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Posted by Krenim (Member # 22) on :

We have hurricane in the eastern US, and a 7.0 earthquake hit southern California early this morning. Is everybody okay?

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Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :

I'm sorta spooked...

Ten years ago tomorrow was the Loma Prieta quake...

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Posted by deadcujo (Member # 13) on :

The earthquake was out in the desert by Joshua Tree.
The worst that happened was a derailed train. I felt
it for like 20 seconds, and I'm like 100 miles from
Joshua Tree park. I heard it could be felt in Arizona
too.

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Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :

Lots of rolling...like a very slow coaster. Although out in Palm Springs and closer to the center of the event, I hear it was much more of a sharp jolt. not nearly as bad as the Northridge quake of a few years ago, but then again, it was out in the middle of nowhere.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Oh, it's just a fake news story.

"Joshua Tree"? Yeah, sure. Whatever. You California people think we'll fall for anything. Next you'll tell us your capital is some equally silly-named place like Upper Mongobula or Sacramento.

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Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :

Oh, have I got a smack ready for you Sol!

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Posted by RW (Member # 27) on :

The only earthquake I felt in my life.. I slept right through it. :]

Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

*FOFLMAO*

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Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :

Pound for pound, Oregon has the silliest names, actually. Check out the back of a road atlas some day.

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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

I think my favorite city name is Jedburg, which is in South Carolina

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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

Doesn't hold a candle to Booger Cat, California (the name of an old mining town).

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Posted by Xentrick (Member # 64) on :

Garberville, California.

Spent the night there. Won't make that mistake again.

Posted by RW (Member # 27) on :

You never heard of Hongerige Wolf then. And yes, that means Hungry Wolf. And it's actually a village in the Neths.

Posted by deadcujo (Member # 13) on :

Wow, the quake made a twenty mile long rupture in the
Mojave desert. Just imagine if there was a city there :P

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

My brother (anti-U2) would like to see that tree burnt down. When he heard of the earthquake, he asked me: "Is the tree gone yet?"

Grrrrr.........

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Posted by Gaseous Anomaly (Member # 114) on :

Stupid names?
You've come to the right place. Irish placenames are some of the worst.
Some local examples:
[list]

Glenamaddy, Gleann na Madadh in Irish.
Means Valley of the Dogs. And is my hometown.

Lisheenaheilta. Pronounced as is.
Don't dare ask me what it means.

Boyunagh. Pronounced "Bweev-na." It means Yellow River, I think.

Kilkerrin, Cill Ciaran in Irish.
Means Ciaran's Church.

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

You guys should here some of the native american names in Connecticut and Massachusetts then... *LOL*

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"...when all that is driving my heart forward
is you, thoughts of you, hopes for you,
and a fading dream with a Mona Lisa smile
that whispers "are you thinking of me too?"

32 days till the dreams become reality...