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5.1-magnitude earthquake strikes 100 miles north of Charlotte, along Virginia border

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  1. Chrizton

    Chrizton Well-Known Member

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    I am a lot closer than that and I didn't notice it either :hiding:
     
    Chrizton, Aug 11, 2020
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    Doofenshmirtz Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Ha! I admit I am spoiled. I remember taking the kids to play in the snow in the morning and then to the beach in the afternoon.
     
    Doofenshmirtz, Aug 11, 2020
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  3. Chrizton

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    Not really. That is more up along the WV line. Closer to where they want to mine uranium though.
     
    Chrizton, Aug 11, 2020
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    Did you see that poor cat running for cover?

    When I lived in NYC, in a 5th floor walkup, lightning struck the railing of the fire escape right outside my window. Yikes!

    :hiding:
     
    Sleep Monster, Aug 11, 2020
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    Yeah.... I guess any cover is good, but not sure it should have been running TOWARDS the strike...
     
    Egoboy, Aug 11, 2020
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    Aleksander Ulyanov Well-Known Member

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    I though it was atomic, at least having something to do with mushrooms
     
    Aleksander Ulyanov, Aug 11, 2020
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    Aleksander Ulyanov Well-Known Member

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    Running to get under the car. I had an old cat who was afraid of thunder and she would come from nearly anywhere on the property to hide under the old vehicles that never moved, even from sheltered spaces like the front porch where we would have taken her inside
     
    Aleksander Ulyanov, Aug 11, 2020
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  8. kungfuliberal

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    Hmmm, gives one pause to get a map and connect the dots regarding old and new mining tunnels, fracking sites, etc.
     
    kungfuliberal, Aug 11, 2020
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    Or we could be looking at the beginning of the newest New Midrid earthquake. The region has been known to have them before.
     
    Chrizton, Aug 11, 2020
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    I understood that the New Madrid earthquake was in the Midwest in the Mississippi maybe almost Missouri River asins... didn't that earthquake change the course of the Mississippi River in places?

    Yup please see

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1811–12_New_Madrid_earthquakes
    https://www.usgs.gov/natural-hazard...ce_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects
     
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    Chrizton Well-Known Member

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    Ok. The region is not foreign to earthquakes. See https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/...y/geologic-hazards/earthquakes-north-carolina

    The pretty picture version from that link is:

    NCEpicenters.jpg
     
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    As always we must adapt to the challenges that life brings us.
     
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    True enough....it would be interesting, though, to check frequency, dates, locations and correlate them with the fracking.

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190426110601.htm
     
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    rue enough....it would be interesting, though, to check frequency, dates, locations and correlate them with the fracking.

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190426110601.htm
     
    kungfuliberal, Aug 12, 2020
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