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[Dard Ball Get]

I was on a call with my boss and we both just started yelling LOL I thought my roof was going to cave in so got out onto the balcony incase it did. Jesus.

Lol you have a boss, cute

 

[George]

Lol you have a boss, cute

I boss you around all the time so it looks like you have one too, sport. Now go spit shine my shoes, I have a date with destiny.

 

[Yawkey way]

I blame the French.

 

[George]

One positive at least is that it's shaken some sense into Mowman

 

[Joffaboy]

2021 was supposed to be better than 2020

 

[Joffaboy]

Was in Sydney in 1989 when the earthquake hit Newcastle, went a bit longer but much like today's

 

[Pardon me]

 

[Pardon me]

Mate of mine just messaged me; check your gas and water - anything suspect turn them off and call a plumber.
He's been through a few in NZ.
Seemed like sound advice.

 

[George]

Mate of mine just messaged me; check your gas and water - anything suspect turn them off and call a plumber.
He's been through a few in NZ.
Seemed like sound advice.

Thanks mate, water didn't come out at right angles and the gas didn't blow my face off so I think I'm good

 

[Dard Ball Get]

Thanks mate, water didn't come out at right angles and the gas didn't blow my face off so I think I'm good

Both were turned off months ago when you defaulted m8

 

[Diehard Saint]

Thought this was interesting, happened yesterday.

"Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, on Tuesday, Sep 21, 2021 6:08 am (GMT +12) - 1 day 6 hours ago"

Apparently Chile just had a 6.3 and Japan also had one.
Upgraded ours to 6.0 and a shallow 10km depth.
Never felt anything like that in my life. And the rumbling

No politics I know….
but some wag on Twitter posted “Dan’s even p*ssed off the Big Guy.”

 

[CursingFijian]

Okay. Who is training the house down?

 

[George]

Both were turned off months ago when you defaulted m8

Big words there hero, can't wait to see the look on your face when we meet up so I can sort you out. This earthquake was nothing compared to the violent shaking you'll be doing in those boots of yours champion. Say your prayers and just hope there's a god out there that will save you from me.

 

[George]

Still think Troy Schwarze

Troy Schwarze

Age

43

Ht

190cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.6

2star

K

6.1

2star

HB

2.5

2star

M

2.8

3star

T

1.4

3star

No current season stats available

D

6.8

2star

K

4.4

2star

HB

2.4

3star

M

1.6

2star

T

0.4

3star

launching one from outside 50 in 2004 was higher on the richter.

 

[pebblesofsand]

Apparently Chile just had a 6.3 and Japan also had one.
Upgraded ours to 6.0 and a shallow 10km depth.
Never felt anything like that in my life. And the rumbling

No politics I know….
but some wag on Twitter posted “Dan’s even p*ssed off the Big Guy.”

 

[SaintsSeptember]

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I heard it knocked over some chairs.

 

[Pardon me]

I heard it knocked over some chairs.

 

[Baldur]

I recall an earthquake in the Sydney area many years ago. I was working fairly high up in an office tower and all of a studden it appeared my chair was moving. Thought to myself, am I having a turn, looked up and saw the tops of other buildings shaking, no its the world not me, a quake. Just as I relaxed, the power went and every woman in the office screamed.

The quake was to go on to cause me lots of work, ended up having to deal with some of the fallout from the Newcastle Workers Club pancaking due to the quake.

 

[Hubnester]

Only other one I've experienced was in NZ on an higher storey in a hotel, that was a pretty freaky feeling but the one today was much stronger.
Very strange feeling when you're not expecting it!

 

[StFly]

Whilst I'm late to the party...

Had some slight structural shifting, like maybe 1mm max only real casualty though was a couple picture frames fell over everything else just moved maybe 10 degree back and forth for like 20 odd seconds before it settled into running on the spot and just rattling. I was more concerned that we have like 60 glasses and a makeshift windowed bar set up and they were all teetering to just collapse is one foul swoop, but thankfully, the fact we haven't cleaned them in a hot minute meant the dust kept them rooted.

Been in 3 here;

2000ish in Swan Hill, that one was little bit less, but since more country orientated, shit went flying and you ran away from anything that could fly.
2012 which was a Gippy one during the Olympics, we had an entertainment unit, I was resting my feet on it whilst watching said Olympics, it shook, I put my foot down, it was totally uneventful.
And this one, was the strongest one I've felt here, but it was more, if you planted yourself and generally moved with said movement, you just had shivers through your body like pins and needles almost. I of course was looking at the previous cracks in plaster and things that can easily smash and spread and shit and know that I have to take care of an invalid old man so exit strategy had to be formed if it worsened and kept climbing.

That being said after all the hoohah, younger sister woke up, wondered what everyone was on about as she slept through it.

When our fence burned down, I had to stop my mother from basically running into where the flames were spreading, you know, by being forceful and loud to follow exit strategy in place. If I had to worry about a roof collapsing on me or going over broken glass in the process, it was not going to be pretty...

Not a great feeling being in that position again, not just considering yourself but defaulting to "wait, I'm a carer of another, F".

I had a colleague in Chapel street, so he got vacated, our DC had to also vacate just due to shit moving and dropping, so, it's not as if there was no damage from it, I just got lucky being NW of Melb and they sucked just being more east than me to the epicentre.

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

I was at work when it happened. I was leaning on my workbench wondering why the thing was wobbling up and down. 5 seconds later everything else shook.

I had to stop what I was working on from falling off the table. Easilly the strongest one I've felt.

 

[gringo2011]

It wasn't much fun being on the 22nd floor when it started shaking, scared the sh1t out of me

I was in Tokyo on the third floor of a hotel with about 30 floors....that was nerve wracking.

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

I live near a train line and sometimes when the cargo ones go past the light fixture in my room shakes a little (tiny) so initially I thought it was that but then it got louder and louder and then I was worried the ceiling would collapse so I went out onto the balcony to at least not be under anything.

A couple of EMDs at the pointy end will do that. The EMD 645s engines on the VL class will shake anything.

 

[gringo2011]

A couple of EMDs at the pointy end will do that. The EMD 645s engines on the VL class will shake anything.

Are they really long big diesel things with low trucks on them? If they are I can hear those some mornings and I'm about 5 kms from the line they run on. They take about 5 minutes to get through the level crossings too.

 

[sammm]

2021 was supposed to be better than 2020

Who said that?
We wonder now if 2022 will be any good