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Holy crap, Haiti? I didn't even know they were susceptiple to quakes.

Posted by ty97 Jan 12 '10, 17:17

And I can't imagine the infrastructure in a poor country like Haiti are built to withstand quakes, especially in such a populated area. Terrible :(

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edge of the caribbean plate, yo. -- nm - mafic Jan 12, 17:25
It shook em up to the Stone Age. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 12, 17:20
I hate to tell you this, but you are susceptible to quakes in IL. there's an earthquake team there. -- nm - loosilu Jan 12, 17:18 26
- Bay Area 89!!! Only So. Cal STers can beat that -- nm - Redmond Jan 12, 17:22 13
  - First I heard of that one was when daughter called from U.C.Davis to tell me she was okay. Her friend had been talking to - MojaveMeg Jan 12, 17:26 4
    - Ah yeah. We had no phone service for a couple days. My mom was in Hawaii and a little worried. - Redmond Jan 12, 17:29 3
      - I had nightmares about your IM. -- nm - psilotum Jan 12, 17:36
      - my ex worked in Oakland and would have been on that freeway at that time if she hadn't left early to join me for the game viewing, talk about fate -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 12, 17:32 1
        
        That freeway wasn't nearly as crowded as any other day at that time because of the game. -- nm - Redmond Jan 12, 17:34
  - wow, that's 20 years ago. that one really shook me up -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 12, 17:24 7
    - Where were you at? I was in Dublin, California for that one. -- nm - Redmond Jan 12, 17:30 3
      - Palo Alto - psilotum Jan 12, 17:35 2
        
        Oh yeah you were about 20 miles closer to the epicenter. -- nm - Redmond Jan 12, 17:40 1
        
        We went for a hike at the epicenter shortly thereafter. It was very impressive. -- nm - psilotum Jan 12, 17:47
    - I remember the entire thing like it was yesterday. I was in bed sleeping getting ready to work the graveyard at Safeway. - Redmond Jan 12, 17:27 2
      - which safeway? the one on market? I was standing in the doorway of my photostudio on 7th St just 100 yards from the Fed Court building they had to - zeitgeist Jan 12, 17:31 1
        
        No San Ramone Safeway. Our entire liquor department was smashed. I showed up and they had already cleaned it up. - Redmond Jan 12, 17:36
- I still have pretty vivid memories of the one earthquake I can remember feeling. - Callisto Jan 12, 17:20 2
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  - When we did our earthquake exercise in TN last year, there was a real quake in IL the day before, which wreaked all kinds of havoc. - loosilu Jan 12, 17:22
- Good thing he's in completely earthquake free Japan right now then. -- nm - Dano Jan 12, 17:19 8
  - I've been woken up twice by (very small) quakes here in the past. - ty97 Jan 12, 17:20 6
    - That was me and a geisha in the room next door. -- nm - Redmond Jan 12, 17:21 5
      - Delete geisha, insert taikomochi. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 12, 17:22 4
        
        If I google that word am I going to get sick? -- nm - Redmond Jan 12, 17:24 3
        
        Most likely no. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 12, 17:24 2
        
        Dude! It's a dude.! -- nm - Redmond Jan 12, 17:26 1
        
        just like thos frat parties -- nm - ty97 Jan 12, 17:31
  - heh. -- nm - loosilu Jan 12, 17:19

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