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EARTHQUAKE!

P: 4/18/2008 8:15:26 AM
Ellen Ideal Rock Total Posts: 22,894 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2006	So who got awakened by a shaking bed this morning, besides me?? http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/18/illinois.earthquake/index.html A magnitude-5.2 earthquake, centered 131 miles east of St. Louis, Missouri, shook southern Illinois early Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It is also important for the State to inculcate in its subjects an aversion to any 'conspiracy theory of history' for a search for 'conspiracies' means a search for motives and an attribution of responsibility for historical misdeeds." -Murray N. Rothbard, in The Anatomy of the State
Posted: 4/18/2008 8:15:26 AM

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P: 4/18/2008 8:18:49 AM
Love in Bloom Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,535 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 3/31/2007	I felt it in Indiana too http://www.pricescope.com/idealbb/view.asp?topicID=83407 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When the axe came into the forest, the trees said the handle is one of us. -bumper sticker
Posted: 4/18/2008 8:18:49 AM

P: 4/18/2008 8:24:09 AM
Ellen Ideal Rock Total Posts: 22,894 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2006	Oh, I didn't think to look in there for a thread Love! Crazy wasn't it? As I was waking up, I thought my hubby was shaking the bed, and I was like, WHY is he doing that?? lol ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It is also important for the State to inculcate in its subjects an aversion to any 'conspiracy theory of history' for a search for 'conspiracies' means a search for motives and an attribution of responsibility for historical misdeeds." -Murray N. Rothbard, in The Anatomy of the State
Posted: 4/18/2008 8:24:09 AM

P: 4/18/2008 8:29:28 AM
Love in Bloom Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,535 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 3/31/2007	Ellen, are you in Illinois? It is kinda scary but still funny at the same time. Never expected an earthquake that 'quakey' in the midwest. That is funny about thinking your hubby was shaking the bed, there were a whole bunch of people interviewed on our local news who thought their SOs were trying to play tricks on them! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When the axe came into the forest, the trees said the handle is one of us. -bumper sticker
Posted: 4/18/2008 8:29:28 AM

P: 4/18/2008 8:37:37 AM
Starset Princess Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,474 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 11/24/2004	We live about 90 miles from the epicenter and it was really mild. My dog woke me up about a minute or more beforehand (around 4:30am) and I was like What is wrong with you? Jeez. Lay down. And then the house started shaking and I could hear everything that was hanging on the walls swaying. I live in an old house so I definitely felt it. People this morning at work weren't sure at the time what it was. Mostly, we think of winds and tornados here, so that was most people's first fear. I bet it lasted less than 20 seconds. At the time my heart is beating rapidly but I still think it's fun in an interesting kind of way. I couldn't fall back asleep though because I was worried about all those shows on the Madrid fault being 'the big one' so I just couldn't relax after that.
Posted: 4/18/2008 8:37:37 AM

P: 4/18/2008 8:40:26 AM
Ellen Ideal Rock Total Posts: 22,894 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2006	Yes, I'm in IL on the IL/MO border. That's is funny that other people thought something like that too. Actually, the midwest has a fault capable of producing some big ones, The New Madrid. I can't get the main site to come up, but this link gives some info. http://showme.net/~fkeller/quake/maps.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It is also important for the State to inculcate in its subjects an aversion to any 'conspiracy theory of history' for a search for 'conspiracies' means a search for motives and an attribution of responsibility for historical misdeeds." -Murray N. Rothbard, in The Anatomy of the State
Posted: 4/18/2008 8:40:26 AM

P: 4/18/2008 8:43:15 AM
Ellen Ideal Rock Total Posts: 22,894 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2006	Date: 4/18/2008 8:37:37 AM Author: Starset Princess We live about 90 miles from the epicenter and it was really mild. My dog woke me up about a minute or more beforehand (around 4:30am) and I was like What is wrong with you? Jeez. Lay down. And then the house started shaking and I could hear everything that was hanging on the walls swaying. I live in an old house so I definitely felt it. People this morning at work weren't sure at the time what it was. Mostly, we think of winds and tornados here, so that was most people's first fear. I bet it lasted less than 20 seconds. At the time my heart is beating rapidly but I still think it's fun in an interesting kind of way. I couldn't fall back asleep though because I was worried about all those shows on the Madrid fault being 'the big one' so I just couldn't relax after that. I know. Instead of getting in a doorway, I just sat there going "Isn't this awesome"?? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It is also important for the State to inculcate in its subjects an aversion to any 'conspiracy theory of history' for a search for 'conspiracies' means a search for motives and an attribution of responsibility for historical misdeeds." -Murray N. Rothbard, in The Anatomy of the State
Posted: 4/18/2008 8:43:15 AM

P: 4/18/2008 8:47:58 AM
Catmom Ideal Rock Total Posts: 5,753 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 4/6/2005	Uh, I slept through it! Michelle *****************************So many sparklies.....So little time!
Posted: 4/18/2008 8:47:58 AM

P: 4/18/2008 9:03:09 AM
Starset Princess Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,474 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 11/24/2004	Incidentally, what irked me this morning was listening to the radio on Fox News and "Chicago shaken by a 5.3 earthquake this morning......" Ah yes, all hail the great state of Chicago!!! I swear. Three people could have been serously injured in Southern IL and the earthquake would have still shaken CHICAGO.
Posted: 4/18/2008 9:03:09 AM

P: 4/18/2008 9:03:53 AM
neatfreak Ideal Rock Total Posts: 13,435 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 2/17/2007	Apparently people felt it as far up as here in Madison. But we slept through it and so did our dogs!
Posted: 4/18/2008 9:03:53 AM

P: 4/18/2008 9:06:38 AM
Miscka Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,674 Last Post: 11/10/2009 Member Since: 4/9/2007	people here (KY) said they felt it...I was asleep!
Posted: 4/18/2008 9:06:38 AM

P: 4/18/2008 9:08:07 AM
Ellen Ideal Rock Total Posts: 22,894 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2006	Date: 4/18/2008 8:47:58 AM Author: Catmom Uh, I slept through it! So did my middle one. Starset, I know. Nothing important exists in IL besides Chicago. (absolutely no offense meant to my northern friends) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It is also important for the State to inculcate in its subjects an aversion to any 'conspiracy theory of history' for a search for 'conspiracies' means a search for motives and an attribution of responsibility for historical misdeeds." -Murray N. Rothbard, in The Anatomy of the State
Posted: 4/18/2008 9:08:07 AM

P: 4/18/2008 9:24:41 AM
777_LDY Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,050 Last Post: 1/14/2009 Member Since: 10/19/2007	Oh my goodness! As, um, "interesting" as that sounds I am glad you are all ok!! I've never experienced anything like that before, but it would be safe to say that if I ever did I would be freaking out! I'm a wee bit of a ... Although, if I were to be woken up by a shaking bed I would also immediately think it was hubby as well, lol!
Posted: 4/18/2008 9:24:41 AM

P: 4/18/2008 9:41:12 AM
jas Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,461 Last Post: 11/13/2009 Member Since: 5/9/2006	It was odd -- I thought we were in the middle of a bad windstorm at first...then the beams started creaking and the bed shaking. Good times. I haven't been checking -- was there anyone hurt? Was there much damage?
Posted: 4/18/2008 9:41:12 AM

P: 4/18/2008 9:49:23 AM
LegacyGirl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,757 Last Post: 1/15/2009 Member Since: 11/16/2007	I didn't feel a thing here... thank goodness! You all can keep your earthquakes and take our hurricanes too
Posted: 4/18/2008 9:49:23 AM

P: 4/18/2008 10:08:39 AM
Elmorton Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,744 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 7/6/2007	We slept right through it, but I read the headline this morning - apparently a bunch of people felt it here (Eastern IA). My parents are in Champaign and I'm going to try to see if I can catch my dad before he goes to work to hear if the house rattled. It's so bizarre! My husband's response this morning - "But we live in the midwest!!" I said "Right...were you not paying ANY attention in science class when they talked about earthquakes?" I've always heard of faults through IN and S. IL but never actually experienced the earth move. I was bummed out, actually!
Posted: 4/18/2008 10:08:39 AM

P: 4/18/2008 10:13:30 AM
canuk-gal Ideal Rock Total Posts: 9,195 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 4/19/2004	HI: I slept thru it also! cheers--Sharon "People who possess great qualities, do not need to show off".
Posted: 4/18/2008 10:13:30 AM

P: 4/18/2008 10:14:52 AM
Ellen Ideal Rock Total Posts: 22,894 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2006	Date: 4/18/2008 9:41:12 AM Author: jas It was odd -- I thought we were in the middle of a bad windstorm at first...then the beams started creaking and the bed shaking. Good times. I haven't been checking -- was there anyone hurt? Was there much damage? So far I haven't heard of anyone getting hurt, nor any big damage. St. Louis did report some crumbling of a bridge. I imagine it will take all day for news to trickle in on any damage. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It is also important for the State to inculcate in its subjects an aversion to any 'conspiracy theory of history' for a search for 'conspiracies' means a search for motives and an attribution of responsibility for historical misdeeds." -Murray N. Rothbard, in The Anatomy of the State
Posted: 4/18/2008 10:14:52 AM

P: 4/18/2008 10:15:45 AM
Starset Princess Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,474 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 11/24/2004	I remember the 4.1 back in 1984 - I was nine.
Posted: 4/18/2008 10:15:45 AM

P: 4/18/2008 10:38:06 AM
aquarius_ser Cut Rock Total Posts: 269 Last Post: 4/18/2008 Member Since: 4/12/2006	It woke us up at 5:37 and I'm in Cincinnati, OH - something like 250 miles away... I knew exactly what it was, I had flashbacks one in the '80s ....
Posted: 4/18/2008 10:38:06 AM

P: 4/18/2008 10:43:24 AM
Love in Bloom Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,535 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 3/31/2007	Wow, it could have been a lot worse. I'm glad it was not a lot worse... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When the axe came into the forest, the trees said the handle is one of us. -bumper sticker
Posted: 4/18/2008 10:43:24 AM

P: 4/18/2008 10:44:02 AM
Ellen Ideal Rock Total Posts: 22,894 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2006	I just called my SIL in Middletown OH, (inbetween Dayton and Cincinnati), and she felt it, she just didn't know what it was til I called. She said she woke up and thought the cat was on the bed scratching, but when she felt for her she wasn't there. She hadn't seen the news, so she had no idea. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It is also important for the State to inculcate in its subjects an aversion to any 'conspiracy theory of history' for a search for 'conspiracies' means a search for motives and an attribution of responsibility for historical misdeeds." -Murray N. Rothbard, in The Anatomy of the State
Posted: 4/18/2008 10:44:02 AM

P: 4/18/2008 10:45:50 AM
Ellen Ideal Rock Total Posts: 22,894 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2006	Date: 4/18/2008 10:43:24 AM Author: Love in Bloom Wow, it could have been a lot worse. I'm glad it was not a lot worse... Me too. They've been saying we're due for a bad one for years now. Hope it's not in mine or my kids lifetime.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It is also important for the State to inculcate in its subjects an aversion to any 'conspiracy theory of history' for a search for 'conspiracies' means a search for motives and an attribution of responsibility for historical misdeeds." -Murray N. Rothbard, in The Anatomy of the State
Posted: 4/18/2008 10:45:50 AM

P: 4/18/2008 10:46:10 AM
musey Ideal Rock Total Posts: 11,155 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 9/30/2006	Date: 4/18/2008 9:03:09 AM Author: Starset Princess Incidentally, what irked me this morning was listening to the radio on Fox News and 'Chicago shaken by a 5.3 earthquake this morning......' Ah yes, all hail the great state of Chicago!!! I swear. Three people could have been serously injured in Southern IL and the earthquake would have still shaken CHICAGO. Erg, that bugs me so much. Whenever I tell people I grew up in Illinois, they just say "Chicago?" Yes. Chicago. Actually, a little suburb of Chicago, about 2.5 hours south
Posted: 4/18/2008 10:46:10 AM

P: 4/18/2008 10:50:59 AM
Love in Bloom Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,535 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 3/31/2007	Sounds frustrating but as someone with a horrible sense of direction, at least these people have some concept of your geographic location. I live in Indiana and it seems like nobody knows where that is! Even my family asks, "So how is Kansas?" or, "Do you like living in Idaho?" Might as well be! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When the axe came into the forest, the trees said the handle is one of us. -bumper sticker
Posted: 4/18/2008 10:50:59 AM

P: 4/18/2008 10:54:50 AM
Ellen Ideal Rock Total Posts: 22,894 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2006	Date: 4/18/2008 10:50:59 AM Author: Love in Bloom Sounds frustrating but as someone with a horrible sense of direction, at least these people have some concept of your geographic location. I live in Indiana and it seems like nobody knows where that is! Even my family asks, 'So how is Kansas?' or, 'Do you like living in Idaho?' Might as well be! omg Too funny! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It is also important for the State to inculcate in its subjects an aversion to any 'conspiracy theory of history' for a search for 'conspiracies' means a search for motives and an attribution of responsibility for historical misdeeds." -Murray N. Rothbard, in The Anatomy of the State
Posted: 4/18/2008 10:54:50 AM

P: 4/18/2008 11:29:43 AM
Starset Princess Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,474 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 11/24/2004	Anyone else feel the 'aftershock' about 10 minutes ago?
Posted: 4/18/2008 11:29:43 AM

P: 4/18/2008 11:44:33 AM
*DeeJay** Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,491 Last Post: 9/23/2009 Member Since: 3/26/2006	I'm so glad you posted this Ellen because I was beginning to think I am crazy! (We'll, OK, maybe that's a broader topic... ) They are building a grocery store a few blocks from me and when they were pounding the pilons (sp?) into the ground it felt a lot like this so when I first woke up that's what I thought it was, but then I thought, why on earth would they be doing construciton at this hour? Didn't feel the aftershock though...
Posted: 4/18/2008 11:44:33 AM

P: 4/18/2008 11:45:59 AM
musey Ideal Rock Total Posts: 11,155 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 9/30/2006	Date: 4/18/2008 11:29:43 AM Author: Starset Princess Anyone else feel the 'aftershock' about 10 minutes ago? I was on the phone with my mom who's in IL, she said she did. Crazy!
Posted: 4/18/2008 11:45:59 AM

P: 4/18/2008 12:08:36 PM
coatimundi_org Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,312 Last Post: 6/7/2009 Member Since: 12/9/2007	Whoa! I didn't know earthquakes happened in the Midwest! Coati, G.G.
Posted: 4/18/2008 12:08:36 PM

P: 4/18/2008 12:18:04 PM
Catmom Ideal Rock Total Posts: 5,753 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 4/6/2005	Date: 4/18/2008 11:29:43 AM Author: Starset Princess Anyone else feel the 'aftershock' about 10 minutes ago? I didn't feel anything but I did hear some "rattling", enough so that it caused me to look up from the computer several times to see what was making that noise. Michelle *****************************So many sparklies.....So little time!
Posted: 4/18/2008 12:18:04 PM

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