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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:20 PM Original message |
EARTHQUAKE! |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. ? Nothing in Central OC |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. I felt it!! |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I'm in the Valley. LA n/t |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. didn't feel anything |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:23 PM Original message |
The Valley. n/t |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. a small, smooth, wavy earthquake. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. I felt it! |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Where are you? n/t |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. North Hollywood at the moment. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Okay, that explains why we both felt it. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
43. Hi, neighbor! |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:59 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. Hello! n/t |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yeah I just felt it! |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. LOL! For the weather! n/t |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. ...and the nice views!! |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. and the clean air!... just kidding |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Damn, how long have you been in LA? |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. 5 years |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:34 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Okay, so you haven't had your earthquake cherry shocked. n/t |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:39 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. I'd like to keep that way now that I live here...thank you very much |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:47 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. And you're still antsy? |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:59 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Where I was raised from you could flee threats. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 12:33 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. No. You need to know what to do when one is happening. |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 01:05 AM Response to Reply #52 |
61. Inside door jamb is one of the most solid parts of home construction. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 03:58 AM Response to Reply #61 |
70. Wired to my gas meter I have one of those funny tools that's supposed to help me turn it off... |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 04:52 AM Response to Reply #70 |
76. In MN during the winter there are a lot of nat gas explosions. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 05:09 AM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Wow. Different climate for sure. Here in SoCal our earthquake instructions... |
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Dennis Donovan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:23 PM Original message |
5.5 according to USGS site: |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
33. 5.5? That's just "fun size" ... exciting but not normally dangerous |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:59 PM Response to Reply #33 |
51. "fun size" LOL! n/t |
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blitzen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. 5.5 .... 16 miles from Ludlow |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. 5.5! Pfft, I'm going back to bed. n/t |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 12:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
59. Link to Wiki Chart about Richter Scale so you get an idea of what 5.5 feels like |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
11. 8:20 PM. It was a fairly good one, but not underneath me in the Valley. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Earthquakes: Nature's automatic dusters. n/t |
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Yavapai (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
81. You sound like a old time land surfer, dude! |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #81 |
84. LOL! That's about right, yeah! |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. EEEEK!!!! |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
14. Is this it? |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Yeah, it's a little itty-bitty thing. n/t |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I was starting to think I was the only one who felt it until I saw Colbert's post. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. : p n/t |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. What's the biggest one you have been through...? |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Northridge, 1994. n/t |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:34 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. That was the one to write home about, indeed. I never want to go |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:36 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Yup, that was an earthquake to remember. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:42 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Yep, the first one that came right on the heels of the big one was |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 12:38 AM Response to Reply #48 |
57. Yup. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 04:22 AM Response to Reply #57 |
74. Building codes are kind of in our blood here. Whenever there's a bad one overseas we shudder... |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:39 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. Loma Prieta - 1989 - while driving on a bridge - I thought it was going to collaspe. - n/t |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 02:57 AM Response to Reply #36 |
65. try being two blocks from the epicenter during the Northridge Quake n/t |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 03:28 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. No thank you! n/t |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 04:13 AM Response to Reply #36 |
72. The Northridge Earthquake was a doozy we felt up here beyond Santa Barbara... |
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moriah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
80. A 3.9 here in Arkansas... kinda wacked out actually |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 08:57 PM Response to Reply #30 |
93. My husband was in San Jose for that one. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
22. Shit.. we always miss out:( |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:27 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. What city?! n/t |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Moreno Valley...near Riverside (March ARB is here) |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. I don't know what's worst: Riverside's oddball cults or the random earthquake. n/t |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Putting it all in perspective, eh? |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
24. I should call my brother tomorrow. |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
26. Didn't feel a thing |
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Popol Vuh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
27. 5.5 |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:30 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Meh, it wasn't that big anyway. You didn't miss anything. n/t |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Yep, that's it. I could tell it was pretty far away by the gentle swaying |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
34. OMG, you guys had me scared for a second, thinking this was the "Big One" you guys have been... |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:33 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Yeah, we're fine. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:38 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. One of my cats spooked again a minute or two ago. I give it |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
44. Is there a map with all the faults on it...? |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 11:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Post #8 above. |
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kywildcat (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 04:21 AM Response to Reply #44 |
73. Some on DU posted this a year or so ago. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
54. WTF are you West Valley guys smoking? |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 12:40 AM Response to Reply #54 |
58. LOL! Hey, I always post in case it's a "pre-shock!" n/t |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
56. Riverside - just a slight swaying, enuff to feel it and that's about it nt |
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ConsAreLiars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
60. OMG!!!! IT RAINED AND PEOPLE GOT WET!!! (details pending) (nt) |
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Lindsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 01:24 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. One of my best friends called me from The Valley and asked, |
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ConsAreLiars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 02:37 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Yeah. The OP's hysterical excitement over a common event is symptomatic of something. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 03:29 AM Response to Reply #63 |
67. "hysterical excitement" Excuse me? Where do you see "hysterical" or "excitement"? n/t |
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ConsAreLiars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 04:37 AM Response to Reply #67 |
75. That would be, in case you are really as dumb as you pretend, in the ALL CAPS plus the "!" (nt) |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. I keep forgetting that for some people I still have to post the :sarcasm: smiley. |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 03:35 AM Response to Reply #63 |
69. Excuse me, but in the two years I have lived in SoCal |
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ConsAreLiars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 04:01 AM Response to Reply #69 |
71. One every year, and no damage other than a few broken plates? |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #71 |
79. "unless the OP is a drama queen." Calm down, keep your personal attacks to yourself. n/t |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 03:31 AM Response to Reply #62 |
68. SoCal gets a lot of transplants. I love to watch them freak when it's a tiny little bugger. n/t |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #68 |
85. I'll take quakes over tornados ANY DAY |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 07:58 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. Hold on... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. One summer in Olathe, Kansas, we spent almost as much time in the basement |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. A summer in Oz... Must have been fun |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. Our worst tornados happened at night.. when you cannot see them |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #60 |
82. Why do you have to be such a jerk about the OP? |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. It's not my first earthquake and I have no problem with ConsAreLiars. n/t |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. Fine with me, thought it was out of line for CAL to call you a "drama queen" and "dumb" |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. I keep forgetting that most people are more literal than I am. |
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ccharles000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 02:41 AM Response to Original message |
64. I have yet to feel it. |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
91. It wasn't me...I wasn't anywhere near the place!.....n/t |
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