Misslmperfect 0 #1 June 28, 2004 has this happened before? i thought i was losing my mind but chicago, il just had an earthquake!!!!! wtf.....scaryOh Canada, merci pour la livraison! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #2 June 28, 2004 Go look up the New Madrid Earthquake http://asms.k12.ar.us/armem/richards/ The MidWest has the potential for larger EQ than CA... Think of the entire Mississippi Valley as the place where the North Amrican continent tried to form a new rift and break apart...One of these days St Louis.. Memphis. and most of that entire area along the river for hundreds of miles..... will suffer a devastating rupture of the earth. The last one in 1811-12 rank church bells in Boston. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #3 June 28, 2004 There's a fault down the center of Manhattan that hasn't moved in hundreds of years. When that sucker goes, look out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #4 June 28, 2004 Ya, theres a pretty disruptive fault in Boston too - it put out a 1.4 a few years ago that definitely startled some people. JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,150 #5 June 28, 2004 Quotehas this happened before? i thought i was losing my mind but chicago, il just had an earthquake!!!!! wtf.....scary It's all the movers and shakers we have in Chicago that do it. I woke up, wondered why I was awake, assumed I just needed to pee (so I did), and went back to sleep.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #6 June 28, 2004 Quoteassumed I just needed to pee (so I did), Where did you go pee? And did you pee on a 45 degree angle? ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WFFC 1 #7 June 29, 2004 Quotehas this happened before? Yes it has...I'm thinking it was maybe 20 or so years ago - I just know I didn't have my drivers license. Do a little searching. There's a town on (under actually now) the Mississippi river that is now under the river. There was an earthquake on the new madrid fault that caused the mississippi flow north for a couple days and also redirected the river...----- ~~~Michael Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #8 June 29, 2004 QuoteYa, theres a pretty disruptive fault in Boston too - it put out a 1.4 a few years ago that definitely startled some people. Jen Yeah, Boston has been assessed with the highest earthquake risk in the US. Slightly higher than San Francisco. To compare, S.F.'s risk is a 37 on the Earthquake Disaster Risk Index. Boston has a 39. St. Louis also ranks up there in the upper 30's. Why Boston? Because your buildings are all old and will come down easily in a shaker. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #9 June 29, 2004 QuoteQuoteassumed I just needed to pee (so I did), Where did you go pee? And did you pee on a 45 degree angle? Ah...! So is THIS where they guys got the exit 45 degree angle in skydiving from? ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChasingBlueSky 0 #10 June 29, 2004 QuoteQuotehas this happened before? Yes it has...I'm thinking it was maybe 20 or so years ago - I just know I didn't have my drivers license. Do a little searching. There's a town on (under actually now) the Mississippi river that is now under the river. There was an earthquake on the new madrid fault that caused the mississippi flow north for a couple days and also redirected the river... It turns out it wasn't the Madrid fault they announced on the news tonight - but the Sandwich Faults._________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lowtimer 0 #11 June 29, 2004 Did you feel it? I slept right through it. My friend's sister told me about it this morning, and I commented that it was just probably her gas shaking the house. Now my shins hurt. ---------------------------------- Successfully avoiding adult responsibility since 1978! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,150 #12 June 29, 2004 QuoteQuoteassumed I just needed to pee (so I did), Where did you go pee? And did you pee on a 45 degree angle? Well, I did get out of bed. Didn't have a protractor with me, though.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowwhite 0 #13 June 30, 2004 In the 1880's the New Madrid fault moved and the Mississippi river changed it's course as a result. In the 1970's there was a very noticible quake, not sure of the numbers, but I watched my aquarium move and wondered if the water was gonna stay in it. (It did) The quake we had the other evening was a 4.5 so there was some serious moving, which I slept thru. One of my clients told me that she thought a large animal had gotten under her bed and was moving it. They say we are up for a pretty good one here. Sandwich is close to Chicago, Ottawa maybe, and the New Madrid fault is close to St. Louis. I am located halfway between the two.skydiveTaylorville.org freefallbeth@yahoo.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
