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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 05:26 PM Original message |
This quake wasn't the Big One |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oh, That is comforting |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well why weren't they anticipating this one for decades, too? eom |
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godai (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Japan is about as well prepared as possible. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 05:41 PM Original message |
That's what makes this one so scary |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. I mean if they have been anticipating a big one on the other plates, why haven't... |
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godai (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. No way to stop a 30 foot wall of water. |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I didn't say prepare against it! I said anticipate it. predict it...like they are doing... |
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godai (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I guess it's that it is not possible to predict earthquakes. |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Is something that is predicted for decades still a prediction? I mean, how long... |
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ReggieVeggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. Has Hawaii been hit yet? |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. It has made its way to California already |
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ReggieVeggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Oh! thought they forecast it for 7p local time |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. AM... |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. I think it may have been a bit less than that. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. the last tokai was an 8.4, this is 8.9 or higher. i think it's a big one being as it's |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. It's big enough. I agree. nt |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. I don't mean yesterday's wasn't big |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'm in California. Not looking forward to ours. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I hear ya! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Same here. I need to inspect and re-assert my disaster preparations. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
10. Unless they have evidence of consistent Tokai quakes going back much farther than that... |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
14. We have a similar situation in the Bay Area |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
15. Is that the one |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 05:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. It's the one where everything east of the San Andreas plunges into the Atlantic. (nt) |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. No, it's the one where everything |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
22. Tell me about the big one for Jamaica |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
23. Wow! Makes one feel very vulnerable no matter where one lives. |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 06:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. One is always vulnerable to something, but alas, such is life... |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
25. Does this quake result in more stress on any of the other Pacific fault lines, including |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 06:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. When the Pacific plate repositions like this.... |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
28. It's big enough, indeed |
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PhillySane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
30. Whenever I hear that term |
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