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  • #16
    Yeah, dinosaurs did it. Kidding aside, I'm glad no one was hurt.

    There is some seriously gnarly energy in even a tiny earthquake and they can be really bad bad news. Sand or loose soil can temporarily liquefy and swallow stuff. If you live near the edge of a valley floor or some rocks or other underground formations then the waves do the same thing as the ice sheet on the shorelines in, "Ice Road Truckers."

    Just like it does in water, a traveling wave in soil 'breaks' on rocks or any kind of obstruction that tries to make it change speed or direction, sometimes faster than the speed of sound, and it can split open and shatter but it's miles and miles across and deep, not a just couple of yards.
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    • #17
      Haven't heard of anyone hurt. Actually, I live close enough to a big rail yard that I thought it was just a train at first............until the fridge started rocking.
      Greg

      Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

      ― Albert Einstein

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      • #18
        Did you get any earthquake lightning? Imaging two really big pieces of nylon carpeting rubbing together at high speed and you'll get the idea, it's worried me more than the 'quakes a few times.
        -- Scott
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        2004 ST1300A: No name... yet
        1982 XJ1100J: "Baby" SS Brakes, '850 FD, ACCT
        1980 XS1100G: "Columbo" SS Brakes, '850 FD, ACCT
        1979 XS1100SF: "Bush" W.I.P.
        1979 XS1100F: parts
        2018 Heritage Softail Classic 117 FLHCS SE: "Nanuk" It's DEAD, it's not just resting. It is an EX cycle.
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        • #19
          Shrug.....dunno
          Greg

          Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

          ― Albert Einstein

          80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.

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          • #20
            You'd have noticed it so it didn't happen, at least where you were.
            -- Scott
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            2004 ST1300A: No name... yet
            1982 XJ1100J: "Baby" SS Brakes, '850 FD, ACCT
            1980 XS1100G: "Columbo" SS Brakes, '850 FD, ACCT
            1979 XS1100SF: "Bush" W.I.P.
            1979 XS1100F: parts
            2018 Heritage Softail Classic 117 FLHCS SE: "Nanuk" It's DEAD, it's not just resting. It is an EX cycle.
            ♬

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            • #21
              End of the World

              Quakes in OK, Hurricanes on the right coast - What's the world coming to???
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              • #22
                Originally posted by MPittma100 View Post
                Quakes in OK, Hurricanes on the right coast - What's the world coming to???
                More likely, who can we blame it on? It certainly couldn't be mother nature!

                Nothing ever changes.............does it?
                Greg

                Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

                ― Albert Einstein

                80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.

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                • #23
                  The Way We Are Now

                  Originally posted by BA80 View Post
                  More likely, who can we blame it on? It certainly couldn't be mother nature!

                  Nothing ever changes.............does it?
                  I suppose we could say that it is politically correct to:


                  Blame Mother Nature!
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                  • #24
                    Noooo, the real question is who can we sue and make pay???

                    LOL

                    Felt it here in Kansas city as well. Shook the house for a good 30 seconds or so.
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                    • #25
                      If you get sued you always pay and you always loose however sometimes the person suing recovers. The only guaranteed winner in a suit is a lawyer. And Greg you are correct there is no proof about fracking just like there was no proof about asbestos for many years. It all depends on the knowledge and quality of engineering effort a company puts into something that determines the safety. Like anything else there are good companies Fracking and there are also criminals drilling.
                      To fix the problem one should not make more assumptions than the minimum needed.

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by ViperRon View Post
                        And Greg you are correct there is no proof about fracking just like there was no proof about asbestos for many years.
                        Apples and oranges.
                        Greg

                        Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

                        ― Albert Einstein

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                        • #27
                          Well... guess only time will tell if the fraking and saltwater injection wells contribute to the quakes.

                          The powers that be have shut down all of it for a 750 mile radius... Or 23 well sites.

                          Interesting part was when the geologists warned that suddenly stopping the process could contribute to an even larger one... Hmmmnnn....
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                          • #28
                            We live with quakes all the time over here. A 7.1 last friday, a 5.8 before that, a 5.9 a few days before that. We live right on the edge of the Pacific Fault so theyre a fact of life for us. Most of the time theyre just an 'earth moving' moment, although not a three minute one , but occasionally we get a decent one that does some damage, like Christchurch a few short years ago.

                            We dont have any large scale fracking or salt water injection going on, and i dont believe that contributes anyway, we're just unlucky enough to live in an active volcanic region. In the bigger scheme of things, fracking is small potatoes when talking about the entire earths surface, and faults that run from tens to hundreds of kilometres deep.
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                            • #29
                              History shows that Oklahoma had a history of only having very minor earth tremors like many places till the major new drilling and injection started.

                              https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/03/indonesia

                              Now there are things beyond mans knowledge like the earth passing threw a part of the Galaxy its not been threw for many thousands of years who knows what we are in for. I am sure the government has a plan to spend enough money to protect you. Just this week they saved us from soap.
                              To fix the problem one should not make more assumptions than the minimum needed.

                              Rodan
                              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khm6...liHntN91DHjHiS
                              1980 G Silverbird
                              Original Yamaha Fairfing and Bags
                              1198 Overbore kit
                              Grizzly 660 ACCT
                              Barnett Clutch Springs
                              R1 Clutch Fiber Plates
                              122.5 Main Jets
                              ACCT Mod
                              Mac 4-2 Flare Tips
                              Antivibe Bar ends
                              Rear trunk add-on
                              http://s1184.photobucket.com/albums/z329/viperron1/

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                              • #30
                                http://newsok.com/article/4983503

                                George Carlin nailed it.....(language warning for those with delicate sensabilities)

                                https://youtu.be/EjmtSkl53h4
                                Greg

                                Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

                                ― Albert Einstein

                                80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.

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