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Images of the Devastation from the DC Earthquake.
« on: August 25, 2011, 03:09:05 AM »


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Re: Images of the Devastation from the DC Earthquake.
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2011, 05:42:06 AM »
                                 
" Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist should have his head examined. "

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Re: Images of the Devastation from the DC Earthquake.
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2011, 07:35:58 AM »
The tree in the background.... is trying to do the limbo!
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Re: Images of the Devastation from the DC Earthquake.
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2011, 09:34:43 AM »
The tree in the background.... is trying to do the limbo!

It didn't have anything else to do, since there was a temporary brownout so the tree couldn't play it's XBox. I know. I try not to think about it, I can't imagine what it is like not to be able to play XBox 360. Well, that's not true, me never actually playing an XBox 360 and all. In fact, I'm probably one of the leading experts on anecdotal evidence regarding the nonplayment of XBox 360's. But, I like to imagine myself in, say, an idiot's shoes. In that case, the main thought going through my head is, of course, "Where did these shoes come from" but a rather distant second is.. well actually the second one might be me wondering why some random idiot has better shoes than me. But third on the list would be the Xb... well, actually, no, I guess my third concern in that instance might be, if I'm wearing their shoes, what are they wearing, particularly if I wasn't wearing shoes at the time. So, FINALLY A distant fourth is, what does this shoe analogy have to do with Xbox 360's, and more specifically what do XBox 360's have to do with soft-rock earthquake.

And the answer to that question is of course "lemonade."
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Re: Images of the Devastation from the DC Earthquake.
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2011, 09:46:16 AM »
GREAT post ;D

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Re: Images of the Devastation from the DC Earthquake.
« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2011, 07:39:49 PM »
Another instant Classic...

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Re: Images of the Devastation from the DC Earthquake.
« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2011, 06:52:15 AM »
Well, this took a turn for the nonsensical, but the first post is great.  When I heard that buildings in Ohio (they apparently felt a slight tremble) were evacuated and that they're now teaching earthquake awareness and safety, I laughed quite heartily.  In their defense, a person's first "earthquake" is bound to be somewhat unsettling I imagine, but when you live in a state where thousands of earthquakes go unnoticed by the general public each year, it's hard not to laugh.
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Re: Images of the Devastation from the DC Earthquake.
« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2011, 03:08:29 PM »
They found cracks in the Washington Monument...apparently, pretty bad ones too.
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Re: Images of the Devastation from the DC Earthquake.
« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2011, 03:27:56 PM »
When I heard that buildings in Ohio (they apparently felt a slight tremble) were evacuated and that they're now teaching earthquake awareness and safety, I laughed quite heartily.
Yeah, earthquakes in Ohio = small stuff.  Tornadoes, on the other hand, can wipe out a town, such as the tornado that hit Xenia, Ohio in 1974. 

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Re: Images of the Devastation from the DC Earthquake.
« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2011, 06:09:02 PM »
I grew up in California and have spent a lot of my life there so I'm used to earthquakes.  Since 1933 when a couple of schools collapsed killing a lot of kids, California has had a lot of special building codes in place to prepare for earthquakes.  I've also lived on the east coast and there are none of those earthquake standards in place.  An earthquake that would barely be a yawn in California can cause major devastation in other parts of the country.

Part of the difference is that a high percentage of buildings in California are relatively new compared to buildings on the east coast, or even the midwest.

BTW, I've also lived in Ohio and Texas so I've been around tornadoes also.