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Just had a 4.4 earthquake. Nice little shaker, good way to start the week. :jumpie:

gaijinmark wrote:Just had a 4.4 earthquake. Nice little shaker, good way to start the week. :jumpie:

Oh boy.

Think I can skip that! :shakehead:

gaijinmark wrote:Just had a 4.4 earthquake. Nice little shaker, good way to start the week. :jumpie:

LOL.

The windows rattled a bit here, but I thought it was the wind. :beaten:

There's a guy in one of the apartments here that just moved in from Nebraska last month. Needless to say he was pretty agitated. I could have told him that this might just be a precursor to a bigger one but if I did he probably would have hooked up the U-Haul. :P

gaijinmark wrote:There's a guy in one of the apartments here that just moved in from Nebraska last month. Needless to say he was pretty agitated. I could have told him that this might just be a precursor to a bigger one but if I did he probably would have hooked up the U-Haul. :P

LOL.

A lot of out-of-towners freak out when there's a quake, even if it's a little one.

Just think if they were around for the Sylmar, Whittier, or Northridge quakes. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
LOL.

A lot of out-of-towners freak out when there's a quake, even if it's a little one.

Just think if they were around for the Sylmar, Whittier, or Northridge quakes. :sweat:

I remember one in the early 90's the dissolved a lot of San Fran and in Santaa ROsa where we were it looked like the entire country side was rolling like waves. It was awesome.

Spring will be here tomorrow! :woot: :dancing: :victory:

bmwracer wrote:Spring will be here tomorrow! :woot: :dancing: :victory:

We started early. Im ready for allergy season to be over.
:beaten:

So... I'm visiting St. Louis. What's in St. Louis?

Wynter wrote:So... I'm visiting St. Louis. What's in St. Louis?

The Arch.

Wynter wrote:So... I'm visiting St. Louis. What's in St. Louis?

Ribs.

Uh, why are you visiting St. Louis anyways?

I guess there was another earthquake last night.

:sleep:

Wake me when it's over.

And you folks that made to suggestions to the person asking about what might be in St. Louis, if you expect to get a "thank you" you obviously have no idea who you're dealing with. :shakehead:

gaijinmark wrote:I guess there was another earthquake last night.

:sleep:

Wake me when it's over.

LOL, I didn't even notice it.

KCAL9 went nuts though, dropping all other news stories to report this nonstop, just like they do when there's a police pursuit. :shakehead:

bmwracer wrote:
LOL, I didn't even notice it.

KCAL9 went nuts though, dropping all other news stories to report this nonstop, just like they do when there's a police pursuit. :shakehead:

You mean there are other things going on? :hehe:

Eve wrote:

You mean there are other things going on? :hehe:

Man, if you were watching CNN they would have you believe the search for the missing plane is the only event on the planet. Every time they find a old shoe with three holes floating in the Indian Ocean they call it breaking news as if they found the whole plane or the one ring from JRR Tolkien's novels.

Tu_triky wrote:Man, if you were watching CNN they would have you believe the search for the missing plane is the only event on the planet. Every time they find a old shoe with three holes floating in the Indian Ocean they call it breaking news as if they found the whole plane or the one ring from JRR Tolkien's novels.

News reporting has turned into a circus. :shakehead:

bmwracer wrote:
News reporting has turned into a circus. :shakehead:

Before news reporting wasn't considered a profit center but broadcasting info for the public good.

It's also due in part to the 24 hours news cycle...they have to fill it with the same crap over and over again because they have nothing meaningful to broadcast most of the time.

Truthfully I've pretty much long since given up watching the news on TV, I use my mobile phone to sift through the news about 99 percent of the time.

Tu_triky wrote:Before news reporting wasn't considered a profit center but broadcasting info for the public good.

Those days seem to be long gone.

It's also due in part to the 24 hours news cycle...they have to fill it with the same crap over and over again because they have nothing meaningful to broadcast most of the time.

Exactly.

KCAL9 airs the news continuously from 8-11 and all they do is recycle the same stories over and over... Unless there's a freaking car chase.

Truthfully I've pretty much long since given up watching the news on TV, I use my mobile phone to sift through the news about 99 percent of the time.

I'm at that point as well... I can pick and choose the news stories online.

bmwracer wrote:
I'm at that point as well... I can pick and choose the news stories online.

Well you summed up just as well in your previous post.