Captain Steroid: I'm currently in WICHITA! My building swayed like a porch swing BY ITSELF! Sure, it's happened on days with howling winds of 70+ MPH, but tonight? Quiet as a tomb!

I don't like this! ;_;

They have buildings in Wichita now?

WTF Indeed: They have buildings in Wichita now?

Rudimentary shanty lean-tos nowadays.

/Just moved to the Topeka area.

OK, the other thread I voted for I will admit doesn't flow as well as this one, but it has caps and imagining somebody saying it was funny. I had to give more credit for the notes.

Now I hear all the little fourth graders that sang this at a concert I helped with. Nicely played Fark.

Watch out for tsunamis.

Stay safe Oklahoma Farker.

This is proof God hates DST.

It woke me up last night. Didn't last too long though.

I'll have to call the kid in Kansas to see if he felt it. He was to young in California and Hawaii to remember any of the ones out there.

THIS IS WHAT YOU GET FOR BEATING KSU

It's really going to be a fun time in flyover country when the New Madrid fault does it's thing again.

WTF Indeed: Captain Steroid: I'm currently in WICHITA! My building swayed like a porch swing BY ITSELF! Sure, it's happened on days with howling winds of 70+ MPH, but tonight? Quiet as a tomb!

I don't like this! ;_;

They have buildings in Wichita now?

Since 1983. Nothing over two stories though.

First one I've managed to feel... and I only noticed it because my bookcase was ever so slightly banging against the wall. Only then could I notice that slight watery motion under my feet...

/Tulsa
//never noticed one the entire time I was living in Rancho Cucamonga, either.

Somacandra: Captain Steroid: Dammit, which one of you FARKers opened the Ark of the Covenant?!

Its Oklahoma Oklahomo. Must be teh gheys.

ftfy

I Read Fark For the Pictures: This is proof God hates DST Okies.

Something something God for/against Oklahoma State's thrilling game and victory.

Something something tornadoes.

Something something shaking the flat land made mountains.

farking fault lines... How do they work?

CNN is reporting a world record for the single largest cow tipping incident in history

I would go back to the NYC earthquake thread and pull out some gems. But I won't be a dick - everyone, stay safe.

If this keeps happening, they'll just pick up and move.

Vegemite: It woke me up last night. Didn't last too long though.

That's what she said.

That wasn't no stinkin' earthquake

That was my old boss testing out the new funny car engine he put in his bass boat in Draper Lake.

Redlegs doing P.T.

Nothing to worry about.

Any word on how many dollars in improvements it caused?

DingleberryMoose: [www.rivalwear.com image 173x225]

If this keeps happening, they'll just pick up and move.



My Grandfather who passed away 2 years ago at 103 came to Oklahoma in a covered wagon... when it wasn't even a state.

Obligatory...

It was funny - i HAD JUST moved to NC when the east coast earthquake hit - and I just left OKC last night after a week long business trip.

Am I going to die?

Now they just need a tsunami, hurricane, and a volcano for natural disaster bingo!

Anyone from around there know if they build with buildings with brick & mortar out there in the hit area? I heard them things get dangerous in earthquakes as they shoot out like bullets when pressure builds up in the walls... Either way, when it swings to the San Andreas fault line with a 7+, shiat is gonna get scary real quick.

It's too early for the west coast farkers to begin the usual "I'd have slept through that" crap. So that's something Oklahoma residents can be thankful for.

Came across an article about the October 2010 quake in that area. Seemed to imply that it was caused by gas and oil drilling/disposal wells and not by plate shifting.

USGS site says the largest historical Okie quake was a 5.5 in 1952. Grew up in California, where a 5 usually falls on the "naaah" side of the "do I bother getting up" threshold. So, a mid-5 every sixty years or so doesn't seem so bad, even if it is a record-breaker.

I felt it at about 10 to 11:00. Pretty impressive. It went "wohm, wohm, wohm, Wohm, WOhm, WOHM, WOHM, WOhm, Wohm, wohm, wohm, wohm" at approximately 2 Hz. Shook the house right good, it did.

Can't wait for tornado season come spring!

that1guy77: Anyone from around there know if they build with buildings with brick & mortar out there in the hit area? I heard them things get dangerous in earthquakes as they shoot out like bullets when pressure builds up in the walls... Either way, when it swings to the San Andreas fault line with a 7+, shiat is gonna get scary real quick.

Yes they do. Oh, and yes, it will.

Though when San Andreas pops and unzips cali like a prom queens dress after the party I will admit I may giggle a little...

/if only to get rid of LA....

FredaDeStilleto: It's too early for the west coast farkers to begin the usual "I'd have slept through that" crap. So that's something Oklahoma residents can be thankful for.

I held back... *snicker*

Bio-nic: that1guy77: Anyone from around there know if they build with buildings with brick & mortar out there in the hit area? I heard them things get dangerous in earthquakes as they shoot out like bullets when pressure builds up in the walls... Either way, when it swings to the San Andreas fault line with a 7+, shiat is gonna get scary real quick.

Yes they do. Oh, and yes, it will.

Though when San Andreas pops and unzips cali like a prom queens dress after the party I will admit I may giggle a little...

/if only to get rid of LA....

The San Andreas is literally within eyesight for me. I'm happy I'm just on the more stable side. I even go driving through it.

that1guy77: The San Andreas is literally within eyesight for me. I'm happy I'm just on the more stable side. I even go driving through it.

Yikes.

Be safe, cause if that hits, you're f'ed side you end up on.

Isn't that Oo-o-o-o-o-k-kk-kl-l-h-h-ho-o-mm-l-l-a -a, subby?

/niece is in school at OU; quake surprised and freaked her out a bit
//she's quickly figuring out why they moved away in the first place, tho
/ \ | / Shakin' slashies!

Bio-nic: that1guy77: The San Andreas is literally within eyesight for me. I'm happy I'm just on the more stable side. I even go driving through it.

Yikes.

Be safe, cause if that hits, you're f'ed side you end up on.

Do you know how often I drive down the middle of it, literally in the crack, and wonder if the 3000' (or higher) mountains will close up and swallow everyone in? My "safe side" won't get liquified, but buildings will surely be flattened... That little difference between sinking into the ground or having the roof fall on helps me sleep at night. But yea, if only to get rid of LA... we won't get the gang member trash up in my area anymore.

I'll bet the west coast earthquake hardasses shiat themselves at the sight of a tornado...

Oafmeel: I'll bet the west coast earthquake hardasses shiat themselves at the sight of a tornado...

I'm pretty sure tornado hardasses shiat themselves at the sight of tornadoes as well

Bio-nic: It was funny - i HAD JUST moved to NC when the east coast earthquake hit - and I just left OKC last night after a week long business trip.

Am I going to die?

Eventually.

QT_3.14159: It woke me up. It was really cool, though.

I'm pretty sure all these earthquakes are due to the fracking and natural gas drilling they're doing like crazy out here. It's the only thing that really makes sense. We don't have any real fault lines.

... Plate tectonics, how do they work?

/just to feed the troll.

fireside68: Oafmeel: I'll bet the west coast earthquake hardasses shiat themselves at the sight of a tornado...

I'm pretty sure tornado hardasses shiat themselves at the sight of tornadoes as well

I kinda lol'd.