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Earthquake off Northern California
merger writes "A 7.0 earthquake (7.4 according to NOAA) occured off of the northern California coast occured at 7:50 p.m. PST triggering a tsunami warning (which was then downgraded to a tsunami bulletin). While searching Google News for information I learned about an earthquake preparedness study for the area which was just published today."
Anyone?!?!?! I have family that live there... I am going to call them now.
My hacked site
Nah, probably someone spilled the bottle of beer on console and short-circuited it.
Interesting that this happened. Here is an article that was published just yesterday talking about exactly this topic. I guess the subduction zone reads the Chronicle.
So earlier, when this was first breaking news, my roommate got a phone call from her friend Erin about a possible tsunami warning. My first thought? "I'll check slashdot; if it's actually going to kill us (especially as we're in Southern California) slashdot will have an article on it".
that you had to post to slashdot before calling them to see if they were ok.
The earthquake was caused by the impact of the news that Sarge is finally out. (It took several days before that news truly sank in.)
What's that? the quake was up north you say?
That's it. No more LSD on weeknights.
Surf's Up, Dude!!
--Residential Interior Design
I was distracted by my masturbating when it happened, so I didn't notice the earthquake. Damn, why does this always happen...oh wait, never mind.
God is angry over the Michael Jackson verdict!
In Soviet America the banks rob you!
Nothing felt here. Roger.
In this world nothing is certain but death, taxes and flawed car analogies.
Don't go panic tomorrow if you read a "new" tsunami warning here.
Slashdot's getting better at posting news while it's new... this one's only about 3 or 4 hours out of date. Meanwhile Fark, a comedy site, had the newsflash up while the tsunami warning was still in effect. I know where I'm going for my news...
> Pedantics. I am not up for it.
That's PEDANTS
HTH
Sig out of date
Right. So I'm going to move somewhere because after the quake hits and destroys all my stuff, I'll be able to collect insurance (if I didn't killed killed in the disaster).
No thanks, I think I'll stick with my original plan, and move somewhere where I'll be safe from earthquakes altogether. That's why I'm starting grad school next year at Berkeley.
Oh shit. You got any good schools down there in NZ?
> Shook my bed a bit, that was more of an event than this.
Most slashdotters have never had their beds shaken, so you might want to explain what it's like.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
I wouldn't bank on it unless Steve Jobs issues the tsunami warning himself.
Actually, the epicenter is a baseball stadium.
Hi Roger!
You're only jealous cos the little penguins are talking to me.
But one in captivity somewhere appearently has internet access and learned english.
But he disappeared after sending an e-mail to the human race that only contained one line: "So long, and Thanks for All the Fish."
Unfortunately due to the number of recipients his message was almost universally classified as SPAM and never received by most of the human race who now only had hours to live....
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.