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Earthquake in Virginia
Aug 23rd, 2011 at 1:35pm
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A rare 5.9 earthquake hit in Virginia today. Felt in DC,New York and Philly. Any RO'ers feel it. Everybody allright?  http://news.yahoo.com/magnitude-6-0-quake-hits-u-east-coast-180027828.html
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Reply #1 - Aug 23rd, 2011 at 2:01pm
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5.8 hit Colorado today too.

Either the world is coming to an end or Joey's had too much fiber.
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Reply #2 - Aug 23rd, 2011 at 2:13pm
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I was at work near Landover MD - got to leave a few hours early, just got back to the casa. Everything is a-ok - hope you all are as well.
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Reply #3 - Aug 23rd, 2011 at 2:30pm
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A 5.9 is just a fun night out in Cali. Wake me up when you get into the sevens.  Interesting stuff Ronnie!
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Reply #4 - Aug 23rd, 2011 at 2:35pm
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Felt it here in Northern VA.

My two-year-old didn't even wake up from her nap Smiley
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Reply #5 - Aug 23rd, 2011 at 4:35pm
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My guitars didn't budge from their stands, so all is well in Throwy's world.
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Reply #6 - Aug 23rd, 2011 at 5:12pm
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2 out of the ordinary earthquakes, droughts, famines, war, and a storm heading towards US shores... Stones tour 2012 may not happen due to end of the fucking world... good job Mayans... you couldn't have added one more year, you bastards!
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Reply #7 - Aug 23rd, 2011 at 5:45pm
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I felt it in Toronto, the whole room was moving & my dog's water in his dish was swaying! & I live on the 14th floor.
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Reply #8 - Aug 23rd, 2011 at 6:04pm
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All fine here in this part of Virginny!...........It was a strange feeling having the earth move under our feet, But all in all it was a very nice day. As nice a day as we have had in sometime. Next............Hurricane!
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Reply #9 - Aug 23rd, 2011 at 6:19pm
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Keith Moon would have been 65 today. He was treating the US as one big hotel room and just reminding everyone that he's still capable of a making the earth move.
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Reply #11 - Aug 23rd, 2011 at 7:33pm
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do you think people in California and Japan are laughing at east coasters right now, and making a bigger mess than the earthquake did as they spill their drinks and fall down bent over from laughter?
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Reply #12 - Aug 23rd, 2011 at 7:54pm
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Glad all youse east coasters are safe. . .now for something completely different. . . .

Pres Obama comments on the 5.8 earthquake in DC: Obama wanted it to be 2.9, but the Republicans wanted 5.8, so he compromised
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Reply #13 - Aug 23rd, 2011 at 7:57pm
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Reply #14 - Aug 23rd, 2011 at 8:01pm
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Wish I made this one up, but I must give Nelly the credit. Via Nellcote on FB


Breaking News:
Obama interrupts his Martha's Vineyard golfing to announce that the Washington DC earthquake occurred on an obscure fault line that runs under the White House and is known as "Bush's Fault".



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Reply #15 - Aug 23rd, 2011 at 8:01pm
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Hipsters in Brooklyn soooo felt that quake weeks ago!
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Reply #16 - Aug 23rd, 2011 at 8:02pm
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Riffhard wrote on Aug 23rd, 2011 at 8:01pm:
Wish I made this one up, but I must give Nelly the credit. Via Nellcote on FB


Breaking News:
Obama interrupts his Martha's Vineyard golfing to announce that the Washington DC earthquake occurred on an obscure fault line that runs under the White House and is known as "Bush's Fault".



LOL!!!




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Well played Riffy/ Nelly, well played! LOL
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Reply #17 - Aug 23rd, 2011 at 8:06pm
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Wish I made this one up, but I must give Nelly the credit. Via Nellcote on FB


Breaking News:
Obama interrupts his Martha's Vineyard golfing to announce that the Washington DC earthquake occurred on an obscure fault line that runs under the White House and is known as "Bush's Fault".



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Reply #18 - Aug 23rd, 2011 at 9:36pm
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Reply #19 - Aug 23rd, 2011 at 9:51pm
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Pdog wrote on Aug 23rd, 2011 at 7:33pm:
do you think people in California and Japan are laughing at east coasters right now, and making a bigger mess than the earthquake did as they spill their drinks and fall down bent over from laughter?

Yes.Wake me up when a bridge and a freeway collapse..and when your on a freeway that eventually is torn down.
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Reply #20 - Aug 23rd, 2011 at 11:14pm
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i'd have to check with riffy, but i think the whole country just moved right a bit.
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Reply #21 - Aug 24th, 2011 at 1:43am
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Starbuck wrote on Aug 23rd, 2011 at 11:14pm:
i'd have to check with riffy, but i think the whole country just moved right a bit.

It's moving somewhere. Just had a small quake in CA..........It really is the end of days. Undecided
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this is going to hurt the 2012 tour if the world ends!
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Reply #23 - Aug 24th, 2011 at 7:31am
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felt a bit of it here in Atlanta..minor though.....
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Reply #24 - Aug 24th, 2011 at 7:45am
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this is going to hurt the 2012 tour if the world ends!


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