a riveting chat about earthquakes

my town is on a fault line though
[10/29/2012 2:17:44 PM] The A&C: so loads of earthquakes
[10/29/2012 2:18:09 PM] Chris W: we rarely get earthquakes here
[10/29/2012 2:18:13 PM] Chris W: obviously
[10/29/2012 2:18:17 PM] The A&C: theyre pretty damn fun
[10/29/2012 2:18:46 PM] The A&C: they say that if a 5 or higher hits our town the local middle school will collapse because of shitty building
[10/29/2012 2:18:56 PM] The A&C: and everyone inside will die
[10/29/2012 2:19:05 PM] The A&C: middle school was a very stressful time in my life
[10/29/2012 2:19:35 PM] Chris W: i think the largest earthquake to ever hit our state was like a 5 or something
[10/29/2012 2:20:10 PM] The A&C: wasnt it like the entirety of LA got levelled 60 years ago from an earthquake
[10/29/2012 2:20:14 PM] The A&C: like practically flipped over
[10/29/2012 2:21:02 PM] Chris W: i believe you are talking about the loma prieta quake back in like '89
[10/29/2012 2:21:13 PM] The A&C: wikipe link
[10/29/2012 2:22:19 PM] The A&C: look what i found
[10/29/2012 2:22:20 PM] The A&C: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risks_to_civilization,_humans_and_planet_Earth
[10/29/2012 2:22:27 PM] Chris W: lol
[10/29/2012 2:22:32 PM] The A&C: wikipedia is a scary place
[10/29/2012 2:23:54 PM] The A&C: so we have 2 hours till the marathon
[10/29/2012 2:23:57 PM] The A&C: god dam im sick
[10/29/2012 2:23:59 PM] The A&C: this will be fun
[10/29/2012 2:24:00 PM] Chris W: lol
[10/29/2012 2:24:11 PM] Chris W: oh hey
[10/29/2012 2:24:11 PM] Chris W: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Haida_Gwaii_earthquake
[10/29/2012 2:24:33 PM] The A&C: heeeeeey
[10/29/2012 2:24:37 PM] The A&C: i know that place
[10/29/2012 2:24:52 PM] The A&C: nothing happened i dont think
[10/29/2012 2:25:01 PM] The A&C: since i havent heard anything about it on the radio
[10/29/2012 2:25:32 PM] The A&C: queen charlottes island is such a shithole
[10/29/2012 2:25:37 PM] The A&C: or as its known now haida gwaii
[10/29/2012 2:25:52 PM] The A&C: it's like that one hippie refuge you posted about
[10/29/2012 2:26:04 PM] Chris W: oh hey found it
[10/29/2012 2:26:05 PM] Chris W: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loma_Prieta_earthquake
[10/29/2012 2:27:06 PM] The A&C: Because of game-related sports coverage, this was the first major earthquake in the United States of America to have its initial jolt broadcast live on television.[9]
[10/29/2012 2:27:07 PM] The A&C: oooo
[10/29/2012 2:27:11 PM] The A&C: wonder if it's on youtube
[10/29/2012 2:27:16 PM] Chris W: i'm sure it is
[10/29/2012 2:27:28 PM] The A&C: got it
[10/29/2012 2:27:40 PM] The A&C:
[10/29/2012 2:28:42 PM] The A&C: god dam this is so 80s
[10/29/2012 2:28:45 PM] The A&C: holy shit
[10/29/2012 2:28:53 PM] The A&C: dat VHS quality
[10/29/2012 2:30:57 PM] Chris W: man
[10/29/2012 2:31:06 PM] Chris W: the 1906 earthquake was absolute carnage
[10/29/2012 2:31:29 PM] The A&C: was reading about that before you sent that last wikipedia link
[10/29/2012 2:31:44 PM] The A&C: blame the flimsy buildings
[10/29/2012 2:31:53 PM] Chris W: well it was 1906
[10/29/2012 2:31:59 PM] The A&C: ja
[10/29/2012 2:32:12 PM] The A&C: remember how chile had a 9.8 or something fucking insane like that
[10/29/2012 2:32:16 PM] The A&C: and not much happened
[10/29/2012 2:32:19 PM] Chris W: 9.5 i think
[10/29/2012 2:32:25 PM] The A&C: and then haiti gets a 6 and their entire country collapses?
[10/29/2012 2:32:29 PM] Chris W: yeah
[10/29/2012 2:33:19 PM] Chris W: my god the panoramas of san fransisco after the earthquake
[10/29/2012 2:33:29 PM] Chris W:
[10/29/2012 2:34:28 PM] The A&C: gg no re
[10/29/2012 2:34:39 PM] The A&C: i like how picture quality from that time looks almost better than now
[10/29/2012 2:34:44 PM] Chris W: it does
[10/29/2012 2:34:52 PM] The A&C: also the earthquake in the youtube link starts at 4:30
[10/29/2012 2:34:57 PM] The A&C: dude that shit's apocalyptic
[10/29/2012 2:37:32 PM] Chris W: also the 1906 picture is absolute disaster porn
[10/29/2012 2:37:57 PM] The A&C: the entire right side is flattened
[10/29/2012 2:37:58 PM] The A&C: god dam
[10/29/2012 2:38:38 PM] Chris W: i wonder how much of that is from the fires and stuff
[10/29/2012 2:38:51 PM] The A&C: almost entirely
[10/29/2012 2:39:06 PM] The A&C: they were very reliant on coal and oil in those days
[10/29/2012 2:39:25 PM] The A&C: imagine white hot coal rocks flying around everywhere into flimsy cardboard wooden buildings
[10/29/2012 2:41:00 PM] Chris W:
[10/29/2012 2:41:36 PM] The A&C: look at dem top hats
[10/29/2012 2:42:21 PM] Chris W: classy even as your city has been struck and largely destroyed by and earthquake and its remnants are being burned by fire
[10/29/2012 2:43:08 PM] Chris W:
[10/29/2012 2:43:25 PM] Chris W: i like how they're just casually sitting back and watching the city burn down
[10/29/2012 2:43:52 PM] The A&C: ahahaha those guys on the lower right
[10/29/2012 2:43:57 PM] Chris W: yeah
[10/29/2012 2:43:57 PM] The A&C: all they need is popcorn
[10/29/2012 2:44:14 PM] The A&C: was popcorn invented yet
[10/29/2012 2:44:26 PM] Chris W: i dunno