Where is the snooze button on an earthquake?

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I've been in Japan for 16 years and this is the first one that really made me go "whoa."I could hear the rumbling and had to jump up and stabilize my TVs. I've never had to do that. How do you wake me up at 5:30, a 6.9 off the coast that registers 5 right under my house will do it.

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/....html

Upside, who's ready for work? This guy!

*update*two meter tsunami warning.... http://www.jma.go.jp/en/tsunami/


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So you registure a 5.0 and the first thing you do is stabilize your TVs...


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My noggin will be fine, that $6k worth of plasma goodness; priorities man.

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What does 2 meters equal to?

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troskinatior wrote:What does 2 meters equal to?
Little over 2 yards.

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2 meters is 6.5616798 feet or 19.68503937 hands

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troskinatior wrote:What does 2 meters equal to?
AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Curse you, American educational system!!!!!!!!!!

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themadscientist wrote:I've been in Japan for 16 years and this is the first one that really made me go "whoa."I could hear the rumbling and had to jump up and stabilize my TVs. I've never had to do that. How do you wake me up at 5:30, a 6.9 off the coast that registers 5 right under my house will do it.
time to bolt your TV's down!

sound like the adventures of living next to the fire ring.

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I had no idea you were back in Japan.

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MellowS13 wrote:I had no idea you were back in Japan.

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themadscientist wrote:My noggin will be fine, that $6k worth of plasma goodness; priorities man.
So true.

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MellowS13 wrote:I had no idea you were back in Japan.
You guys are such noobs.

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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/ear...7.php

damn chile just had a 6.9 too.

oh crap. they had 3. 6.9, 6.2 and an 8.8

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Seems like Cali's gonna fall off right on time...

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More Like Fall Up LOL.


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