Did you feel that? - Page 3

wolf · 08-23-2011, 10:10 PM

Yep, felt it.

I had gone out for my walk (did 2.25 miles today, short one, yesterday was a 4 miler), and had finished taking my shower and was laying in bed watching some stuff on netflix. I had just finished a phone call with a friend, and wondered how an animal had gotten into my room and was messing around under my bed ... then the tubs of books started rocking around and I was worried that either they were going to fall on me, or that something structually really bad had happened above me in the highrise I live in, like a light plane or helicopter flew into it, or a runaway truck smacked into the wall (I'm on the very end of the building and most likely site for a runaway truck to hit, naturally).

When plaster didn't fall off the ceiling, my first thought was "Earthquake."

I grabbed my phone and hit the USGS site and saw the report for the epicenter in Virginia for a 5.8. One of my friends lives about 10 miles from me, said her macaw went nuts and panicked, but her rabbits (four of them) just kept on munching hay like nothing was going on. She didn't mention the guinea pigs.

We get one or two of these a year in the Philadelphia area, most of them I've slept through, but this was clearly the strongest.

It was quite cool to be able to enter a witness report on USGS, though.

bbro · 08-24-2011, 07:14 AM

I felt it down here in Raleigh. I was outside sitting in the courtyard on my lunch break. I figured it was just the fountain that was close by. I thought something was going on with the plumbing. Then, some of the companies cleared out of some of the surrounding buildings, but not for too long. I was still outside when they all went back in..

Griff · 08-24-2011, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by classicman

They should have locked the doors immediately. Perhaps we would have gotten lucky.

Amen to that.

Spexxvet · 08-24-2011, 07:46 AM

Didn't feel it, but in retrospect, a dog was howling, I thought I heard thunder, and a car alarm went of. December 21, 2112, here we come.

glatt · 08-24-2011, 10:23 AM

In hindsight, I'm really pretty damn pleased with how our house fared in the earthquake. Our house is unreinforced masonry construction. The absolute worst type of building to be in when there is an earthquake. This earthquake was the biggest one in this area in something like 150 years. I know you can't predict quakes, but there probably won't be another one this size in this area in my lifetime.

I've been slightly worried about our house in an earthquake ever since we bought the place, and we survived this one with flying colors. A couple hairline cracks in the interior plaster walls got a little more defined, and a couple hanging pictures were a little askew, but that's it. Oh, and one of the (many) squeaky floorboards got a little squeakier.

I was sure that a newly acquired family heirloom antique clock on the top shelf of one of our bookcases would be laying on the floor in pieces when we got home, but it hadn't budged.

I don't understand it. Maybe we are on a pocket of clay that dampens the vibrations or something. Who knows? But this POS house made it through the worst quake since it was built without any problems. Sweet.

Griff · 08-24-2011, 10:31 AM

They are not sure about aftershocks, is there a better place for the clock?

dmg1969 · 08-24-2011, 11:27 AM

We felt it in my office. It was a very weird feeling. I knew my office chair was rocking, but I could also sense that the building was moving. Figured pretty much immediately that it was an earthquake. At least 3 or 4 of us simultaneously said "what the f*ck was THAT?"

glatt · 08-24-2011, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

They are not sure about aftershocks, is there a better place for the clock?

Yeah, as soon as I came in the door, I took it down, and laid it on its back on the coffee table. It would have to be a very serious quake to hurt it there, and we'd have bigger problems then.

footfootfoot · 08-24-2011, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

In hindsight, I'm really pretty damn pleased with how our house fared in the earthquake. Our house is unreinforced masonry construction. The absolute worst type of building to be in when there is an earthquake. This earthquake was the biggest one in this area in something like 150 years. I know you can't predict quakes, but there probably won't be another one this size in this area in my lifetime.

I've been slightly worried about our house in an earthquake ever since we bought the place, and we survived this one with flying colors. A couple hairline cracks in the interior plaster walls got a little more defined, and a couple hanging pictures were a little askew, but that's it. Oh, and one of the (many) squeaky floorboards got a little squeakier.

I was sure that a newly acquired family heirloom antique clock on the top shelf of one of our bookcases would be laying on the floor in pieces when we got home, but it hadn't budged.

I don't understand it. Maybe we are on a pocket of clay that dampens the vibrations or something. Who knows? But this POS house made it through the worst quake since it was built without any problems. Sweet.

clay is dense so I think it would transmit vibrations, especially if wet. Not sure about sand and gravel.

Or Rock and Roll.

glatt · 08-24-2011, 04:49 PM

God, I hate that song. My roommate freshman year loved it. Played it all the time.

Undertoad · 08-24-2011, 07:33 PM

The animals at the National Zoo respond.

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Publicatio...earthquake.cfm

sample:

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Great Apes

The earthquake hit the Great Ape House and Think Tank Exhibit during afternoon feeding time.

About five to ten seconds before the quake, many of the apes, including Kyle (an orangutan) and Kojo (a Western lowland gorilla), abandoned their food and climbed to the top of the tree-like structure in the exhibit.

About three seconds before the quake, Mandara (a gorilla) let out a shriek and collected her baby, Kibibi, and moved to the top of the tree structure as well.

Iris (an orangutan) began “belch vocalizing”—an unhappy/upset noise normally reserved for extreme irritation—before the quake and continued this vocalization following the quake.

ZenGum · 08-24-2011, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

clay is dense so I think it would transmit vibrations, especially if wet. Not sure about sand and gravel.

Any kind of sediment is bad; the waves will be bigger and the material will be more likely to break up or liquify. You want your foundations directly attached to solid bedrock.

Oh and

Quote:

Did you feel that?

Said the bishop to the actress.

Dagney · 08-24-2011, 11:29 PM

We felt it here in Raleigh - thought perhaps it was a helicopter flying overhead or our AC being off kilter. The dogs slept through it.

TheMercenary · 08-25-2011, 07:09 AM

If you felt it, post it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0...ors_picks=true

footfootfoot · 08-25-2011, 11:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

God, I hate that song. My roommate freshman year loved it. Played it all the time.

I felt badly about putting it up. I didn't even listen to it when I got the link. IMO it is an indefensible song, a travesty. All the musicians involved in that song should get the musical industry's version of the Pete Rose treatment; BANNED FOR LIFE and give back any awards, no rock HOF either.

That song was and still is brutally crappy.

mea culpa...

08-23-2011, 10:10 PM	#31
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Yep, felt it. I had gone out for my walk (did 2.25 miles today, short one, yesterday was a 4 miler), and had finished taking my shower and was laying in bed watching some stuff on netflix. I had just finished a phone call with a friend, and wondered how an animal had gotten into my room and was messing around under my bed ... then the tubs of books started rocking around and I was worried that either they were going to fall on me, or that something structually really bad had happened above me in the highrise I live in, like a light plane or helicopter flew into it, or a runaway truck smacked into the wall (I'm on the very end of the building and most likely site for a runaway truck to hit, naturally). When plaster didn't fall off the ceiling, my first thought was "Earthquake." I grabbed my phone and hit the USGS site and saw the report for the epicenter in Virginia for a 5.8. One of my friends lives about 10 miles from me, said her macaw went nuts and panicked, but her rabbits (four of them) just kept on munching hay like nothing was going on. She didn't mention the guinea pigs. We get one or two of these a year in the Philadelphia area, most of them I've slept through, but this was clearly the strongest. It was quite cool to be able to enter a witness report on USGS, though. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

08-24-2011, 07:46 AM	#34
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Didn't feel it, but in retrospect, a dog was howling, I thought I heard thunder, and a car alarm went of. December 21, 2112, here we come. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

08-24-2011, 10:31 AM	#36
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	They are not sure about aftershocks, is there a better place for the clock? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-24-2011, 11:27 AM	#37
dmg1969 I got nothing Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 486	We felt it in my office. It was a very weird feeling. I knew my office chair was rocking, but I could also sense that the building was moving. Figured pretty much immediately that it was an earthquake. At least 3 or 4 of us simultaneously said "what the fck was THAT?" __________________ Void where prohibited. Your results may vary. Not intended for resale. Do not remove tag. Objects in mirror are closer than they appear.*

08-24-2011, 11:29 PM	#43
Dagney The Prodigal Brat Returneth Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 1,107	We felt it here in Raleigh - thought perhaps it was a helicopter flying overhead or our AC being off kilter. The dogs slept through it. __________________ The Constitution gives every American the right to make a total fool out of himself. But that doesn't mean you need to.

08-24-2011, 07:14 AM	#32
bbro Insert witty comment here Join Date: May 2004 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,182	I felt it down here in Raleigh. I was outside sitting in the courtyard on my lunch break. I figured it was just the fountain that was close by. I thought something was going on with the plumbing. Then, some of the companies cleared out of some of the surrounding buildings, but not for too long. I was still outside when they all went back in..

08-24-2011, 10:23 AM	#35
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	In hindsight, I'm really pretty damn pleased with how our house fared in the earthquake. Our house is unreinforced masonry construction. The absolute worst type of building to be in when there is an earthquake. This earthquake was the biggest one in this area in something like 150 years. I know you can't predict quakes, but there probably won't be another one this size in this area in my lifetime. I've been slightly worried about our house in an earthquake ever since we bought the place, and we survived this one with flying colors. A couple hairline cracks in the interior plaster walls got a little more defined, and a couple hanging pictures were a little askew, but that's it. Oh, and one of the (many) squeaky floorboards got a little squeakier. I was sure that a newly acquired family heirloom antique clock on the top shelf of one of our bookcases would be laying on the floor in pieces when we got home, but it hadn't budged. I don't understand it. Maybe we are on a pocket of clay that dampens the vibrations or something. Who knows? But this POS house made it through the worst quake since it was built without any problems. Sweet.

08-24-2011, 04:49 PM	#40
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	God, I hate that song. My roommate freshman year loved it. Played it all the time.

08-25-2011, 07:09 AM	#44
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	If you felt it, post it. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0...ors_picks=true __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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