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USGS reports 7.1 magnitude quake 230 miles west southwest of Guam
U Front News Twitter ^ | Aug 13, 2010

Posted on 08/13/2010 2:52:32 PM PDT by VRWCTexan

Upfront_News JUST IN -- USGS reports 7.1 magnitude quake 230 miles west southwest of Guam

(Excerpt) Read more at twitter.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: earthquake; quake

1 posted on 08/13/2010 2:52:36 PM PDT by VRWCTexan
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To: VRWCTexan

A million fish left homeless.


2 posted on 08/13/2010 2:53:47 PM PDT by gundog (Why is it that useful idiots remain idiots long after they've exhausted their usefulness?)
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To: VRWCTexan
Let's hope it doesn't capsize.
3 posted on 08/13/2010 2:54:32 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: VRWCTexan

I have a buddy there with the USAF on TDY. I hope he is ok.


4 posted on 08/13/2010 2:55:44 PM PDT by Yorlik803 (better to die on your feet than live on your knees.)
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To: hinckley buzzard

“Let’s hope it doesn’t capsize. “

You beat me to it! LOL


5 posted on 08/13/2010 2:55:58 PM PDT by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
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To: gundog
A million fish left homeless.

Females and their eggs hit the hardest.

6 posted on 08/13/2010 2:56:32 PM PDT by FourPeas (God Save America)
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To: VRWCTexan

Tsunami Bulletin issued:

http://www.weather.gov/ptwc/text.php?id=pacific.2010.08.13.212902


7 posted on 08/13/2010 2:59:42 PM PDT by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013- The end of an error.)
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To: Yorlik803
Hope your buddy is OK.

Lots of US servicemen there.

8 posted on 08/13/2010 3:01:08 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/01...NEVER FORGET.)
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To: VRWCTexan

It could tip right over.


9 posted on 08/13/2010 3:02:40 PM PDT by meadsjn (Sarah 2012, or sooner)
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To: VRWCTexan

I was in a 5.5 on Guam. It felt like riding a wave. No shaking just an up and down.


10 posted on 08/13/2010 3:05:46 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: VRWCTexan

When I noticed the earthquake, I grabbed the cat and my then wife and ran outside. Sure miss that cat.


11 posted on 08/13/2010 3:07:07 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: VRWCTexan

“I warned you of this and you all laughed at me. Who is laughing now?” Rep. Hank Johnson (D) GA


12 posted on 08/13/2010 3:08:09 PM PDT by ThirdMate
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To: Yorlik803
I have a buddy there with the USAF on TDY. I hope he is ok.

I have a son on a sub "somewhere in the general vicinity". He probably didn't even notice.

13 posted on 08/13/2010 3:11:32 PM PDT by tacticalogic
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To: hinckley buzzard; DonaldC
You beat me to it! LOL

I'm glad I scrolled down before posting. :-)

14 posted on 08/13/2010 3:11:50 PM PDT by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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To: DonaldC
Let's hope it doesn't capsize.
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Senior military commanders, under direct instructions from congress, deployed all troops to ‘high side’ of the island. Troops were then double-timed to the other side as the wave passed under the island.

For career Officers- appropriate letters of commendation and medals will designed and awarded before next change of command.

15 posted on 08/13/2010 3:13:04 PM PDT by maine yankee
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To: Tax-chick; Anoreth

How close is Anoreth? I hope they’ve made it to Hawaii.


16 posted on 08/13/2010 3:13:15 PM PDT by wolfpat (Moderate=Clueless)
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To: VRWCTexan

Oh no! forget about to many people tipping over the island!


17 posted on 08/13/2010 3:13:52 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (We are our founding fathers keepers)
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To: All

Here is a FREE program that is AWESOME and FAST.

It displays the world in 3D with zoom/rotate and multiple viewing options with the latest Earthquake activity.

An excellent way to get a world picture of the ‘rock and roll’.

http://www.wolton.net/quake.html

Go to the link, download the free program. (takes about 2 seconds) Run it.


18 posted on 08/13/2010 3:15:19 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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To: DonaldC; hinckley buzzard

Ditto!


19 posted on 08/13/2010 3:24:41 PM PDT by SloopJohnB (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence)
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To: VRWCTexan; winoneforthegipper; Steve Van Doorn; The Comedian

ping


20 posted on 08/13/2010 3:50:05 PM PDT by Quix (C THE PLAN of the Bosses: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2519352/posts?page=2#2)
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To: meadsjn

LOL... I remember when that dude said that. LOL.


21 posted on 08/13/2010 4:14:04 PM PDT by b4its2late (Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
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To: b4its2late

Hank Johnson has widespread fame apparently.


22 posted on 08/13/2010 4:33:21 PM PDT by gthog61
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To: hinckley buzzard

Hopefully Guam will not tip over.


23 posted on 08/13/2010 5:08:44 PM PDT by GOPRaleigh (It's gonna be a loooonnnggg 4 years...)
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To: wolfpat

Yes, they were in Hawai’i a couple of days ago. If they’re not still there, they’ve headed east for CONUS.


24 posted on 08/14/2010 5:09:04 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("Large realities dwarf and overshadow the tiny human figures reacting to them.")
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