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[Metroid-Squadron]

I'm fine. Was fun.

 

[Socreges]

Who'll bet we hear more about its effect (or lack thereof) on the Obama daughters than on the rest of Mexico in the US media?

The Obama daughters? What have you heard?? ARE THEY OK!?!?

 

[Dai101]

Mexico City Mayor (Marcelo Ebrard) says no damage to report:

http://sdpnoticias.com/nota/332070/...d_notifica_que_no_se_reportan_danos_en_el_D_F

Sorry, spanish only.

 

[The Lamonster]

Who'll bet we hear more about its effect (or lack thereof) on the Obama daughters than on the rest of Mexico in the US media?

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OBAMA DAUGHTERS

CHANGE THREAD TITLE NOW


edit: beaten

 

[Spiffy_1st]

This was the first thing I saw on Twitter.

#PrayForMexico - There was an Earthquake in Mexico my prayers go out for all the Mexican Aliens and non - Aliens, i hope everyone is okay.

What.

 

[SaintZ]

It was my first earthquake ever and I thought it was pretty funny! (My friends on FB, disagree though).

I didn't think it was too strong and it lasted like 40 seconds to me, so I'm surprised about that number.

ETA: Apparently there isn't any damages to any buildings and the subway is still working fine.

 

[fallagin]

Glad everything seems to be turning out fine for most people.

I hope there are no casualties

 

[SnakeswithLasers]

Unfortunately with these things, it usually looks fine within an hour or so of the quake, then the fires start (or the tsunamis, where applicable) and all shit goes haywire. Hopefully the infrastructure didn't take a hit here.

 

[Omzz]

hope everyone is ok

 

[Agent Ironside]

#PrayForMexico - There was an Earthquake in Mexico my prayers go out for all the Mexican Aliens and non - Aliens, i hope everyone is okay.

 

[Hydranockz]

My girlfriend is in Mexico City. She texted me saying the hospital where she is working has some damage. Hopefully everyone's ok.

 

[eudaemonic]

Glad to hear there's been no major damage and lives lost (so far). I like it when the news stations have very little to feed off of.

 

[s7evn]

Good to hear that there's no major damage. Must of been a helluva ride though.

 

[Amagon]

I dedicate this song to my brothers & sisters in Mexico right now.

Marky Mark And The Funky Bunch - Good Vibrations

 

[xbhaskarx]

Mexico, huh... in the south near Acapulco... isn't that close to where the Mayans were located?

Oh, that's good. Twitter's on this shit.

In lieu of sending money and supplies to international relief agencies, please retweet #Pray4Mexico

 

[Blackface]

They are reporting a massive piece of the coast, roughly the size of Austin Texas, has fallen off into the ocean. unconfirmed number of dead.

 

[xbhaskarx]

They are reporting a massive piece of the coast, roughly the size of Austin Texas, has fallen off into the ocean. unconfirmed number of dead.

What, really??

 

[Salmonax]

They are reporting a massive piece of the coast, roughly the size of Austin Texas, has fallen off into the ocean. unconfirmed number of dead.

I don't think that's really how earthquakes work.

 

[Zeke]

They are reporting a massive piece of the coast, roughly the size of Austin Texas, has fallen off into the ocean. unconfirmed number of dead.

wait what? Sources?

 

[Socreges]

They are reporting a massive piece of the coast, roughly the size of Austin Texas, has fallen off into the ocean. unconfirmed number of dead.

Gonna assume this is a joke.

 

[Kinitari]

How does a coast fall into the ocean, I never got that.

 

[Sinatar]

They are reporting a massive piece of the coast, roughly the size of Austin Texas, has fallen off into the ocean. unconfirmed number of dead.

Who is "they"?

 

[Cloudius12]

They are reporting a massive piece of the coast, roughly the size of Austin Texas, has fallen off into the ocean. unconfirmed number of dead.

You can't post this without a source man :|

 

[s7evn]

How does a coast fall into the ocean, I never got that.

You know, a hole opens up and the coast falls in screaming...yeah, that doesn't sound physically possible. Maybe the ocean would just cut off part of the coast line?

 

[jbueno]

Local news reported a 7.8. Know people in DF, and they say that while they certainly felt the rumbling, fortunately it almost did no damage.

 

[xbhaskarx]

You can't post this without a source man :|

1. Post important new information as if it's fact
2. Provide no sources
3. Leave thread instead of answering the half a dozen people who reply to your comment

There really should be something in the ToS about that sort of behavior as it relates to breaking news stories with potential casualties....

 

[Regulus Tera]

Stay safe ChilangoGAF.

 

[SolidsnackooFoxhound]

1. Post important information with no source
2. Leave thread instead of answering the half a dozen people who reply to your comment

There really should be something in the ToS about that sort of behavior as it relates to breaking news stories with potential casualties....

Hopefully he ends up banned. Shit like this shouldn't be allowed on the forum. Kinda breaks the civil discussion rule :\.

 

[Allard]

You know, a hole opens up and the coast falls in screaming...yeah, that doesn't sound physically possible. Maybe the ocean would just cut off part of the coast line?

There is more then 1 type of displacement. Normal and Thrust faults occur vertically or at an angle and can sink or raise land from its normal orientation with the rest of the land around it. Its possible that the land could get displaced and 'sink' below the elevation of sea level and the water just engulfs it. But from my understanding a 7.0+ or higher normal fault is very rare to near unheard of. Most large quake are techtonic plate shifts which tend to move side to side. In which case the land can 'break away' from the mainland and water can rush in to fill the gaps and it makes it seem like a new island gets formed.

But till an actual source is shown, I'm going to (hopefully) assume its a joke.

 

[SaintZ]

You can't post this without a source man :|

I don't see any mention of this in the media or anywhere so I assume this is a joke.

 

[UnlovedJew]

Good to hear that some people are okay. Earthquakes are just getting more and more common aren't they? Maybe the Mayans were right.

 

[Kacho]

Good to hear that some people are okay. Earthquakes are just getting more and more common aren't they? Maybe the Mayans were right.

Yeah, no.

 

[Metroid-Squadron]

A bridge fell on a bus:

http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/ba3affde584f0c18a954d6a777ddcdd9

Nobody was hurt, though.

 

[TheMan]

I don't see any mention of this in the media or anywhere so I assume this is a joke.

yeah, looks like a drive-by trolling

 

[Sinatar]

I don't see any mention of this in the media or anywhere so I assume this is a joke.

Joking about an unconfirmed number of people dying? Not to backseat mod but I'd permaban someone for that shit.

 

[ClassyPenguin]

I was just talking about the Mexican City quake with my dad, he was there at the time. Scary. Hopefully not a lot of people will be injured or killed.

 

[esai]

Can't get a hold of my moms side of the family :/

 

[NomarTyme]

They are reporting a massive piece of the coast, roughly the size of Austin Texas, has fallen off into the ocean. unconfirmed number of dead.

You're a shitty person.

 

[C.Dark.DN]

16.662°N, 98.188°W

 

[wenis]

16.662°N, 98.188°W

what about it?

 

[Huevos de Oro]

Some news sources here in Mexico are reporting that our National Seismic System has put today's earthquake magnitude at 7.93. Apparently there are no casualties reported so far, but there have been significant structure damages in states near the epicenter such as Oaxaca and Guerrero.

Mexico City (from El Universal site):

 

[Dmax3901]

No news is good news I guess?

 

[Dreams-Visions]

No news is good news I guess?

there are cities of 50,000+ people that haven't been heard from yet. At the epicenter, the locals are claiming 600 collapsed buildings, mostly homes.

 

[Dmax3901]

Dreading coming back to this after class.