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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-16-09 12:25 PM
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They say we had an earthquake at DFW
Interesting.

Have to get back to work, I guess.

I wanna go home! :-(

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Schema Thing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-16-09 12:26 PM
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1. eh?
when?
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-16-09 12:29 PM
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2. Well over an hour ago now
pretty scary, actually... was a big jolt in this building.

Gott run! :hi:
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Crabby Appleton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-16-09 12:36 PM
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3. 3.3
EULESS, Texas — A minor earthquake shook parts of North Texas but no damage nor injuries had been reported.

Jesse Moore with the National Weather Service in Fort Worth said Saturday's earthquake at 11:24 a.m. came in at 3.3, according to the National Earthquake Information Center.

Moore said he had not heard of any reports of damage nor injuries. Moore said the earthquake was centered about four miles south of Euless and 18 miles west of Dallas.

Robert Budack, who lives in Irving, told The Associated Press he was on his bed and got bounced to the wall, but was not hurt.

Budack said he felt an aftershock that "was enough to make the couch and chairs shake."


http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6427172.html
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-16-09 03:16 PM
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4. Thanks!
They said it was an air conditioning unit at first. Someone said, "If that was the air conditioner, please don't touch the heat!" LOL

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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-16-09 03:59 PM
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5. HOLY SH*T!! WE JUST HAD AN EARTHQUAKE IN DALLAS!!!!!!!!
See, that's how you say that. Then in small print you mention the 3.3.
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DFW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-16-09 04:40 PM
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7. I'm told that in L.A. that's not even enough to shake a martini
But I don't drink alcohol, so I'm no authority.......
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-16-09 09:18 PM
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8. Yeah, being from Mississippi and Texas, I wouldn't know, either. Beer or margaritas for us. nt
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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-17-09 12:10 AM
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9. I live in LA and I drink martinis
a 3.3 here would be a minor footnote

Earthquakes here of that size are no big deal.

Now, 2 inches of snow - they'd have to call out the national guard
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-17-09 12:12 AM
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10. The Whittier quake didn't scare me as much as this one
I think it was because I wasn't sure what it was. It didn't shake, much, at all. But the one big jolt was truly frightening. Especially working at the airport & not knowing if it could have been... well... something worse.
:scared:
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DFW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-16-09 04:38 PM
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6. I didn't hear about that
And if there's anyone who should have been told, it's me!!! LOL

But I'm in Vienna, Austria for the weekend (different kind of earthquake--check the headlines), and
ever so slightly too far away to feel the tremors.
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ccinamon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-17-09 09:25 AM
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11. My hubby felt it -
he thought the tank farm on Trinity Blvd had exploded! According to the geo website, it was 4 miles from our house - I was in Carollton and didn't feel it.
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LanternWaste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-17-09 09:31 AM
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12. I didn't feel it...
I didn't feel it... as a matter of fact, I only found out about it this morning.

On the other hand, there was an unexpected and rather dramatic fireworks display coming from the direction of the UTA stadium on Friday night. I hope everyone in the area had that same wonderfully, goofy surprised look on their faces as I did. :hi:
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