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Offline midnight Target

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« on: February 22, 2003, 12:00:17 PM »
5+ quake on the richter scale. I live in a 2 story house... it shook.

Centered about 30 miles from my house.

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« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2003, 12:10:44 PM »
Quick! If power goes out, dont drive 49 miles and get a hotel with a buffet. Panic and fire up the generator, then shoot the neighbors drawn by your lights. They will be invading your bunker foods, or asking for a cell phone to call and order pizza from the town next to you with power.

Are you OK?

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« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2003, 12:11:50 PM »
It's those danged California cheese commercials...those fargen cows and their foot massages!

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« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2003, 12:16:21 PM »
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Quick! If power goes out, dont drive 49 miles and get a hotel with a buffet. Panic and fire up the generator, then shoot the neighbors drawn by your lights. They will be invading your bunker foods, or asking for a cell phone to call and order pizza from the town next to you with power.

Are you OK?


ROFL...

I'm OK. Luckily I am on a 3 day a week weight training program that includes a high fiber diet. On my off days I stay sharp by tossing PS2's and X-boxes to my kids. I figure that if they play catch with them it won't ruin their minds.

Now that you mention it, I might need to sue someone. I lost over 60 minutes... thats 3600 seconds, of sleep. I deserve to be compensated!!!

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« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2003, 01:09:00 PM »
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Now that you mention it, I might need to sue someone. I lost over 60 minutes... thats 3600 seconds, of sleep. I deserve to be compensated!!!
Yet another reason for covering yourself in duct tape before sleeping. :D Glad you're OK
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It's OK to be frightened midnight Target.
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2003, 01:17:32 PM »
Really......it is.

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« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2003, 02:09:52 PM »
Most frightened I've ever been was in an earthquake. It was late at night and a trembler knocked out all the power. That wasn't too bad, but then this porch light came on but when we drove towards the house some crazy bald dude and a little kid came out and started shooting at the headlights of passing motorists. It scared me so bad I never went back to Sumner, Washington again.

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« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2003, 05:15:45 PM »
4:20 Heheheheheee

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« Reply #8 on: February 22, 2003, 05:29:57 PM »
funkedup, can you say wake and bake?

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« Reply #9 on: February 22, 2003, 06:37:17 PM »
you could always sue McDonalds.

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« Reply #10 on: February 22, 2003, 06:41:57 PM »
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funkedup, can you say wake and bake?


Oh yeah baby.
I would consider an earthquake waking me up at 4:20 AM to be a sign from God that I should take up pot smoking again.

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« Reply #11 on: February 22, 2003, 07:39:46 PM »
Heh, and all of a sudden it becomes clear.  I now know why Funked moved back to California. :D


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« Reply #12 on: February 23, 2003, 10:47:50 AM »
A few people felt it here, MT.

Me... I was too drunk to notice. :)
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« Reply #13 on: February 23, 2003, 11:18:47 AM »
Good to hear you're okay.

Been through only one earthquake in my life.  Was a while back...the one that collapsed the Oakland Bay bridge.

I was in Santa Cruz doing some work for HP via Adaptec.  We were in a 2 story wood frame building (pre-earthquake type) when it hit.
I was just programming along, when my chair shook.  Thought someone was razin me, turned around and about that time my monitor crashes to the floor.
All of a sudden it hit me ...earthquake.  I get up and run to the door, stopping in the door frame.
By this time sheet rock had started to fall from the walls and ceiling, and the long haired geeky programmer across the hall from me says, while laughing, "We're all gonna die!".

About that time we look down the hall to the left and see the roof falling past the hall and decide we should haul butt to the right.

We hit the parking lot just as the rest of the second floor collapses.  Head to a group of people in the parking lot.  Once of em stands up and declares, "We need beer and wine!" and proceeds to haul across the street to the nearby quick stop thingy.
He comes back carrying all he could.  For the next several hours we sit in the parking lot getting toasty.

I sleep in my car that night as my hotel room decided to relocate about 300 feet from where it originally was standing and the staff was refusing to let anyone near the buildings.

Next morning,..ground was still shaking a bit.  I get my ugly self up and start to drive.  All I had on my mind was finding an airport and getting the heck out of that mess.
San Francisco was operating, and I catch a ride back to Texas.

Now,..HP was a bit pissed as I did not complete the task I was assigned, and, in fact, had lost all the code as the computer was,..very mashed.
Adaptec asked me when I was going to come back and finish.  I told them in no uncertain terms I would never step foot in that state again.

That was the second scariest thing I have ever had to deal with in my life.
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« Reply #14 on: February 23, 2003, 11:26:09 AM »
I remember the big one in 72 when I lived in Northridge Calif...It's ok to be scared..We got the heck outta there!
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