[martymas]

just saw on the news were several states experienced
earthquakes
dose any on on the board live in the areas
if so take care
i havent bin here for some time
but when i saw the news it worried me in case some one from the board
was in the area
please be safe
ime off to diabetic meeting but when i come
home ile check the board to see if all is
safe
take care love ya all
narty

[novi]

Hi Marty,
I was at work and felt nothing at all. I got a phone call from my wife saying she was in the shower when the quake hit. She thought her balance was off and fell. She only found about the quake after she went downstairs and turned on the radio. I think it was about a 5.9 that was felt from the Carolina's to Canada. It is rare for a quake around these parts. Hope all is ok with you.
Thanks,
Pat

[hitest]

Very good to see you, marty! I hope things are going well for you:)
Take it easy.

[martymas]

hitest, on 24 August 2011 - 09:48 AM, said:

Very good to see you, marty! I hope things are going well for you:)
Take it easy.

hi team
yes we had our share quakes and snow up to our
eyeballs
liuckly we are sparly populated
but in bigger citys in the usa
the danger of injury is
a risk
gday hitest and novi
talki9ng to you guys
helps to take away the worrys
was there any injurys in the quakes
the city i live in quakes were ubusual
i saw were it was 16.000 yrs since tha last actively
so no one is imune
i read california
has frequent shakes
as long as no one got hurt
better be off
take care
and god bless
marty

[Besttechie]

I actually felt the earthquake here in NY. It was kind of scary! All is ok though, now I'm just getting ready to ride out this hurricane!

What a week for weather here in NY!

B

[TheTerrorist_75]

Besttechie, on 27 August 2011 - 07:26 AM, said:

I actually felt the earthquake here in NY. It was kind of scary! All is ok though, now I'm just getting ready to ride out this hurricane!

What a week for weather here in NY!

B

Get those sand bags piled up around your computer gear.

[Pete_C]

It was a fairly deep quake, which means that it was felt much further away than is normal for such a relatively small quake.
I believe there have been several on the east coast over the last couple decades, but they have all been smaller and nearer the surface so they did not make as wide an impression.

As for the hurricane, the only unusual thing is that it is sticking near the east coast all the way up, Usually they either go inland and die off quickly in the mountains or they go back out to sea and off across the atlantic where the cold northern waters wear them out.

NY really is unprepared for the storm surge aspect, and they really should be given the location, low lying nature of the land (hey it was built on glacial morraine and filled in swamps) and the fact that they rely on subways and underground utility distribution.

Politicians are so short sighted, it costs far less to prepare for the inevitable and protect against the damage than to wait until it has happened and rebuild.

[martymas]

hurricanes are very far and few between
here in the city i live in
tho on the west coast of nz they get em comming from the tasman sea
i havent experienced one
so i cant give adviuce other than please
take care
and be safe
some times people become complacent
when nothing happens for years
like we were in the earthquake
practically all commercial buildings
are deemed unsafe
these were built when things were good and safe
we have areas of red zone and green zones
red zones are the unsafe area
which make up 70 percent of the city in the days when earthquakes only happened in japan
and california as we thought
so no one on earth is imune
again take care
marty

[Besttechie]

Well I made it back online... after like 36 hours without power.

B

[TheTerrorist_75]

Besttechie, on 30 August 2011 - 08:43 AM, said:

Well I made it back online... after like 36 hours without power.

B

You need a backup generator for the next storm that comes through.

[isteve]

This summer a Tornado went through just 20 miles south of me. The quake gave us a shaking and Irene left ponds, streams and rivers overflowing and closing local roads and bridges. I hope it's a quiet winter.

[Pete_C]

Currently Tropical Storm Lee is in the gulf off New Orleans.
They are expecting 20 inches of rain in Lousianna, but an incoming cold front (will lower the hight temps from 107 to mid nineties for the rest of the week) will keep it from reaching Texas, instead forcing it off to the east to rain on Mississippi, Alabama, and the Carolinas giving them each a foot or so of rain as it moves very slowly northeastward (currently moving at only 2-3MPH compared to Irene which was clipping along at over 30MPH)
This one is probably going to leave a lot of flooded areas as it is massive.

http://www.nhc.noaa....3.shtml?5-daynl


http://www.wundergro...201113_sat.html

[Pete_C]

Looks like there is an increased probability of a major quake on New Zealand's north island.

http://www.nzherald....jectid=10807316

Many times the stress on the rocks causes magnetic and electrical field effects which result in mysterious lights and in some individuals hallucinations just prior to a major quake.

Or it could just be mass hysteria or too many sheep and not enough human contact.