I lived through an earthquake!

[Pizzly]

Well, sorta. I'm just sitting here, and both my brother and I start to feel this shaking. It felt like when my dog is on the couch scratching himself. Apparently here was a 5.8 earthquake just a little bit ago outside DC, I live in Pennsylvania and apparently folks further than that felt it. Before I saw on this on the news I started to worry, I thought the floor was going to cave in. This is how I feel:

[dalebert]

I lived in L.A. for 8 years so all this drama is really funny to me.

[Cognitive Dissident]

I lived in L.A. for 8 years so all this drama is really funny to me.

Funny.  Me too.  Grew up there, and thought the same when I first read this.  5.8 is hardly worth reporting on the news.

[Turd Ferguson]

I lived in L.A. for 8 years so all this drama is really funny to me.

Funny.  Me too.  Grew up there, and thought the same when I first read this.  5.8 is hardly worth reporting on the news.

Just wait till the BIG ONE hits on the east coast, with mile wide, 20 mile deep chasms splitting all around you and people running around with their heads on fire. You'll wish you were still west coast gangstas again.

Or is that gonna happen on the west coast? I cant remember.

[Cognitive Dissident]

I lived in L.A. for 8 years so all this drama is really funny to me.

Funny.  Me too.  Grew up there, and thought the same when I first read this.  5.8 is hardly worth reporting on the news.

Just wait till the BIG ONE hits on the east coast, with mile wide, 20 mile deep chasms splitting all around you and people running around with their heads on fire. You'll wish you were still west coast gangstas again.

Or is that gonna happen on the west coast? I cant remember.

Either way, I'm expecting the damage to be moderate here in Colorado.

[dalebert]

I will never forget my first earthquake in L.A., shortly after moving there.  I was doing exercises while watching the morning news.  There was a KA-THONG! that kinda felt like a truck had hit my bldg somewhere.  I thought "Is that an earthquake?" and IMMEDIATELY, the anchor man said "I believe that was an earthquake." and he giggled for about 3 seconds and continued with the real news.

[Pizzly]

I can't imagine living around places that experience earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, blizzards or tornadoes. I'd live in constant panic. Even with this small earthquake yesterday, I had to go to a different area of the house for fear it would collapse at some point...I can get dumb when I'm scared.

[dalebert]

[Cognitive Dissident]

+ 1 million internets

[LTKoblinsky]

They evacuated my work building here in Virginia for nearly 20 minutes. Eastern buildings aren't, I believe, built for quakes. Several hotels, schools, and other buildings here are moderately damaged. Hell, it even cracked the Washington monument.

[dalebert]

Hell, it even cracked the Washington monument.

It truly was sent by God.

http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/08/nom-speaker-blames-east-coast-earthquake-on-gays/

I feel immensely powerful, like Magneto. I think my superhero handle shall be, let's see...

Quakatron!

Now I just need a twink sidekick named...

Seismikid!

[Turd Ferguson]

I think Richter Boy is catchier, but its your fantasy.