Anonymous Coward User ID: 72791376 United States 08/20/2016 02:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Earthquake Thread ~ Always Updated*5.7 Southeast of Loyalty Islands*5.2 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge*5.2 Fiji ~ Pg 20429 I am up again! I went back to sleep shortly after I woke up at 3:00 a.m. So really I slept for 16 hours. Damn. |
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Simple27
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User ID: 72788238 United States 08/20/2016 03:02 PM
Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Earthquake Thread ~ Always Updated*5.7 Southeast of Loyalty Islands*5.2 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge*5.2 Fiji ~ Pg 20429 I am up again! I went back to sleep shortly after I woke up at 3:00 a.m. So really I slept for 16 hours. Damn.
Quoting: CuriousSeeker My kinda guy! ~*Ride the Wave*~ |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 72791376 United States 08/20/2016 03:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Earthquake Thread ~ Always Updated*5.7 Southeast of Loyalty Islands*5.2 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge*5.2 Fiji ~ Pg 20429 I am up again! I went back to sleep shortly after I woke up at 3:00 a.m. So really I slept for 16 hours. Damn.
Quoting: CuriousSeeker My kinda guy! Quoting: Simple27 |
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User ID: 2822994 United States 08/20/2016 03:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Earthquake Thread ~ Always Updated*5.7 Southeast of Loyalty Islands*5.2 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge*5.2 Fiji ~ Pg 20429 Magnitude 3.2 Region COQUIMBO, CHILE Date time 2016-08-20 18:53:40.0 UTC Location 31.62 S ; 71.54 W Depth 32 km [ link to m.emsc.eu] Love to Mother Earth Always |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 71626364 Switzerland 08/20/2016 03:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Earthquake Thread ~ Always Updated*5.7 Southeast of Loyalty Islands*5.2 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge*5.2 Fiji ~ Pg 20429 i think we may see another 6+ today. maybe japan maybe not |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 72791376 United States 08/20/2016 03:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Earthquake Thread ~ Always Updated*5.7 Southeast of Loyalty Islands*5.2 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge*5.2 Fiji ~ Pg 20429 i think we may see another 6+ today. maybe japan maybe not
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 71626364 With all of the activity around the ring of fire I am surprised that the area close to / surrounding / and the cascadian subduction zone hasn't moved yet. There must be such massive pressure being built up there that we aren't aware of...when it lets loose it could likely be a massive monster. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 72826564 Portugal 08/20/2016 03:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Earthquake Thread ~ Always Updated*5.7 Southeast of Loyalty Islands*5.2 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge*5.2 Fiji ~ Pg 20429 BRAC’s preliminary analysis of potential magnitude of flooding’s impact on the Baton Rouge region
(Takes you to a PDF).
The numbers (just for the Baton Rouge Area) are staggering.
Baton Rouge region residences - 31% of homes within the nine parishes are located in areas identified as receiving flooding. - More than 110,000 homes are located in flood areas. - As a whole, the estimated total value of those homes located in areas identified as flooded is $20.7 billion. - 280,910 Baton Rouge MSA residents live in areas identified as receiving flooding. - 66% of the homes in flood areas were owner-occupied, 22% were renters; 9% were vacant. - As a region, a maximum of 15% of all homes – not solely in the flood-impact areas – were insured against flooding.
Baton Rouge region businesses - Overall, 7,364 businesses employing 73,907 individuals are located in areas identified as floodaffected. - These represent 21% of businesses in the overall Capital Region, and these specific locations employ 18% of area employees. - Proportionally, businesses in Livingston experienced the most severe impact with 3,305 businesses that employ 27,653 employees in the areas of flood-impact, representing 91% of businesses and 94% of employees. - 2,055 businesses were located within the impacted area of East Baton Rouge, employing 22,298 people, representing 9.1% of businesses and 7.7% of employees at those businesses. - Other parishes with high percentages of affected businesses include Ascension, East Feliciana and St. Helena. - Within the region, the hardest hit industries are retail (1,126 businesses with 12,107 employees), construction (756; 6,873), healthcare (487; 9,350), manufacturing (239; 4,966), and food services/drinking places (386; 5,223).
East Baton Rouge Parish only - 82,573 residents live within the areas that experienced flooding. - 32,857 housing units are located within the area that experienced flooding, representing 16.9% of the housing in the parish. - 60.9% of these were owner-occupied, 31.4% were renter occupied, 12.8% were vacant. - 74.6% of these housing units carry mortgages. - The effects of the flood in East Baton Rouge were borne across racial lines – 47.6% of those living in the impacted area are black residents, while 46.5% are white. - The total value of the homes within affected areas was approximately $5.7 billion.
Livingston Parish only - 125,113 Livingston residents were in flood-affected areas. - 48,827 housing units in Livingston are located within the area that experienced flooding, representing 86.6% of Livingston homes. - 69.6% of these housing units were owner-occupied, 17.2% were renter occupied, 6.2% were vacant. - 66.7% of these housing units carry mortgages. - 12,210 homes, or 21.7% of homes, in the entire parish were covered by flood insurance policies. - More than $9 billion worth of homes are in flood-affected areas; the combined coverage of all Livingston flood policies, in full force, amounts to less than $2.5 billion. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 52260488 Finland 08/20/2016 04:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Earthquake Thread ~ Always Updated*5.7 Southeast of Loyalty Islands*5.2 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge*5.2 Fiji ~ Pg 20429 Now that the sun is rising in Japan, quakes might continue. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 52260488 Finland 08/20/2016 04:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Earthquake Thread ~ Always Updated*5.7 Southeast of Loyalty Islands*5.2 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge*5.2 Fiji ~ Pg 20429 Also, only one 5+ in other than Japan or South Georgia Islands last 48hours... interesting times. |
Simple27
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User ID: 72788238 United States 08/20/2016 04:44 PM
Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Earthquake Thread ~ Always Updated*5.7 Southeast of Loyalty Islands*5.2 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge*5.2 Fiji ~ Pg 20429 Magnitude 5.2 Region SOUTH GEORGIA ISLAND REGIONDate time 2016-08-20 20:23:11.7 UTC Location 55.22 S ; 31.20 W Depth 34 km [ link to m.emsc.eu] ~*Ride the Wave*~ |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 72791376 United States 08/20/2016 05:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Earthquake Thread ~ Always Updated*5.7 Southeast of Loyalty Islands*5.2 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge*5.2 Fiji ~ Pg 20429 Tick-tock, tick-tock... |
Simple27
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Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Earthquake Thread ~ Always Updated*5.7 Southeast of Loyalty Islands*5.2 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge*5.2 Fiji ~ Pg 20429 Magnitude 3.1 Region ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE Date time 2016-08-20 20:27:07.0 UTC Location 21.80 S ; 68.38 W Depth 122 km [ link to m.emsc.eu] ~*Ride the Wave*~ |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 72791376 United States 08/20/2016 05:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Earthquake Thread ~ Always Updated*5.7 Southeast of Loyalty Islands*5.2 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge*5.2 Fiji ~ Pg 20429 If it's Chile or Ecuador again we could always say "Hey, the big quake will hit Chile or Ecuador next" and our accuracy will be like 90%. |
Simple27
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User ID: 72788238 United States 08/20/2016 05:43 PM
Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Earthquake Thread ~ Always Updated*5.7 Southeast of Loyalty Islands*5.2 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge*5.2 Fiji ~ Pg 20429 If it's Chile or Ecuador again we could always say "Hey, the big quake will hit Chile or Ecuador next" and our accuracy will be like 90%. Quoting: CuriousSeeker I don't get into the prediction thing. I don't mind when others do, it's just not my style. ~*Ride the Wave*~ |
Simple27
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Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Earthquake Thread ~ Always Updated*5.7 Southeast of Loyalty Islands*5.2 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge*5.2 Fiji ~ Pg 20429 Magnitude 4.3 Region KYRGYZSTAN Date time 2016-08-20 20:35:02.6 UTC Location 41.26 N ; 72.85 E Depth 5 km [ link to m.emsc.eu] ~*Ride the Wave*~ |
Simple27
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User ID: 72788238 United States 08/20/2016 05:44 PM
Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Earthquake Thread ~ Always Updated*5.7 Southeast of Loyalty Islands*5.2 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge*5.2 Fiji ~ Pg 20429 If it's Chile or Ecuador again we could always say "Hey, the big quake will hit Chile or Ecuador next" and our accuracy will be like 90%. Quoting: CuriousSeeker I don't get into the prediction thing. I don't mind when others do, it's just not my style. Quoting: Simple27 I do enjoy when someone gets it right though. : ) ~*Ride the Wave*~ |
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Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Earthquake Thread ~ Always Updated*5.7 Southeast of Loyalty Islands*5.2 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge*5.2 Fiji ~ Pg 20429 Magnitude 3.5 Region WESTERN IRAN Date time 2016-08-20 21:35:27.6 UTC Location 32.75 N ; 48.53 E Depth 10 km [ link to m.emsc.eu] ~*Ride the Wave*~ |
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Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Earthquake Thread ~ Always Updated*5.7 Southeast of Loyalty Islands*5.2 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge*5.2 Fiji ~ Pg 20429 Magnitude 5.0 Region SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGIONDate time 2016-08-20 21:46:57.0 UTC Location 55.32 S ; 30.47 W Depth 10 km [ link to m.emsc.eu] ~*Ride the Wave*~ |
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Simple27
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Non-stop 5's since the 7.4 ~*Ride the Wave*~ |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 55094784 United States 08/20/2016 06:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Earthquake Thread ~ Always Updated*5.7 Southeast of Loyalty Islands*5.2 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge*5.2 Fiji ~ Pg 20429 well my tummy is rumbling and grumbling for food so off to the pizza-Q yeah a place down the street serve great pizza and barbecue I get me some and come home and go Neanderthal watching so NFL since my LA Angels Suck they have not been very angelic at all 22 games behind in there division 51-71 So watch the RAMS since the left St. Louis like a bunch of Gangsters the owners are a bunch of crooks. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 72829218 United States 08/20/2016 06:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Earthquake Thread ~ Always Updated*5.7 Southeast of Loyalty Islands*5.2 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge*5.2 Fiji ~ Pg 20429 If it's Chile or Ecuador again we could always say "Hey, the big quake will hit Chile or Ecuador next" and our accuracy will be like 90%. Quoting: CuriousSeeker I don't get into the prediction thing. I don't mind when others do, it's just not my style. Quoting: Simple27 I do enjoy when someone gets it right though. : ) Quoting: Simple27 Yeah me neither. I'm playfully poking fun. That's why I always maintain when I post an earthquake thread that I am not, have not, and will not predict. Just making observations. :) |
Simple27
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User ID: 72788238 United States 08/20/2016 06:43 PM
Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Earthquake Thread ~ Always Updated*5.7 Southeast of Loyalty Islands*5.2 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge*5.2 Fiji ~ Pg 20429 If it's Chile or Ecuador again we could always say "Hey, the big quake will hit Chile or Ecuador next" and our accuracy will be like 90%. Quoting: CuriousSeeker I don't get into the prediction thing. I don't mind when others do, it's just not my style. Quoting: Simple27 I do enjoy when someone gets it right though. : ) Quoting: Simple27 Yeah me neither. I'm playfully poking fun. That's why I always maintain when I post an earthquake thread that I am not, have not, and will not predict. Just making observations. :) Quoting: CuriousSeeker I know : ) ~*Ride the Wave*~ |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 72829553 United Kingdom 08/20/2016 07:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Earthquake Thread ~ Always Updated*5.7 Southeast of Loyalty Islands*5.2 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge*5.2 Fiji ~ Pg 20429 Patiently waiting for Mr McGregor to do his thing ;))) |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 72791376 United States 08/20/2016 07:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Earthquake Thread ~ Always Updated*5.7 Southeast of Loyalty Islands*5.2 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge*5.2 Fiji ~ Pg 20429
Wow...we saw an unprecedented level of earthquake activity in areas that are not known for such levels of activity since the alignment ceased. Now, it's all eerily quiet. Not sure I like the quiet. |
Simple27
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Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Earthquake Thread ~ Always Updated*5.7 Southeast of Loyalty Islands*5.2 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge*5.2 Fiji ~ Pg 20429 Patiently waiting for Mr McGregor to do his thing ;))) Quoting: Mattie. Hi Mattie ~*Ride the Wave*~ |
Simple27
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Simple27
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User ID: 72788238 United States 08/20/2016 07:38 PM
Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Earthquake Thread ~ Always Updated*5.7 Southeast of Loyalty Islands*5.2 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge*5.2 Fiji ~ Pg 20429 Wow...we saw an unprecedented level of earthquake activity in areas that are not known for such levels of activity since the alignment ceased.
Now, it's all eerily quiet. Not sure I like the quiet.
Quoting: CuriousSeeker It is awfully quiet... ~*Ride the Wave*~ |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 72829553 United Kingdom 08/20/2016 07:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Earthquake Thread ~ Always Updated*5.7 Southeast of Loyalty Islands*5.2 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge*5.2 Fiji ~ Pg 20429 Patiently waiting for Mr McGregor to do his thing ;))) Quoting: Mattie. Hi Mattie Quoting: Simple27 Howaya ;) :Smiley: |