What are you thinking? 9.0

[GenTechJ]

Waiting for the big one here in Washington state specifically the Seattle area. There's a big plate diving under the Pacific coast line that is expected to jump eventually, the folks at FEMA region 10 close by and the geologists at U of W say it could run high as 9 on the Richter scale. All those on the Pacific rim are subject to experiencing earthquakes. Mount St. Helen's eruption several years ago was just a pimple on the face of the planet getting a little pressure relief.

Is that the same fault that caused the 2001 earthquake? I moved to Shoreline that summer to attend classes at Shoreline Community College, there was still some damage present when I got there. Have been hearing about a larger one hitting the area and the damage it could cause, especially near the aquaducts.

[Adam (birkin)]

I got in touch with a counsellor so I could talk about my issues with my transition.

[Blue Senpai]

I got in touch with a counsellor so I could talk about my issues with my transition.

What's the counselor like?

[Shantel]

Is that the same fault that caused the 2001 earthquake? I moved to Shoreline that summer to attend classes at Shoreline Community College, there was still some damage present when I got there. Have been hearing about a larger one hitting the area and the damage it could cause, especially near the aquaducts.

Yes and there have been many before that, none as big as your Northridge quake. I was on Okinawa in the Army when the Valdez, Alaska quake dropped half the town into the ocean, we were awakened and sent to the motor pool to round up trucks, tents and C-rations as they were considering the possibility of a tsunami and was preparing to evacuate islanders to higher ground. It never happened, but we're all along the same fault line from South America to Alaska on the Pacific side.

[Adam (birkin)]

What's the counselor like?

She is awesome! I saw her a few years ago, but then circumstances transpired so that I couldn't see her...only recently have things worked out where she is able to see me again. I felt like we worked well together. I have this thing where like...I can open up about stuff and be very candid and clear...like on here I can write posts opening up about feelings but I do it in a very detached and observational way, so I'm not really in touch with the actual feelings going on inside as I talk about my issues. But she always had a way of prompting me in a way that got me to actually get in touch with those feelings and work through them. Other counsellors just got confused, I think, they hear my clarity and they wonder what the problem is because on the outside I seem able to express myself and make perfect sense of my feelings. So yeah, in short, I like her a lot, she's super helpful.

[Jaime R D]

Yes and there have been many before that, none as big as your Northridge quake. I was on Okinawa in the Army when the Valdez, Alaska quake dropped half the town into the ocean, we were awakened and sent to the motor pool to round up trucks, tents and C-rations as they were considering the possibility of a tsunami and was preparing to evacuate islanders to higher ground. It never happened, but we're all along the same fault line from South America to Alaska on the Pacific side.

You talking about the '64 quake?  I was just a year old when that hit and trying to hide under a television apparently. We lived in Anchorage then.

[Adam (birkin)]

My glasses have been lost for 16 hours and I am starting to freak out. Where could they be? I'm too blind to see them when they get lost...

[Shantel]

My glasses have been lost for 16 hours and I am starting to freak out. Where could they be? I'm too blind to see them when they get lost...

Hope you didn't sit on them like I did! 

[Shantel]

You talking about the '64 quake?  I was just a year old when that hit and trying to hide under a television apparently. We lived in Anchorage then.

That was it Jaime!

[Jaime R D]

That was it Jaime!

Yeah, they have that one down as a 9.2 now. I still have slides from when my dad took pictures of downtown Anchorage with whole buildings sunk down while the street stayed put in some places. Kind of surreal.

[Shantel]

Yeah, they have that one down as a 9.2 now. I still have slides from when my dad took pictures of downtown Anchorage with whole buildings sunk down while the street stayed put in some places. Kind of surreal.

It was quite a catastrophe! Interesting to note concerning what I said earlier about Seattle having a really big event like Alaska's is the fact that better than half of downtown Seattle where all the high-rise buildings are sitting on fill which a hundred years earlier was salt flats from the Puget Sound, that entire area wild liquify rapidly. Meanwhile the brain dead city fathers have decided to remove the viaduct that parallels the waterfront which is a lot like the one that collapsed in the Northridge quake and bore a tunnel for traffic below sea level having been pressured by real estate developers who want a clear skyline  ...I don"t think I'll ever use it though! 

[Evelyn K]

Bleeding hearts. How maudlin. and boring.

[Jaime R D]

Don't be a bitch. Its not very attractive...

[Shantel]

Don't be a bitch. Its not very attractive...

Amen to Jaime on that score!

[Adam (birkin)]

Hope you didn't sit on them like I did! 

I FOUND THEM.!

I got drunk, cried for a whole 6 minutes because I was sad and then realized I was being stupid and now I'm happy.

[radsi]

I FOUND THEM.!

I got drunk, cried for a whole 6 minutes because I was sad and then realized I was being stupid and now I'm happy.

Lol at 6 minutes! That's very precise! Do u think 5 minutes would have been not enough and 7 minutes too many? Lol... Did u have a stopwatch

[Adam (birkin)]

No I just cried throughout the entire length of Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah which I believe is 6 mins long. lol

I want to know what name I look like but I don't want to post my face....hm

[radsi]

No I just cried throughout the entire length of Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah which I believe is 6 mins long. lol

I want to know what name I look like but I don't want to post my face....hm

Awww lol

Post it

[Evelyn K]

Teflon. And pooping potpourri. W00t.

[Adam (birkin)]

Awww lol

Post it

i'm stealth hough