Ziggy: Did you feel the ground shake?

[MJZiggy]

Yes, we felt it. I was in a meeting and at first thought it was a freight train or something and then it got stronger and we then figured out it was an earthquake. The idiot inside me thought, "hey, cool!" Then the building kind of shuddered and it went away. Somewhere in there, it completely screwed up my phone though. I'm now shopping for a used one until I'm eligible for a new one in January. Since I don't want to go through Partial's crap and dig through the smartphone thread, anyone got suggestions for a phone that can tide me over until January? Must take the standard charger 'cause I'm not getting all new accessories again.

[easy cheesy]

All of my joking aside, I'm very concerned about our East Coaster's and Hurricane Irene... stay safe....

[MJZiggy]

I lived in Florida for years. The hurricane is nothing. It will rain. Probably be windy too, but once it hits shore, it settles down pretty quickly.

[retailguy]

Yes, we felt it. I was in a meeting and at first thought it was a freight train or something and then it got stronger and we then figured out it was an earthquake. The idiot inside me thought, "hey, cool!" Then the building kind of shuddered and it went away. Somewhere in there, it completely screwed up my phone though. I'm now shopping for a used one until I'm eligible for a new one in January. Since I don't want to go through Partial's crap and dig through the smartphone thread, anyone got suggestions for a phone that can tide me over until January? Must take the standard charger 'cause I'm not getting all new accessories again.

Have you taken it somewhere to be looked at first? My wife dumped a bottle of water over hers (don't ask) and I got it fixed for $60.

[retailguy]

All of my joking aside, I'm very concerned about our East Coaster's and Hurricane Irene... stay safe....

So, lemme get this straight. You "yawn" on a 5.8 earthquake, and are "concerned" about some wind and rain? I guess this proves it is all what you grew up with. I had T-storms growing up in the midwest, followed by 20 years of earthquake experience in Cal/Wa, and now live in the deep south with the hurricane threat.

I guess that's one way to become weather "fearless".

[easy cheesy]

So, lemme get this straight. You "yawn" on a 5.8 earthquake, and are "concerned" about some wind and rain? I guess this proves it is all what you grew up with. I had T-storms growing up in the midwest, followed by 20 years of earthquake experience in Cal/Wa, and now live in the deep south with the hurricane threat.

I guess that's one way to become weather "fearless".

Yeah... I yawned... it was mostly in jest however. We had the 6.8 Nisqually Earthquake here in 2001, our worst in 52 years, which thankfully yielded no deaths as I recall, many injuries but no deaths, still it was a doozy. Close to what some remember as the World Series Earthquake, Loma Prieta in 1989 which was 6.9 and unfortunately did result in loss of life.

Hope Irene is just wind and rain. Hurricanes make me a little jittery... more than the thought of an earthquake....but you are absolutely correct... it's all what you grew up with.

[MJZiggy]

Have you taken it somewhere to be looked at first? My wife dumped a bottle of water over hers (don't ask) and I got it fixed for $60.

I took it into the store and they tried resetting it and then the guy said it would need to be replaced. The good news is that I asked the network administrator at work which version of the operating system I should look for and he said they have spare phones that people have replaced, so I had a blackberry before the end of the day.

Yeah... I yawned... it was mostly in jest however. We had the 6.8 Nisqually Earthquake here in 2001, our worst in 52 years, which thankfully yielded no deaths as I recall, many injuries but no deaths, still it was a doozy. Close to what some remember as the World Series Earthquake, Loma Prieta in 1989 which was 6.9 and unfortunately did result in loss of life.

Hope Irene is just wind and rain. Hurricanes make me a little jittery... more than the thought of an earthquake....but you are absolutely correct... it's all what you grew up with.

Loma Prieta actually changed building design standards for new construction.

[Brando19]

We felt it here in WV. Our cat ran under the bed and wouldn't come out for two hours.

[HowardRoark]

Or crocodiles. If I heard there was one within 10 miles of me I would lock the doors and start eating from my stash of baked beans; and I suppose someone in Florida would do the same with even the threat of an 1/8 of an inch of snow.

[MJZiggy]

We used to have alligators in the pond across the street from the house. You just kept tabs on the dog. You could hear them calling during mating season. The nice man from the state came and took him away somewhere. When you don't know snow, you don't know what there is to be afraid of. When I lived in FL, they drove like idiots even in the rain. Around here they panic over a dusting.

[mraynrand]

We used to have alligators in the pond across the street from the house. You just kept tabs on the dog. You could hear them calling during mating season. The nice man from the state came and took him away somewhere.

The state took your dog?

[MJZiggy]

No, silly. My dogs are girls. The state took the gator and helped him to find a new home that had lady gators in it.

[HowardRoark]

No, silly. My dogs are girls. The state took the gator and helped him to find a new home that had lady gators in it.

Finally the government does something right.

[Iron Mike]

Hello, ladies!!!!!

[mraynrand]

No, silly. My dogs are girls. The state took the gator and helped him to find a new home that had lady gators in it.

Conjugal visits in prison? OK, I DO IT!!!