I FELT it (British Columbia Earthquake)

[RobertScorpio]

I am up here in seattle this week and, wow, I think I felt the Earthquake today off the coast of canada. Not sure, but I think so.

No big deal though. I live in California and have felt my share of Earthquakes...but this is my first Earthquake 'out of state'

Rob

 

[Alpha_Geek]

Re: I FELT it

Magnitude 6.6!

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=...009+November+17+15:30:46+UTC)&t=h&z=6&iwloc=A

http://www.canada.com/news/Little+damage+reported+after+magnitude+earthquake+hits/2232628/story.html

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Thank you for that descriptive topic title, Rob. It is easy to understand and will allow people to know what your topic is about without clicking on it first or bypassing it altogether. Much appreciated, bud!

 

[RobertScorpio]

Thank you for that descriptive topic title, Rob. It is easy to understand and will allow people to know what your topic is about without clicking on it first or bypassing it altogether. Much appreciated, bud!

Good thing I have you here to point that out for me.

Does anyone know if they issues a Tsunami warning? Some very violent quakes have come from that part of the world. I think I read somewhere that they believe a 8.5 quake hit there in the 14 or 15 hundreds that was so powerful it created a powerful tidal wave. There is evidence that the entire area dropped nearly two inches. Scary stuff.

I have also read theories that suggest that the pacific northwest might actually be it's own continent, must as Europe and Asia are now.

Rob

 

[Plecostomus]

I have also read theories that suggest that the pacific northwest might actually be it's own continent, must as Europe and Asia are now.

Rob

I suppose you want a separate government and your own military and tax-laws and all that now, right?

 

[Uncle Sol]

I was sleeping so I didn't even notice it.

I live in the Lower Mainland of BC. So far I havn't heard anyone say they felt a thing. I'm surprised you felt it all the way in Seattle.

 

[RoJoHen]

Feeling earthquakes from a distance is such a bizarre sensation. For a moment everything rumbles, and then it ends, and you're not even sure if it was real until the next day when you hear it on the news and go, "Oh, that's what that was!"

 

[RobertScorpio]

I have also read theories that suggest that the pacific northwest might actually be it's own continent, must as Europe and Asia are now.

Rob

I suppose you want a separate government and your own military and tax-laws and all that now, right?

Its on my list of things to do...

Rob

 

[RobertScorpio]

Feeling earthquakes from a distance is such a bizarre sensation. For a moment everything rumbles, and then it ends, and you're not even sure if it was real until the next day when you hear it on the news and go, "Oh, that's what that was!"

Or realize the 'bomb' like sensation was the latest $$$ numbers from a Quentin Tarrintino film..

Rob

 

[Plecostomus]

I have also read theories that suggest that the pacific northwest might actually be it's own continent, must as Europe and Asia are now.

Rob

I suppose you want a separate government and your own military and tax-laws and all that now, right?

Its on my list of things to do...

Rob

Cool. Can I be in charge of DMV?

 

[RobertScorpio]

I suppose you want a separate government and your own military and tax-laws and all that now, right?

Its on my list of things to do...

Rob

Cool. Can I be in charge of DMV?

God yes!!

Rob

 

[Plecostomus]

Its on my list of things to do...

Rob

Cool. Can I be in charge of DMV?

God yes!!

Rob

Good. I will institute a policy of naked pics for your photo ID. This will save time dating and it will make traffic-stops much more entertaining:

OFFICER: ID please.
DRIVER: Here you go.
OFFICER: Good lord what an unfortunate birthmark!

 

[Admiral_Young]

There was an Earthquake today? Damn. I was sleeping so must've missed it and I live in a subburb of Vancouver so maybe it didn't reach all the way here.

 

[Peach Wookiee]

I didn't feel it... but I get on edge when something happens because I wonder how long until we're hit again... 1994, 1995... 2001.... The last scared the snot out of me. A 6.8 on the Nisqually Faultline. Not fun. The 1995 quake was actually funny... I was in the bathtub.

 

[Gil T.Azell]

I didnt feel a thing today, perhaps because I was in my truck on the way to a boring PRO-D day. zzzzzzzzzz.
At 7:37 AM
and I live in Victoria.

 

[M'Sharak]

Does anyone know if they issues a Tsunami warning?

The USGS is your friend.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009pcaq.php#news

For information about any significant quake, anywhere in the world, here's a good place to start.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

I live in CA; i'm all too familiar with quakes.

 

[RobertScorpio]

I live in CA; i'm all too familiar with quakes.

Me too McBundy..where were you for the Northridge quake?

Rob

 

[thestrangequark]

I live in CA; i'm all too familiar with quakes.

Me too McBundy..where were you for the Northridge quake?

Rob

Growing up in Seattle, I'm maybe slightly less familiar with them. The Nisqually Earthquake (6.8) happened during my high school chemistry class, and I remember the 5.3 quake in 1996, as well as some more minor ones. The '96 quake was particularly memorable for the odd sensation of dragging my little sister (I was 13, she was 10) across the room on the second floor of the house to shelter under the kitchen table; it was like walking on a ship in rough waters -- very strange. There was another 5-ish quake when I was a kid, which I felt but thought was something else. You see, we had a beagle at the time who cleverly liked to scratch her back by crawling under my mom's bed and rubbing against the box springs, which used to shake the whole bed like crazy. I was lying on her bed watching TV during the quake, and I thought it was the dog! I didn't realize there'd been a quake until the breaking news broke into my after school cartoons.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

I live in CA; i'm all too familiar with quakes.

Me too McBundy..where were you for the Northridge quake?

Rob

Where i am now. In the same house in Norwalk. I was 9. Thus far, it was the most powerful quake i'd ever felt. There are actually cracks in the stucco on the house due to the quake.