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BlueSkiesKel

I officially f-in hate Earthquakes!

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F this crap.. that was the 3rd freakin earthquake i felt in the past 3 freakin days! >:(

and of course i'm sitting on an island for the next 3 days.. thats all i need, the big one to hit and me get stuck on cg island and miss my trip to FL..
grrr,

not to mention the fact, i really dont like the way they feel!>:( i'm being a wimp, i dont care, they suck!

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Sorry to hear it.

I have only been in 2 up here in Washington, and they had me a-skeered. :(

Maybe you might think about moving? :$

-Scratch that, I see that you're in the Coast Guard.

Well, take care, find something solid to stand under (I guess, I don't know what you guys do in California!)
~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

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actually i'm moving back to the east coast (DC) in JUNE




Kewl there you only need to worry about Hurricanes and tornadoes... and maybe the BIG Tsunbami that is coming..
http://armageddononline.tripod.com/tsunamis.htm

The island of La Palma, in the Canary Islands off the coast of North Africa, was discovered to be in great danger of collapsing. The island is volcanic and during an eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano in 1949 part of the island slipped a few metres into the sea before stopping. Another eruption could cause the western flank of the island to collapse in the Atlantic Ocean.

When will it happen?
No one knows. It will happen during an eruption of Cumbre Vieja. It is an active volcano, last erupting in 1949. However the next eruption may not destroy the island, the next 10 may not. Only on thing is certain - one-day an incredible force will surge through the Atlantic Ocean.

How big would it be?
It would be far bigger than any wave ever seen for thousands of years. 500 billion tonnes of rock are waiting to collapse into the ocean at terrific speed. The collapse would create nearly 5,000,000,000,000,000 (5 thousand trillion) joules of kinetic energy, which would be converted into a colossal wave 900 metres high with awesome speed - within ten minutes it would have moved 250 kilometres. The landslide would continue to move underwater, powering the wave as it goes.

What damage would it cause?
No coastline in the North Atlantic would be spared. Britain, France, Spain and Portugal would all be badly hit North Africa would be hit by 100 metre waves, but the main wave would travel west. It would storm across the Atlantic in hours, hitting the Caribbean and Brazil badly. However, the real damage would be to the East coast of the USA.

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actually i'm moving back to the east coast (DC) in JUNE:)



Cool, there you only need worry about hurricanes, blizzards, Atlantic storms, flooding (DC was a swamp), humidity in the un-Godly 90%+ range in the summer and an exponentially higher murder/gang shooting rate, and oh yeah: The Beltway!!. :P

You're going to miss the Bay Area as soon as you leave it. ;)
So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

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Heh, tourist.:P
Ya just gotta learn to ridem'.
born and raised in SF, I'm waiting for another big one to hit that'll scare all these damn people back to where they came from, where you can hide from everything underground, or on top ofsomething.
Then maybe I'll be able to afford a house here.
~J
"One flew East,and one flew West..............one flew over the cuckoo's nest"
"There's absolutely no excuse for the way I'm about to act"

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I never exp. one,but I don't think your a wimp!Had my share of floods,hurricanes,tornados.I don't know but terra firma shaking,seems to scare the HELL out of me.
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