Maybe a meteor -

From Spaceweather.com:

"Last night, Dec. 16th at 9 p.m. CST, a very bright meteor lit up the completely overcast sky like lightning in southeast Nebraska," reports Trooper Jerry Chab of the Nebraska State Patrol. "It flashed for approximately 2 seconds and was followed by sonic booms and ground shaking, which prompted many calls by the public to law enforcement in a three county wide area." Meanwhile, the USGS says there was a magnitude 3.5 earthquake near Auburn, Nebraska, at 8:53 pm, about the same time and place as the fireball. This map shows the nominal epicenter:

"Won't somebody please think of the corn?"

Nebraska? Thats one of those states in the midwest somewhere? Has anything else happened there recently?

thomps

iirc nebraska gets minor earthquakes fairly frequently because it sits on top of a gigantic (but relatively stable) fault line.


So it really IS their fault! They brought this on themselves.


:-)

I can haz Nebraska trifecta?

djcunix: Maybe a meteor -

From Spaceweather.com:

"Last night, Dec. 16th at 9 p.m. CST, a very bright meteor lit up the completely overcast sky like lightning in southeast Nebraska," reports Trooper Jerry Chab of the Nebraska State Patrol. "It flashed for approximately 2 seconds and was followed by sonic booms and ground shaking, which prompted many calls by the public to law enforcement in a three county wide area." Meanwhile, the USGS says there was a magnitude 3.5 earthquake near Auburn, Nebraska, at 8:53 pm, about the same time and place as the fireball. This map shows the nominal epicenter:

They're here.

Some cattle were knocked over.

Predicted it:

If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears ...

tin_man: It was just one of the strippers at Shotgun Geniez falling off the stage.

That's in Iowa and they don't fall so much as avalanche off the stage.

/"Bring me Solo and the wookie a lapdance"

meat0918: So, the portal to Hell is in Nebraska now. These guys are on the case

Good thing, too!

FTFA : The quake was felt by people in several nearby Nebraska towns, including Peru, Nebraska City, and Dunbar. It also was felt across the Missouri River in Hamburg, Iowa; and Rock Port, Mo.

So the quake was felt by Hamburgers? Weird.

Pray for Omarion

Pray for Omarion?

/Got nothin

No one notices Nebraska either.

I should have refreshed the front page, I just submitted this story from another source with a somewhat smug headline.

meat0918: So, the portal to Hell is in Nebraska now. These guys are on the case

Is Angel standing in the sun?

I thought it was just bad gas.

I'm calling shenanigans on the meteor theory. I think a meteor big enough to cause a 3.5 earthquake would have left a HUGE crater somewhere.

It's a sign from god. Maybe now their senator will STFU about stalling healthcare reform because if his anti-abortion whining!

Is the Amigos in Auburn safe? Won't someone think of the cheesy burritos?

Holy shiatballs! Check out the devastation.

mod_reright: Wait, am I really the first smug Californian to the thread? It falls to me to point out that a 3.5 is about as significant as a kitten farting in the next room? I have to be the one to say that literally no one would even notice an earthquake that size around here?

Nope, not going to do it. That would make me an asshole. I'm totally not saying that.

I think all of the rest of the smug Californians realize that a fireball from-the-sky accompaniment kinda trumps your Richter number hard-ons.

Personally, I think God was trying to smite Warren Buffet for his dealings with Wells Fargo and Citibank.

TheFunChicken: Is the Amigos in Auburn safe? Won't someone think of the cheesy burritos?

I'm a bigger fan of the crisp pinto burrito, only because it makes me think of the exploding car.

3rd result for GIS for "Nebraska Hottie"



YOWZA!

/from Nebraska
//haven't been back much in the last decade

In another report (at the bottom of article, new window), someone was so frightened that they said they'd move out of Nebraska if there was another quake! The highest reported MMI (new window) was only 4:

"Felt indoors by many, outdoors by few during the day. At night, some awakened. Dishes, windows, doors disturbed; walls make cracking sound. Sensation like heavy truck striking building. Standing motor cars rocked noticeably."

Sorry, but I've experienced many thunderstorms worse than that. Unless things actually start falling over and/or breaking, I'm just going to think "Cool, an earthquake!"

A 3.5 is news? Those happen like every five minutes in California. I'm pretty sure the locals don't even notice, it's like a truck going by on the street in front of your house.

The biggest recorded was a 5.1? Damn son, a 5.1 is almost big enough to scare your cats.

signine: A 3.5 is news? Those happen like every five minutes in California.

Not quite that frequently, but we've had 3 earthquakes this week so far in that size range. Not a mention of any of them in the media that I saw.

Map of California Earthquakes (new window)

i think i found the problem..........

From the comment section:

"I guess Suh saw Mangino walking around in a KU jacket and instinctively tackled him for a loss. That would do it."

/HA!
//Don't tell Suh I laughed in his general direction
///What. A. Monster.

Are the meth labs ok?

/I've been to Southeast Nebraska. A good quake could only improve things.

A 3.5? Probably someone dropped their watch and NOAA operators needed something to relieve the boredom. This is Nebraska, right?