Earthquake

[ElOgro]

4.8. Why is this news?

Location Location Location.

 

[Random Guy]

4.8. Why is this news?

What’s with the gatekeeping on earthquakes?

Obviously it’s because any earthquake on the east coast is rare, but you knew that already

 

[PRCD]

They are reminders that we are insignificant. Most of us walk around in our daily lives believing that we matter. Earthquakes are particularly good at exposing the truth, exposing our futility.

They come without warning, you can’t see them. The foundation upon which everything sits becomes hostile to you and everything you’ve built. They are planetary.

Your mother‘s reaction tells me her internal beliefs about our place in the universe being scraped away.

Your reaction tells me you are closer to acceptance of our piddly little place in life.

Sounds like you've achieved nirvana like Curt Cobain.

 

[PRCD]

Yeah everyone just started laughing at the novelty of it. There was a disappointing lack of hysteria.

Even our token tranny laughed it off and they can typically be counted on to bring the drama

rainbow road was delighted

instagram feed was quickly awash with gleeful #EarthquakeNYC posts

I celebrated by leaving the office at 1:30

You left early when you could've been profiting.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1776294592159129857

 

[Duffy LaCoronilla]

Sounds like you've achieved nirvana like Curt Cobain.

No.

 

[Pico]

Location Location Location.

Famous Threesomes?

 

[Pico]

My Buddy made this within hours of its occurrence. Sold a shitload

 

[expotatonator]

wonder why they upset the dogs so much....

 

[john4surf]

Anyone remember the World Series Earthquake in Bay Area when the fans cheered, not realizing how major it was?

I was driving a rental car at the time. I thought I had a low pressure tire or a flat tire (same sensation). Pulled over, checked all 4 tires which seemed fine. When I got back in the car a guy on the radio was reporting on the quake.

 

[b.r.]

My Buddy made this within hours of its occurrence. Sold a shitload

This reminds me. Everyone in the ffball erbb league still owes me tshirts. Except you.

 

[StuAzole]

Sounds like you've achieved nirvana like Curt Cobain.

He doesn’t realize quakes are just god’s way of punishing us for allowing trans.

 

[sussle]

1989 Loma Prieta 6,9.

I was 2 stories underground at work processing and packaging mortgage loans on 2nd street just a few blocks south of Market Street.... that whole landfill area?

Fook me running, one of the most scared I have EVAR been.

Library like stacks of loan files flew everywhere, steel girders that were retrofitted into the building seemed to dance like one of those blow up dolls at a used car lot on a really windy day. I thought I was going to die. I KNEW I was going to die.

But, I didn't.

that time when everybody learned the word "liquefaction"

 

[ElOgro]

wonder why they upset the dogs so much....

Frequency.

 

[sussle]

They are reminders that we are insignificant. Most of us walk around in our daily lives believing that we matter. Earthquakes are particularly good at exposing the truth, exposing our futility.

They come without warning, you can’t see them. The foundation upon which everything sits becomes hostile to you and everything you’ve built. They are planetary.

Your mother‘s reaction tells me her internal beliefs about our place in the universe being scraped away.

Your reaction tells me you are closer to acceptance of our piddly little place in life.

it's more than that, but you're on the right track. earthquakes come out of a clear blue sky: one minute, you're walking along thinking your thoughts, worrying your worries, stressing your stresses, got that thing at work going on, got some problem at home, whatever's on your mind....and an instant later, none of that matters. earthquakes make you re-evaluate everything instantly - whatever was important a minute ago is gone and all that matters now is the safety of you and your loved ones.

so in a flash, you're back to what's really important. that's not a bad thing, imho. it's what i like about hurricanes too. makes you focus on what really matters. ymmv.

 

[expotatonator]

Frequency.

as in often or radio waves or vibration?

 

[ElOgro]

as in often or radio waves or vibration?

I think some kind of wave but don’t remember where I heard that.

 

[menobrah]

location location location, NYC is full of buildings built before ww2 that are stacked masonry structures. Not gonna take much more than that one to have a kobe or mexico city.

 

[sussle]

True dat. Brickwork can't absorb the seismic swell.

 

[TeamScam]

A couple hundred years of weakening structures in need of a good culling. Haven't had an update in a long time, a lot of teetering energy there waiting for that da?