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February 1, 2006 1:25 PM

Just a reminder: massive earthquake predicted for SoCal on or about February 3rd (this Friday)... 6.6 or more magnitude. Lots of weird science huey to back it up, but if he's right, damn! BTW, this was mentioned in the blue months ago. I'm gonna stock up on basic supplies just in case.
posted by HiveMind (26 comments total)

I can't wait to go swimming in the cool, crisp serenity of Arizona Bay.

massive deletion predicted for this thread
posted by keswick at 1:31 PM on February 1, 2006

hurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
posted by Optimus Chyme at 1:33 PM on February 1, 2006

Keswick, have you ever been to Arizona? There's nothing cool or crisp about it. Serene isn't exactly a description I'd attribute to it either.
posted by loquacious at 1:34 PM on February 1, 2006

P.S. Keep this up so we have have a good laugh at resident nutcase DirtyCreature.
posted by Optimus Chyme at 1:35 PM on February 1, 2006

Well if the mods don't feel this is appropriate, then feel free to delete. I just posted it so that IF the guy's right, people won't have to second guess whether or not he made the prediction after the fact.
posted by HiveMind at 1:35 PM on February 1, 2006

For American people, especially for California people, I suggest the American government prior supporting those studies that have already made many reliable predictions, and will bring a big benefit to people in America and also in the World.

Oh, well, I was confused before but that clears it up nicely.
posted by billysumday at 1:37 PM on February 1, 2006

Arizona Bay

stop capitalizing my nick plz kthxbai
posted by keswick at 1:38 PM on February 1, 2006

And the moon is hollow and I have touched the sky, and UFO's were seen manipulating Katrina, in conjunction with FEMA's bombing of the levees. Next up: why TOP SCIENTISTS don't want you to know that gravity is a PUSH!
posted by slatternus at 1:38 PM on February 1, 2006

Well if the mods don't feel this is appropriate, then feel free to delete. I just posted it so that IF the guy's right, people won't have to second guess whether or not he made the prediction after the fact.
posted by HiveMind at 1:35 PM PST on February 1

Just to be clear, my "hurr" was directed at the "scientist," not you or this post. It's good in the way people who fail the James Randi Paranormal Challenge are fun.
posted by Optimus Chyme at 1:39 PM on February 1, 2006

Back in the early 90s, there was a huge panic in the midwest about some giant fault line in Missouri that hadn't shifted in a few centuries. A crackpot had made national news predicting an earthquake along this faultline, his methods having something to do with the moon. I was in junior high at the time, and everyone, teachers and students, spent the day waiting for a rumble, a noise, anything, where we were in northeast Kansas. It was so disappointing when nothing happened. Anybody else remember this?
posted by JeremyT at 1:40 PM on February 1, 2006

It's almost as if the poster doesn't know who the "mods" are. Imagine that.
posted by hototogisu at 1:40 PM on February 1, 2006

And if California really does get destroyed on Friday, all of you naysayers are going to feel really awful. Me, I'm always predicting earthquakes in California, so I just get proved right every now and again.

(I also predict turmoil in the Middle East.)
posted by Faint of Butt at 1:42 PM on February 1, 2006

Don't worry, if (Hel)L.A. gets flushed into the Pacific like the turd city it is, there's still plenty of California left.

...

I mean, no there's not. We're full. Stay where you are.
posted by keswick at 1:46 PM on February 1, 2006

JeremyT: I almost wrote something similar. I do remember it. We were holed up in our gymnasium in Northern Indiana for the day.
posted by billysumday at 1:46 PM on February 1, 2006

This is why they don't have subways in Los Angeles. They're just not all they're cracked up tube.
posted by hal9k at 1:47 PM on February 1, 2006

It's almost as if the poster doesn't know who the "mods" are.

Why, they're the sworn enemies of the Rockers, of course.
posted by chuq at 1:48 PM on February 1, 2006

"I was in junior high at the time..."

But you got yourself cleaned up. And he forgave you.
posted by hal9k at 1:51 PM on February 1, 2006

So if it happens does this mean God is angry at Hollywood for making Brokeback Mountain?
posted by fenriq at 1:52 PM on February 1, 2006

Ha, I remember the predicted Midwest earthquake. It was in November of '90 or '91, some guy said there'd be a big one on the New Madrid fault line. I remember writing "earthquake day" next to the date on my schoolwork. Nary a rumble, sadly.
posted by statolith at 1:53 PM on February 1, 2006

does this mean God is angry at Hollywood for making Brokeback Mountain?

I think God is more upset about this.
posted by 2sheets at 1:55 PM on February 1, 2006

I scanned the page, thinking maybe I didn't know what "clouds" were, geologically speaking. But this guy's talking about cloud clouds--water in the sky. WTF do clouds have to do with earthquakes?
posted by dontoine at 1:56 PM on February 1, 2006

dontoine, when it rains during an earthquake it means the clouds are crying because the earth is upset.

2sheets, yeah, I can see him smiting someone for that one too. But I bet Pat Robertson is far more agitated (and secretly turned on) by a movie about gay cowboys.
posted by fenriq at 1:58 PM on February 1, 2006

I just posted it so that IF the guy's right...

You do know you can probably find some crackpot with a website predicting doom for any given day of the week, right?
posted by CunningLinguist at 1:59 PM on February 1, 2006

Um, they do have subways in L.A.
posted by trip and a half at 2:01 PM on February 1, 2006

Back in the early 90s, there was a huge panic in the midwest about some giant fault line in Missouri that hadn't shifted in a few centuries. A crackpot had made national news predicting an earthquake along this faultline, his methods having something to do with the moon. I was in junior high at the time, and everyone, teachers and students, spent the day waiting for a rumble, a noise, anything, where we were in northeast Kansas. It was so disappointing when nothing happened. Anybody else remember this?

Yeah, it was the New Madrid fault line, and there was a mild temblor in 1990 or 1991 -- I was going to college in St. Louis, and was awakened by it.
posted by scody at 2:02 PM on February 1, 2006

Goodbye, you lizard spawn. Arizona Bay, here I come.
posted by zerolives at 2:04 PM on February 1, 2006