Beerball Posted March 8, 2016 Posted March 8, 2016 Chef Jim heard to exclaim "2.3? I fart a !@#$ing 2.3!
Bad Things Posted March 8, 2016 Posted March 8, 2016 2.3? That's nothing. Speaking of... check out this article that just came out a couple hours ago, about the fault line close to me. (Very close to me.) http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/77647999/alpine-fault-moves-more-than-any-other-known-land-fault-in-the-world
Chef Jim Posted March 8, 2016 Posted March 8, 2016 2.3? That's nothing. Speaking of... check out this article that just came out a couple hours ago, about the fault line close to me. (Very close to me.) http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/77647999/alpine-fault-moves-more-than-any-other-known-land-fault-in-the-world Be glad it's moving. Very glad. It's the ones that haven't moved in awhile you have to worry about.
CowgirlsFan Posted March 8, 2016 Posted March 8, 2016 Not surprised... the ground just couldn't stand that the Bills lost there back in October any more.
Chef Jim Posted March 8, 2016 Posted March 8, 2016 2.3 just feels like a big truck driving past. My assistant hits 3.2 whenever she walks by my office. An guy in my office has me diving under my desk when he walks by. Gotta be over 400lbs.
Bad Things Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 (edited) Be glad it's moving. Very glad. It's the ones that haven't moved in awhile you have to worry about.It's not moving. That's the thing... it's way overdue. Although NZ has experienced many quakes in recent history, the Alpine Fault hasn't ruptured since the 1700's. They predict over a 30% chance of it rupturing during the next 50 years which would produce an earthquake over 8.0 I've heard scientists say that it has between 8 and 12 metres of overdue horizontal movement expected. Edited March 9, 2016 by Bad Things
Chef Jim Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 It's not moving. That's the thing... it's way overdue. Although NZ has experienced many quakes in recent history, the Alpine Fault hasn't ruptured since the 1700's. They predict over a 30% chance of it rupturing during the next 50 years which would produce an earthquake over 8.0 I've heard scientists say that it has between 8 and 12 metres of overdue horizontal movement expected. That's confusing. There is movement and then there is rupturing. Slight movement releases built up energy and if that energy is not periodically released with small tremors then the amount of energy eventually released with a rupture is much greater. Disclosure: I'm not a geologist but I've slept next to a fault for over 30 years.
Beerball Posted March 9, 2016 Author Posted March 9, 2016 That's confusing. There is movement and then there is rupturing. Slight movement releases built up energy and if that energy is not periodically released with small tremors then the amount of energy eventually released with a rupture is much greater. Disclosure: I'm not a geologist but I've slept next to a fault for over 30 years. The article states that the fault historically ruptures (in a cataclysmic way). It is overdue for one of those.
Chef Jim Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 The article states that the fault historically ruptures (in a cataclysmic way). It is overdue for one of those. Well the original article didn't mention that it only mentioned how much it's moved. The articles linked in that article however..........
Bad Things Posted March 10, 2016 Posted March 10, 2016 Maybe I should've said anything. We had a rumble come through a couple hours ago... http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/77776204/earthquake-felt-in-marlborough
Chef Jim Posted March 10, 2016 Posted March 10, 2016 Maybe I should've said anything. We had a rumble come through a couple hours ago... http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/77776204/earthquake-felt-in-Marlborough Woohoo!! Ride 'em cowboy!!!
Chef Jim Posted March 18, 2016 Posted March 18, 2016 BREAKING NEWS!!!! http://www.wkbw.com/news/earthquake-reported-near-attica "May have been felt as far away as Toronto!" No.....people in !@#$ing Attica probably didn't even feel it.
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