The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 1097

Mortis · 03-11-2011, 01:02 PM

It doesn't really matter where you live, there's always some for of natural disaster, in 2009 Denver was hit with a tornado, there's ice rain and avalanches.

Just saying, no matter where we live we are to some extent at the mercy of Mother Nature, and she doesn't pull punches

dsvick · 03-11-2011, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Mortis

It doesn't really matter where you live, there's always some for of natural disaster, in 2009 Denver was hit with a tornado, there's ice rain and avalanches.

Just saying, no matter where we live we are to some extent at the mercy of Mother Nature, and she doesn't pull punches

I'm really rather fond of where I live, North Central Ohio. We are just North of the line where tornadoes are frequent, my house is about 20 miles West of the snow belt (lake effect snow from Lake Erie), we have no hurricanes, no tsunami's, maybe one earthquake a year that we find out about by watching the news, we do not get extreme heat or cold, but we do get to experience all four seasons to their fullest, and the only two native poisonous animals are black widows and brown recluses.

I'm really pretty happy here ...

GeoffC · 03-11-2011, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Mee too!

(part of why (really) I live a mile high)

mmmm

maybe 4 miles below the jet stream ....

kindlekitten · 03-11-2011, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by wodin

I just HATE tsunamis!

so happy to see you show up! how is it going there?

wodin · 03-11-2011, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

so happy to see you show up! how is it going there?

Thanks KK We're fine. More here.

wyndslash · 03-11-2011, 05:21 PM

morning. glad everyone is ok

Stitchawl · 03-11-2011, 07:13 PM

Greetings from the Land of the Moving Ground...

As you've seen from the news, things are pretty grim in the Tokyo area and north. I returned home just in time to feel the ground roll under my feet yesterday, and was glad to know that I am 300 miles from the epicenter this time. Last big quake was just 60 miles away. I didn't like that one. Yesterday's quake did a lot of damage, but it was the tsunami that really caused the major disasters. I don't like earthquakes.

Stitchawl

natasha_fawn · 03-11-2011, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Greetings from the Land of the Moving Ground...

As you've seen from the news, things are pretty grim in the Tokyo area and north. I returned home just in time to feel the ground roll under my feet yesterday, and was glad to know that I am 300 miles from the epicenter this time. Last big quake was just 60 miles away. I didn't like that one. Yesterday's quake did a lot of damage, but it was the tsunami that really caused the major disasters. I don't like earthquakes.

Stitchawl

Hey, you're back! Glad to hear you're in good shape.

badgoodDeb · 03-11-2011, 07:47 PM

Ditto that -- I'm glad you are okay (and able to get online and tell us so)!
bgDeb

kennyc · 03-11-2011, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Greetings from the Land of the Moving Ground...

As you've seen from the news, things are pretty grim in the Tokyo area and north. I returned home just in time to feel the ground roll under my feet yesterday, and was glad to know that I am 300 miles from the epicenter this time. Last big quake was just 60 miles away. I didn't like that one. Yesterday's quake did a lot of damage, but it was the tsunami that really caused the major disasters. I don't like earthquakes.

Stitchawl

Oh thank goodness!!!

Stitchawl · 03-11-2011, 08:41 PM

Thanks, guys. I live in the Kyoto area, which is far enough south of the epicenter of this last quake (actually, I just heard that there was another, only 100 miles away at 4am but I guess I slept through it.) that we only had some ground shaking. In fact, I actually had to look at a hanging pendulum just to be sure that it really WAS a quake. There is NO disruption of anything in this area.

Looking at the news, it's pretty grim up north. Tokyo airports have canceled all flights, train service is disrupted there, and communications from cities just to the north of there are down. Fortunately, the area around the epicenter wasn't a major city or the casualty rate would be much higher, as it was for the Kobe quake of '95. I was here for that one too, and only 60 miles from the center. The majority of casualties was from the tsunami that followed.

Nothing... nothing... makes you feel as helpless as being in the middle of an earthquake. Not tornadoes, not hurricanes, not floods or blizzards. I've been in all of them and nothing makes you feel as helpless as being in the middle of an earthquake. There is just nothing you can do.

Stitchawl

Freeshadow · 03-11-2011, 08:57 PM

yeah glad too you all are still right
Since I'm already some time here on MR seeing news about all these diseasters (the floods down under, christchurch, now the tsunami and the quake) changed for me a lot.

Now, remembering how many fellows from here live in all the regions suffering from Gaias rage...
To feel so helpless; to have to think "there might be beople there just now, you somehow know and certainly like and if they're in some seerious trouble you cannot do anything about it."

It sucks.
So please keep your butts out of trouble, you bunch of fellow bibliophilic freaks.

captkjaneway · 03-11-2011, 09:23 PM

Good to hear from you Stitchy! You had us going a bit there......

WT Sharpe · 03-11-2011, 09:51 PM

Stitchawl, I'm really glad to hear from you. Folks were getting worried. Glad to hear you're OK.

kindlekitten · 03-11-2011, 10:00 PM

yAy! keep us posted as to how things are going!

we were worried!

03-11-2011, 08:41 PM	#16451
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	Thanks, guys. I live in the Kyoto area, which is far enough south of the epicenter of this last quake (actually, I just heard that there was another, only 100 miles away at 4am but I guess I slept through it.) that we only had some ground shaking. In fact, I actually had to look at a hanging pendulum just to be sure that it really WAS a quake. There is NO disruption of anything in this area. Looking at the news, it's pretty grim up north. Tokyo airports have canceled all flights, train service is disrupted there, and communications from cities just to the north of there are down. Fortunately, the area around the epicenter wasn't a major city or the casualty rate would be much higher, as it was for the Kobe quake of '95. I was here for that one too, and only 60 miles from the center. The majority of casualties was from the tsunami that followed. Nothing... nothing... makes you feel as helpless as being in the middle of an earthquake. Not tornadoes, not hurricanes, not floods or blizzards. I've been in all of them and nothing makes you feel as helpless as being in the middle of an earthquake. There is just nothing you can do. Stitchawl Last edited by Stitchawl; 03-11-2011 at 08:45 PM.

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03-11-2011, 01:02 PM	#16441
Mortis Canucklehead in Malaysia Posts: 1,633 Karma: 3127774 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Device: iPhone, Kindle	It doesn't really matter where you live, there's always some for of natural disaster, in 2009 Denver was hit with a tornado, there's ice rain and avalanches. Just saying, no matter where we live we are to some extent at the mercy of Mother Nature, and she doesn't pull punches

03-11-2011, 05:21 PM	#16446
wyndslash Wizard Posts: 2,951 Karma: 3000001 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3 wifi, Kindle Fire	morning. glad everyone is ok

03-11-2011, 07:13 PM	#16447
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	Greetings from the Land of the Moving Ground... As you've seen from the news, things are pretty grim in the Tokyo area and north. I returned home just in time to feel the ground roll under my feet yesterday, and was glad to know that I am 300 miles from the epicenter this time. Last big quake was just 60 miles away. I didn't like that one. Yesterday's quake did a lot of damage, but it was the tsunami that really caused the major disasters. I don't like earthquakes. Stitchawl

03-11-2011, 07:47 PM	#16449
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,555 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Ditto that -- I'm glad you are okay (and able to get online and tell us so)! bgDeb

03-11-2011, 08:57 PM	#16452
Freeshadow temp. out of service Posts: 2,815 Karma: 24285242 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Duisburg (DE) Device: PB 623	yeah glad too you all are still right Since I'm already some time here on MR seeing news about all these diseasters (the floods down under, christchurch, now the tsunami and the quake) changed for me a lot. Now, remembering how many fellows from here live in all the regions suffering from Gaias rage... To feel so helpless; to have to think "there might be beople there just now, you somehow know and certainly like and if they're in some seerious trouble you cannot do anything about it." It sucks. So please keep your butts out of trouble, you bunch of fellow bibliophilic freaks.

03-11-2011, 09:23 PM	#16453
captkjaneway Cockney Sci-Fi Geek! Posts: 472 Karma: 1463094 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Wan Chai, Hong Kong Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Samsung Tab S 8.4", Samsung S6 Edge	Good to hear from you Stitchy! You had us going a bit there......

03-11-2011, 09:51 PM	#16454
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Stitchawl, I'm really glad to hear from you. Folks were getting worried. Glad to hear you're OK.

03-11-2011, 10:00 PM	#16455
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	yAy! keep us posted as to how things are going! we were worried!