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    #32
    Ninthlife
    Registered Users Posts: 2,241 ✭✭✭Ninthlife


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/mikko_neuvo/status/1147474839877443584

    is best eagle

    Im no eagle body language expert but that eagle looked pissed off...if the earthquake had eyes that eagle was rippimg them out


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    #33
    gozunda
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    Ninthlife wrote: »
    Im no eagle body language expert but that eagle looked pissed off...if the earthquake had eyes that eagle was rippimg them out

    A pissed off eagle is not to be messed with ...


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    #34
    Kermit.de.frog
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    https://twitter.com/bh4u1988/status/1147466600259489792


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    #35
    Itssoeasy
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    Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »
    leahyl wrote: »
    Is a huge magnitude quake long overdue in California so? When was the last major one?

    Well the last major destructive one was Loma Prieta in Northern California. It was only a 6.9 though. This week’s one in Southern California was 7.1. However it was in an largely unpopulated area.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Loma_Prieta_earthquake

    Some of SF will eventually fall into the sea - the bedrock in most parts of the city is weak and some is reclaimed land, and yet it’s in an earthquake zone.
    The bedrock at candlestick park wasn’t weak. It probably saved lives that night. Well the marina district was built on landfill and it showed. The bay bridge has been replaced fully since the earthquake. The cantilever section that fell is gone.


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    #36
    ceadaoin.
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    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/bh4u1988/status/1147466600259489792

    Judging the power of an earthquake by how much your pool sploshes around is so California. Ours was moving but not as much as that.


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    #37
    Ninthlife
    Registered Users Posts: 2,241 ✭✭✭Ninthlife


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/bh4u1988/status/1147466600259489792

    Im no pool body language expert but that pool looks pissed......


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    #38
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users Posts: 23,473 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    Ninthlife wrote: »
    Im no pool body language expert but that pool looks pissed......

    How about using your expertise on this one ? ;)

    https://twitter.com/THRSDAZE/status/1147557642690154497


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    #39
    Ninthlife
    Registered Users Posts: 2,241 ✭✭✭Ninthlife


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    How about using your expertise on this one ? ;)

    https://twitter.com/THRSDAZE/status/1147557642690154497

    So thats how the Joker villain look gets created


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    #40
    Atlantic Dawn
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    Finally something global warming global cooling the weather climate change can't be blamed on.


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    #41
    metaoblivia
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    I live in San Francisco and didn't feel anything up here, but my friend from Florida is visiting her family in LA and got quite the experience for her first quake. I have another friend who works on one of the top floors of the Transamerica Pyramid building. It's built on bedrock and is supposed to be one of the safest places in the city to experience an earthquake in, but that's in part because it's built to sway and the higher up you are, the more you feel the sway. That would freak me out!


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    #42
    looksee
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    The Governor of California has asked for a Presidential State of Emergency...good luck with that!


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    #43
    Kermit.de.frog
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    https://twitter.com/PatCunnane/status/1146838524101967872


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    #44
    Dr Turk Turkelton
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    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/bh4u1988/status/1147466600259489792

    ffs I've often bellyflopped more water out of a pool than that.
    Don't know if thay says more about the size of my belly or the strength of the earthquake though.


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    #45
    kneemos
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    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    Finally something global warming global cooling the weather climate change can't be blamed on.


    Ah,yeah.


    https://nuscimag.com/does-climate-change-really-trigger-earthquakes-41a91477e7fc


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    #46
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users Posts: 23,473 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    https://twitter.com/THRSDAZE/status/1147557642690154497


    Ninthlife wrote: »
    So thats how the Joker villain look gets created

    The eagle had more dignity in my humble opinion.


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    #47
    Atlantic Dawn
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    kneemos wrote: »
    Ah,yeah.


    https://nuscimag.com/does-climate-change-really-trigger-earthquakes-41a91477e7fc


    And in other news rain falls from the sky, you really couldn't make up this rubbish being dealt to us. Those questioning actual 'quality facts' are treated as fools, the case of the moving statues now looks solid, lol :rolleyes:


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    #48
    Itssoeasy
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5fJdM69pbQ


    The 1989 San Francisco earthquake as it happened live on tv.


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    #49
    rossie1977
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    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    I've always wondered why property is so expensive there considering the fault line.

    Because Cali is entertainment and technology capital of the world, also most of the countries fruit and vegetables are grown in Cali.


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    #50
    Lirange
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    JupiterKid wrote: »
    The last seriously destructive earthquakes in California were in 1989 and 1906, both in San Francisco. The ‘89 quake (which my dad was caught up in) saw the Marina part of San Francisco leveled and part of the Bay Bridge collapsing. The greatest fatalities were in Oakland where a double deck freeway collapsed and killed dozens of motorists.

    The 1906 quake almost completely destroyed San Fransisco.

    Los Angeles has seen two less destructive quakes in recent times - 1971 and 1994, both damaging the San Fernando valley area. The “big one” when it hits - and it is only a question of when, not if - will be horrendously destructive but given the very rigid building codes in California - the casualties will hopefully be minimized.

    Reading up on these California quakes. Actually it seems the Los Angeles quake in 1994 was more destructive, in terms of cost and number of structures. They’re actually not too dissimilar. Loma Prieta was 6.9, Northridge 6.7. The former killed 63. The latter 57 (but with a much higher injury total). The former’s epicentre was in a semi rural hilly area outside of Santa Cruz. The latter occurred right beneath the city. Loma prieta happened during the time people were commuting. Northridge happened at half past 4 in the morning. Downtown LA was closer to the epicentre and experienced more intense shaking than San Fransisco did. However in SF the ground was less stable.


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    #51
    Franz Von Peppercorn II
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    Pretty good reporting there from channel 7.


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    #52
    YFlyer
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    Lirange wrote: »
    Reading up on these California quakes. Actually it seems the Los Angeles quake in 1994 was more destructive, in terms of cost and number of structures. They’re actually not too dissimilar. Loma Prieta was 6.9, Northridge 6.7. The former killed 63. The latter 57 (but with a much higher injury total). The former’s epicentre was in a semi rural hilly area outside of Santa Cruz. The latter occurred right beneath the city. Loma prieta happened during the time people were commuting. Northridge happened at half past 4 in the morning. Downtown LA was closer to the epicentre and experienced more intense shaking than San Fransisco did. However in SF the ground was less stable.

    The former was about 1.6 times more powerful.


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