Bad News for California and AN as a whole

[Prons]

The Earthquake did not kill Prons. You people still have to endure me ;)

[billgoku]

Nor did it kill me, so that means I'm immortal. :P

[Reidar]

I didn't even lose a limb from it. Typical Democrat seismic activities, cutting and running before the job is done.

[VidelCoolGirl]

Man, I'm glad you dudes are alright. Its nice to know the first thing you all did was go on AN to make sure we know you're okay. I HATE earthquakes. And to think that Washington is overdue for like, a 8.0 one soon...GOOD TO KNOW.

[blackdragon87]

I was scared.

[billgoku]

This one was like a 5.3 or something from what I've heard. Its only my second one.

[Reidar]

I was hitting the heavy bag during it, and my dad thought the house was shaking from that. If a volcano sprouted up through his bedroom, he'd find a way to attribute it to me (probably correctly so, but that's beside the point).

Earthquakes here rule because you can clench your fists and pretend you're powering up. I have to time the next one with a cosplay event while dressed up as Goku. That's the only reason I'd go to one of those.

[Yukimura-Sanada]

Another reason I love New England :)

[Lord Timaeus]

Another reason I love New England :)

Enjoy your hurricAIDS.

EDIT: I'm already enjoying my earthquAIDS, BTW. No need to tell me twice.

[Yukimura-Sanada]

Enjoy your hurricAIDS.

EDIT: I'm already enjoying my earthquAIDS, BTW. No need to tell me twice.

oh I will, don't you worry about that.

[billgoku]

I'm just enjoying the fact, that my darn cell phone started working again after it all.

[VidelCoolGirl]

Something about after something like that, the towers go out so that they can be used only by rescue teams and whatnot.

[billgoku]

Something about after something like that, the towers go out so that they can be used only by rescue teams and whatnot.

Makes sense.

[Yukito Kunisaki]

Another reason I love New England :)

Agreed. The weather here is good, but the seasons are screwed up bad. At this time, it goes from one very very hot day to a cold, freezing day, back to hot as hell. As far as other natural forces, mainly things like hurricanes, quakes, or anything, we are usually fine up here. I remember one huge downburst years ago, but that is it.

[Yukimura-Sanada]

Agreed. The weather here is good, but the seasons are screwed up bad. At this time, it goes from one very very hot day to a cold, freezing day, back to hot as hell. As far as other natural forces, mainly things like hurricanes, quakes, or anything, we are usually fine up here. I remember one huge downburst years ago, but that is it.

seriously the last serious blizzard I remember was in 1993 and I was like in 2nd grade then.

[Fobb]

I'm actually dead now.

[Ariel Tsuki]

seriously the last serious blizzard I remember was in 1993 and I was like in 2nd grade then.

I don't remember that much because it wasn't as bad on NYC like the '96 blizzard. It managed to be around 3'-3'5" where I lived, if my sister who was 8 then walking into the snow, her top half of her face would've been the only thing visible.

Gawd, it was a b***h for the week with those HUEG snow mounds and miraculously do it in a skirt (my junior high was a private school and skirts were mandatory for girls, even in the crack of winter) without being up-skirted too many times.

Yeah, but the Northeast's main suffering is usually crazy temperature changes. Hell, it felt like summer-very early fall until THIS week when I finally bust out my fall jacket. I think it snowed last year around this time. Hurricanes are rare and the tornado that touched down in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn was a real rare event. Plus we're due to some water damages from hurricanes soon. Crap, and I live relatively near water...

[Rurouni Saiyan]

I was hitting the heavy bag during it, and my dad thought the house was shaking from that. If a volcano sprouted up through his bedroom, he'd find a way to attribute it to me (probably correctly so, but that's beside the point).

Earthquakes here rule because you can clench your fists and pretend you're powering up. I have to time the next one with a cosplay event while dressed up as Goku. That's the only reason I'd go to one of those.

Don't be so smug.

That was the result of me doing focus training on my Makiwara. The seismic force of my punch was so great, my rage was felt throughout California, though others of the 5.3 radius should be grateful for my mercy.

[billgoku]

Very interesting....

[Ken-Ohki]

5.3? I've been through the 7.1 in 1989. 5.3 is like, maybe your chandelier will sway

[germanturkey]

there was an earthquake?

[Leader Desslock]

Another reason I love New England :)
Which does get its share of earthquakes, oddly enough:

http://www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mgs/explore/hazards/quake/quake-2.htm

seriously the last serious blizzard I remember was in 1993 and I was like in 2nd grade then.

I don't remember that much because it wasn't as bad on NYC like the '96 blizzard.
The bad one was the ice storm that hit Maine in 1998. Dropped a foot and a half of ice. Not just snow, no. ICE. This was accompanied by many feet of snow, of course. Buildings were crushed under the weight of it, cars were buried and abandoned along I-95, regions of the state were without power for weeks (in midwinter, this is bad). Looked like a war zone, once I was finally able to get home. Whole forests flattened by the weight of ice, debris everywhere.

http://bangorinfo.com/Focus/focus_ice_storm.html

[Yukito Kunisaki]

Well, I suppose a short distance makes a big difference. I live in Massachusetts, and so far, nothing. One occurancy every two decades is possibly our average.

[Leader Desslock]

I only remember one earthquake in Maine. Happened during the night. I slept through it (I can sleep through anything), but it woke the rest of the family up, and cracked the sheetrock in several rooms of the house. Nothing major.

[blackdragon87]

Well, I suppose a short distance makes a big difference. I live in Massachusetts, and so far, nothing. One occurancy every two decades is possibly our average.

I'll take my chances with Earthquakes. You can have your yearly snowfests.

[VidelCoolGirl]

I only remember one earthquake in Maine. Happened during the night. I slept through it (I can sleep through anything), but it woke the rest of the family up, and cracked the sheetrock in several rooms of the house. Nothing major.

I can sleep through things like that sometimes, but the slightest sound wakes me up.

[Rawshark]

seriously the last serious blizzard I remember was in 1993 and I was like in 2nd grade then.

It was around early 90s when a blizzard hit NY and I was playing outside standing against the wind. That was fun.

[Tuna]

It was my first.

I'd rank it "Neato".

[Chousho]

Yeah, but the Northeast's main suffering is usually crazy temperature changes. Hell, it felt like summer-very early fall until THIS week when I finally bust out my fall jacket.
It was about 60-70 until lately, where (right now) it's about 45F. It's crazy. We get either crappy, rainy summers (with the occasional tornado) or horribly hot summers (also, with the occasional tornado). Then in winter we either get off easy and get pelted later for it, or we have a nasty blizzard that makes us long for our crappy, hot summers.

On average, we get about 3-4 feet of snow. I'm not sure what the city gets, and I'm sure you Mainesiumites up there can tell us stories that would make our ears prickle.

[Midoriko87]

That's Good, everyone's alright (whoever this "everyone" may be). 'Course, you Kwazy kids can't die so easily. Oh No, there's something far more worse awaiting you peeps in the Year 2010... :shifty: Congratulations... for Keeping On... Keeping... On?!! :thumbsup:

Worst we've ever had was a light Summer's breeze, it was ghastly!! Loathsome wind made by skirt flutter... ever so slightly. Hmm, I guess it was too calm to be called a flutter... :unsure:

:lol: Kidding, we get bad weather. Like, this one time... it rained for about an HOUR!! :eek:

[Nakey]

earthquake? What earthquake?

o.O;

At least everyone's alright =3

(no, seriously, what earthquake?)

[Hajime Saitou]

lolearthquake?

I must have been sleeping. I can sleep through anything, and it wouldn't be the first time I've slept through an earthquake.

[Broand]

Curses! The device didn't work as planned >:(

*looks about* Its nothing :ph34r:

[Alice Catherine]

Psh. Most we've ever had is two really bad blizzards.


I wish something besides a fire and a bomb threat would happen and we'd GET OFF SCHOOL.
SRSLY.
Fire can't get us out
Bomb threat can't get us out
BUT SOME FROZEN WATER CAN. WHADDUPWITDAT???

[Rawshark]

Psh. Most we've ever had is two really bad blizzards.


I wish something besides a fire and a bomb threat would happen and we'd GET OFF SCHOOL.
SRSLY.
Fire can't get us out
Bomb threat can't get us out
BUT SOME FROZEN WATER CAN. WHADDUPWITDAT???

My middle school received a bomb threat. They corralled everybody outside on the field and we just sat around and talked for a few hours. It was kind of boring, but there was kind of an excitement for when the bomb would go off. Then nothing happened. Very anti-climatic.-_-;

[GreatNekoKoneko]

...psh. bomb threats are for noobs.

letting bacteria/virus/pathogens into the air vents is the new thing - unless, you already have those things in your vents.

i didn't even know there was a quake.

[MaliceDR]

...psh. bomb threats are for noobs.

letting bacteria/virus/pathogens into the air vents is the new thing - unless, you already have those things in your vents.

i didn't even know there was a quake.
"OMG!! White powder! Everyone go home!"

[GreatNekoKoneko]

...now, if they had the KKK AND some white powder goin on... that would be too much... imagine...

"WHITE POWDER! WHITE POWDER!"

[Animematt55]

If I was in an earthquake, i would just lay in bed, and pretend it was one of those magic fingers massaging beds =D

[Yukimura-Sanada]

If I was in an earthquake, i would just lay in bed, and pretend it was one of those magic fingers massaging beds =D

that make the walls move and the ceiling crash on top of you?

[Chousho]

If I was in an earthquake, i would just lay in bed, and pretend it was one of those magic fingers massaging beds =D
Where I'm from, we call those "molesters".

[Gannon]

I was using the bathroom when it happened.

...

I recommend everyone use the bathroom during an earthquake.

[Evil_Koala]

To Californians: Less QQ more PEW PEW.

[goddessofanime]

Sucks to be in California right now doesn't it?

[billgoku]

Not really, its not as bad as some people make it out to be.

[KabukiSaMuRaI]

I had spent some time in the Bay Area last year yet had never felt any quakes. There were small ones but I must've been too unconscious to notice or they were so insignificant that I did not notice in my fast paced life.