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Post by Randy on Aug 23, 2011 23:35:57 GMT -5
Hit us here in Ohio at 1:52pm tuesday. They said on CNN it was felt in Toronto also. Shook me a little here and my door was knocking about.
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Post by mickeyobe on Aug 24, 2011 1:00:51 GMT -5
I had cataract surgery yesterday and must have slept through the earthquake. Perseid meteor shower last week - not even a firefly.
I think there is a conspiracy afoot. I miss everything.
Mickey
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Post by nikkortorokkor on Aug 24, 2011 4:24:02 GMT -5
Glad that you guys are getting some of the action, and even gladder that from the reports I've heard so far, everyone seems shaken but not stirred. I hope the good news continues.
Mickey, there are worse things in life than sleeping through an earthquake.
One of my childhood friends awoke in his bed praying to God at the top of his lungs during one of Christchurch's big aftershocks. I'm at the point where I feel guilty for not having frazzled nerves like my family and friends down south.
Personally, I've only felt 3 quakes, even though, living in NZ, I've ;lived through literally thousands. Only one made me a little anxious, but that's cos I haven't lived through a big one ...yet.
Michael.
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Post by daveh on Aug 24, 2011 7:15:37 GMT -5
We did have a quake here about 35 years ago - and that's almost all we've had. (I think I have mentioned it before, but Terry Wogan, a breakfast time Radio DJ, was playing Good Vibrations (The Beach Boys) when the earthquake hit. We just got a gentle shaking of the house.) It always good when the damage to people and property is at a minimum. There are some maps at earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/se082311a.html#maps which show the extent of things.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2011 9:58:55 GMT -5
Someone on the west coast posted a picture of the east coast earthquake damage. There were three plastic chairs on a lawn and one was tipped over!. That's the largest quake in the East since 1944. California has had 35 quakes of that magnitude or higher since 1944. We had a 7 magnitude here in Idaho a few years back. The media was showing people in Washington, D.C. running out of buildings -- that last thing you want to do in a quake, in a city.
Most people out here think it's funny how the national media (based in the East) made such a big deal out of the quake.
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Post by nikonbob on Aug 24, 2011 10:43:12 GMT -5
It is always good to hear nobody was seriously hurt and only minor property damage. I slept through the only quake I was ever in but it woke my wife up. The hotel we were staying at in Darwin Oz swayed as a consequence of a 7.6 quake deep in the Banda Sea 510 miles away. So, Mickey you have some company in that regard. I hope your surgery went well.
Bob
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Post by PeterW on Aug 24, 2011 17:04:41 GMT -5
Mickey,
I trust the cataract surgery went well, Mickey. It's such a common operation these days, done under local anasthetic, that I think the chances of complications are about 0.08%.
Was this the first eye you've had cataract surgery on, or a repeat in the second eye?
About three years ago I had cataract laser surgery on my left eye when the old cloudy yellow liquid was replaced by a clear synthetic liquid. I gathered that the yellow cloudiness was due to dead cells in the fluid which had turned yellow. I bit like having a permanent 2x yellow filter.
The whole operation took about 20 minutes, and it was well worth it. Quite painless. When I was allowed to remove the eye patch after two days the difference was truly amazing. Things were more sharply in focus, and the colours were just radiant compared with what they had been.
I may have to have the same thing done on my right eye sometime in 2012, and I won't hesitate.
Best part was that under the National Health Service it didn't cost me a penny!
Hope you feel the slight discomfort was well worth it.
PeterW
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Post by Randy on Aug 24, 2011 17:27:40 GMT -5
I had cataract surgery yesterday and must have slept through the earthquake. Perseid meteor shower last week - not even a firefly. I think there is a conspiracy afoot. I miss everything. Mickey What a time to have eye surgery, when the room is swaying. Hope everything turns out okay.
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Post by mickeyobe on Aug 24, 2011 19:15:40 GMT -5
My surgery was a cinch. They didn't even have to ask for my help or advice. I didn't even have to wear a backwards night gown. I was awake and relaxed (thanks to some injected calming juice) through the 20 minute procedure. This was on my right eye. My left is to be done on 22 September. It was almost exactly as PeterW described except the lens was replaced with a plastic one not the fluid. I also didn't need a patch except for the first week when I sleep. By comparing my now new eye with the old I can see how badly my vision has deteriorated and can understand why my manually focused pictures were not as sharp as they should be. The yellow cast is about K1 or slightly paler. Sharp is now really sharp and colours are indescribable. They are alive! I am thrilled with the results. The ophthalmologist and his office staff and his hospital team were superb. I was in and out in time for an excellent lunch. But I slept away the afternoon so I missed the earthquake shake. But I may get another chance a a natural phenomenon tonight. A tornado warning has been issued. I can see some lightning and hear the thunder now. With any luck.......... Mickey
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Post by PeterW on Aug 25, 2011 8:56:07 GMT -5
When it comes to natural phenomena of the destructive kind I want to be included out.
"River, stay 'way from my door".
PeterW
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Post by Doug T. on Aug 25, 2011 9:49:48 GMT -5
Quakes and storms and tornados, oh my Hey, at least something got Congress to move this week. There was a bi-partisan move right out of the building Doug
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Post by mickeyobe on Aug 25, 2011 10:22:15 GMT -5
When it comes to natural phenomena of the destructive kind I want to be included out. "River, stay 'way from my door". PeterW If mother nature has devised something to destroy my camera collection I am going to do my best to get a photo of it before it wreaks its havoc and I am forced to seek shelter. Foolish? Indeed. Mickey
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Post by daveh on Aug 25, 2011 15:49:46 GMT -5
Mickey, some people are known for sleeping through anything, There is a true story that happened several (10-15?) years ago in Britain. (It was reported at the time in the papers.)
A group of lads in their early teens were camping out in a field behind one of their houses. There were ten or twelve of them in three of four separate tent. In the middle of the night there was a mother and father of all thunderstorms - you know the type, you see the lightning flash and start counting, not even reaching one before the thunder arrives. The lads and the parents, realising the danger, effected an evacuation to the house, where they had a head count. One was missing. As some of the tents were steel framed they feared one tent might have suffered a direct hit with dreadful consequences. The went out, with much trepidation, expecting to find thee body. Entering the tent they see a motionless figure still in his sleeping bag. They shake the body. "What's the matter, why are you waking me up in the middle of the night". As I say, some people sleep through anything.
I'm really glad that all has gone well with the operation, Mickey. The only trouble is that you might start noticing that our photos aren't as good as you thought they were.
Dave.
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