I just came here to post that! Damn!From The Daily What:
The Earthquake Devastation in DC is almost too much to bear:
Come on, Irene (formerly about the VA quake)
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I've felt like three earthquakes ever in my life. Pardon me and my region for getting a little excited.
GasBandit
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You'd be surprised what gets coverage on CNN.Gee, that hurts. This whole thing is nothing more than people on the east coast being self-centered. A non-serious earthquake that does little to no damage hits them, and it's the end of the world.
Tell me this: If an earthquake of the same magnitude hit anywhere else, would it be news worthy? Would it be the top news result and get coverage on CNN? Nope. Because IT'S NOT THAT BAD.
Do you like to read? Libraries will let you READ ALL THE BOOKS YOU WANT FOR FREE. FOR LIFE. This is CNN.
It's not about being excited. I can see how people would be excited, have some fun, maybe freak out a little. What isn't justified is the heavy CNN coverage, the panic on blogs about nuclear meltdowns due to the earthquake, and comparisons to 9/11.
EDIT: So maybe I should have said the east coast media was being self-centered. That seems more accurate.
GasBandit
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Well, these ARE the people who do news stories about themselves doing news stories about things.
See, now that I can get behind.
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makare
hey we had an earthquake in the middle of fucking south dakota that is some weird shit.
Worrisome? Nah. Of interest due to lack of frequency? Sure! Worth dramatic panic attacks over? Psh!
And you KNOW someone's going to take off work "to help deal with the stress of the Big One of '11." *eyeroll*
And you KNOW someone's going to take off work "to help deal with the stress of the Big One of '11." *eyeroll*
Hey, this whole thing has some people quaking in their boots.
Might be a good thing to name my penis.
It's not their fault, you can't blame them for tremoring.
In Jersey? All of them.
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Chibibar
well...... it has been dormant for 40 years. Now there is a "small" quake.
What would prevent from having a LARGER one? Maybe this is a pre-panic party!
What would prevent from having a LARGER one? Maybe this is a pre-panic party!
GasBandit
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Explainer of the Day: Apparently quite a few people reported reading tweets about today’s East Coast earthquake before feeling it themselves.
xkcd prophetically explained this phenomenon in an April 2010 strip entitled “Seismic Waves“:
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Chibibar
LOL!!!! I love it
Explainer of the Day: Apparently quite a few people reported reading tweets about today’s East Coast earthquake before feeling it themselves.
xkcd prophetically explained this phenomenon in an April 2010 strip entitled “Seismic Waves“:
I would make a comment about stupid Philly assholes too, but that's redundant.
Well of course 5.8 will mean shit in California. They have the infrastructure to support that especially considering that they are sadly located on one of the more dangerous areas in the world for that type of natural disaster and most buildings in the half a century have been built with extensive precautions that a jolt of that power will affect very little.
The East coast is not as prepared.
And 5.8 in a place like China and you got yourself a lot of dead people.
This would be like having it snow in California say... 3 inches. You know what will happen? Sheer chaos and the cities will shut down, dead people in accidents everywhere, people panicking and looting stores (new Orleans style) and religious folks will be swinging off American banners about the end of the world.
3 inches in Canada? I won't even put my jacket on to go to work, on schedule and I'll say "Wake me up when two feet of snow fall down."
So is a 5.8 earthquake a big deal? Sure is and hopefully no one died from this.
But comparing this to the terror of 9/11?
The East coast is not as prepared.
And 5.8 in a place like China and you got yourself a lot of dead people.
This would be like having it snow in California say... 3 inches. You know what will happen? Sheer chaos and the cities will shut down, dead people in accidents everywhere, people panicking and looting stores (new Orleans style) and religious folks will be swinging off American banners about the end of the world.
3 inches in Canada? I won't even put my jacket on to go to work, on schedule and I'll say "Wake me up when two feet of snow fall down."
So is a 5.8 earthquake a big deal? Sure is and hopefully no one died from this.
But comparing this to the terror of 9/11?
Why do you think I live a solid hour away from Philly? I just work there. I fucking hate that city and wish a meteor would smite it back to Satan.
And yet you fit in so perfectly.
I get the point you were making, Jay, but just FYI, I lived in California, in a place where getting 2+ feet of snow was a routine.
Just sayin'...
Just sayin'...
I'd be willing to bet most people don't drive to the mountains just to practice driving in snow.
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