday's main quake, which he called a "garden variety" magnitude 6.5 event.

Closer to the epicenter in San Simeon, area hospitals reported no patients arriving with injuries.

A spokesman for Pacific Gas & Electric, the utility that serves the area, said about 40,000 customers were without power after the quake triggered rock slides that brought down power lines near San Luis Obispo.

No damage was reported at PG&E's Diablo Canyon nuclear plant, about 100 miles from the epicenter, Stein said. A plant spokesman said operations continued uninterrupted.

Park rangers in San Simeon ordered evacuation of the Hearst Castle, the palatial home built by newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst.

The castle is now a state historic site. Ruth Coleman, director of California's state park service, said no structural damage had been detected, but some artifacts from Hearst's extensive collection may have been damaged.

Mary Carson, executive director of the Chamber of Commerce in nearby Cambria, said the rolling lasted for what seemed like a minute.

"At first, it felt like a big truck was going by. Then it kind of rolled," she said.

"Things did fall off the shelves, a couple of windows broke and some ceilings came apart. But, as far as I can tell, I haven't heard of any injuries or severe damage."

Templeton resident Tony Vasquez said he was in the shower when the quake hit. He said he heard "a slight rumble, and then this enormous jolt knocked me down and actually sheared off the shower head."

"I never thought I'd have to wear a seat belt in the shower, " Vasquez said.

The quake was felt as a sustained rolling motion in Los Angeles and San Francisco, CNN crews in both cities reported.

The earthquake was considered a strong one, said Brian Lassiege, a USGS geophysicist. It was relatively shallow, striking about 4.7 miles below the Earth's surface, he said.

Lassiege said shallower earthquakes tend to inflict more damage.

Stein said the last earthquake of similar size occurred along the same coastal area in 1952, but he said he was not sure on which fault the latest shake occurred.

"But we believe the earthquake occurred on the San Simeon fault not far from the Hearst Castle and Cambria," Stein said.

"This fault extends to the south where ... essentially one long fault that kisses the coastline all the way from where California takes its northward bend near Santa Barbara up to the Golden Gate."

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Ok, guys. This happened like 15 miles from my hometown. Damn, Paso Robles never gets on the news. Mega small town. Don't be talkin' it up like it was nothing, because 2 people died (yes, I know, not much, but it could have been someone I know). My dad was at home, and he ran out of the house because it was literally rolling and shaking. Yikes! We never get these kind of quakes around these parts!!

[Samwich]

Heh... in the seattle quake last year where lots of shit fell over, I was in shop class at school. If the smokestack was to fall, most of it would fall directly onto the wood shop. I go to a very old, decrepit school, and so I was very worried.

I was also right in the middle of cutting a 12' long piece of metal vertically (so, a 12' long cut) with a tablesaw. Sparks were flying all around me, sharp shards of metal were going everywhere, I was basically holding two 12' long razorblades, and then shit started to shake. THAT was scary.

[tuffy109]

Originally posted by Blurred Elevens
Karma strikes again! Sweet!

go look up the word and make sure you know what it means before you use it.

[watersnowdirt]

So weird - I leave the state for the East Coast and 24 hours later everything is rumbling. OK! I get the picture! I'll stick around next time.

But on a serious note, I am sending good thoughts to all those affected by the quake. Seeing the pictures of toppled buildings is heartbreaking. And of course, having this happen during the holidays doesn't help a damn bit. Hope everyone pulls through!

[The AD]

Here's a link to an audio file from the Seattle quake a couple years ago. My wife had a tape recorder on for her job when the quake happened. Too bad she shut the machine off just when it really gets going!
http://home.comcast.net/~seussnelson/images/quake.wav

[Blurred Elevens]

Originally posted by tuffy109
go look up the word and make sure you know what it means before you use it.

Your next incident/accident has been put into motion. I'll kick back with my popcorn and watch the show! Sweet!