All the UO devs and equipment okay after that mild D.C. earthquake?

[G.v.P]

Being a native, I have to say, it was a lot like the earthquake spell in EC :O now if it snows and there is an earthquake they might close northern virginia for a month

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/at00927108.php

 

[TullyMars]

I expect most of the servers might be ok...but I'll tell you I have been trying to convince MD Verizon that they have some problems today. Any field employee in the DC, Northern VA, Southern MD area seems to be having trouble getting back to my vpn. When told it was on my side...I said funny...I have 80 some odd employees connecting through the vpn through 6 states and the only 5 that are having problems are in the general area of the earthquake. When they told me to contact my ISP, I yelled "YOU ARE MY FRICKING ISP JERKOFF! VERIZON RUNS MY T1 LINES" and hung up. Might let that settle a bit before I call back.

Wonder how ping and tracert's looking to UO servers in the area?

 

[Lady Storm]

oh you poor things!!!
hehehee
A tiny EQ got you hyper??
Gee wiz we get them daily and dont even feel them!!

Now tell me when you get a 6.5 or a 7.2 and we will talk rocking and rolling.

Live 1/2 mile from ground zero Northridge now that was a EQ
you all had a hic up!

 

[Taylor]

Earthquake? No, that was just the Atlantic server booting after maintenance.

In seriousness, I suspect that everything is fine. I live pretty close to Mythic. The quake didn’t feel much different than a big truck driving near your house.

 

[TullyMars]

oh you poor things!!!
hehehee
A tiny EQ got you hyper??
Gee wiz we get them daily and dont even feel them!!

Now tell me when you get a 6.5 or a 7.2 and we will talk rocking and rolling.

Live 1/2 mile from ground zero Northridge now that was a EQ
you all had a hic up!

Lol...I know I know...definitely nothing to write home about...but an earthquake in DC/MD area is like 6 inches of snow in southern florida...no one is prepared and nothing in the area was ever built to withstand it.

 

[GalenKnighthawke]

Does this explain why a bunch of old, one-of-a-kind Seer items suddenly spawned in Galen's bank box?

-Galen's player

 

[Jhym]

Yeah, it felt like one of the trains had derailed near Beltsville or something exploded nearby. When I heard no sirens or other hubbub I just went to sleep.

Draconi must have left one of those "events" laying around.

 

[GalenKnighthawke]

Yeah, it felt like one of the trains had derailed near Beltsville or something exploded nearby. When I heard no sirens or other hubbub I just went to sleep.

Draconi must have left one of those "events" laying around.

That explains why 5 Dracioni's Wraths suddenly appeared in Galen's bank box, next to the old Seer items.

-Galen's player

 

[Dol'Gorath]

=O I didn't even think the east coast had earthquakes.

 

[G.v.P]

I felt it at around 5:06 a.m., similar to a low flying plane with more vibration ;P hehe and yes, a 3.0+ around here is pretty uncommon so it is fun to get excited about one ;P ... now if we get a 6 or a 7 then it's probably the end of the world, so ... lol.

 

[Jhym]

Yup, you'd be surprised where you can get an earthquake. I seem to recall there's a good sized fault near NYC, amongst all the little ones.

Most of them don't move because they are more inside the plate, so they don't get buffeted or stretched like they do near a plate join.

A big one here would pretty much rip DC to shreds, since we don't have heavy earthquake building codes and chunks of the area are built on swamplands.

I'm more concerned about the new madrid fault though, we're about due for another 8+ there.

 

[Cal_Mythic]

What earthquake ... I just figured it was another filibuster!

Everyone is fine

 

[GarthGrey]

Yup, you'd be surprised where you can get an earthquake. I seem to recall there's a good sized fault near NYC, amongst all the little ones.

Most of them don't move because they are more inside the plate, so they don't get buffeted or stretched like they do near a plate join.

A big one here would pretty much rip DC to shreds, since we don't have heavy earthquake building codes and chunks of the area are built on swamplands.

I'm more concerned about the new madrid fault though, we're about due for another 8+ there.

I live in the heart of the New Madrid, and if and when it ever let's loose....woo boy....

 

[G.v.P]

What earthquake ... I just figured it was another filibuster!

Everyone is fine

lol

 

[DevilsOwn]

Ramapo Fault... I'm sitting on it, and in the past year we've had three tremors... do I want to move? yes

 

[Lady Storm]

What earthquake ... I just figured it was another filibuster!

Everyone is fine

Yup cogress had a run on ice cream at the rares fest!!

 

[ChReuter]

LOL, I live right outside of DC and didn't even know about it until I read it here. I guess this proves I've kinda been in a shell lately.

 

[Lefty]

I hope when it hit Al Gore spilled his drink. Heck I hope every crooked politician in DC spilled their drink.

 

[Basara]

=O I didn't even think the east coast had earthquakes.

In the 1600s-1800s, New York City had several magnitude 5 quakes (and even stronger ones either upstate or in nearby New England), most notably
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/events/1884_08_10.php
and (for New England)
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/events/1755_11_18.php


and Charleston, SC had one as strong or stronger than the 1906 or 1989 San Francisco quakes (estimated Magnitude 7.3)

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/events/1886_09_01.php


The fact that practically nothing on the East Coast is built to Earthquake standards could get REALLY ugly, if one of the 3 above earthquakes struck these days. At least the St. Louis/Memphis corridor, and parts of the neighboring states, have gotten SOME earthquake-resistant construction, by comparison.