Homeland Security to Conduct Multi-State Earthquake Drill

By Doug Powers  •  April 21, 2011 04:01 PM

**Written by Doug Powers

Scenario: An earthquake that’s an 8.2 on the Richter scale strikes middle America. Can agents with the Department of Homeland Security keep their balance well enough to still perform pat-downs on six year olds? We’ll know by the end of next Thursday.

The New Madrid fault is the focus of the Department of Homeland Security (the first two years of the administration were focused completely on Bush’s fault), and Janet Napolitano and Arne Duncan are overseeing an earthquake preparedness test next week that will focus mostly on schools in the midwest:

The Departments of Homeland Security and Education are reaching out to millions of people in central U.S. states to get them to participate in an earthquake preparedness drill.

In an event called the “Great Central U.S. Shake Out,” Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Education Secretary Arne Duncan are reaching out to areas in the Midwest that could be impacted by an earthquake along the New Madrid fault line.

According to the event’s website, more than 2.5 million people have committed to taking part in Thursday’s drill in which participants will be told how to react in the event of an earthquake.

Participants are told to drop to the ground, take cover under something sturdy, such as a desk or a table, and hold on to it until the shaking stops.

“It’s critical that all members of the nation’s emergency management team — including the federal government, state, local and tribal officials, the private sector and the public — are prepared,” said Napolitano.

The DHS website informs people to “Drop, cover and hold on until the shaking stops.” That sounds more like advice from a 1955 sex-ed manual than earthquake preparedness information it took an entire department of government to come up with, but hey, whatever works.

Incidentally, the “drop & cover” procedure is the same one we’re supposed to use when a collision with the debt ceiling is imminent, but DHS won’t conduct a drill on that until next month.

You can learn more about earthquake preparedness by watching Napolitano’s “If you see something shaking, say something” video at all participating Walmart stores.

**Written by Doug Powers

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  1. #1
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:10 pm, Hiraghm said:

    I guess they’re expecting massive Earthquakes from the Founding Fathers, and other patriots, rolling over in their graves.

  2. #2
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:13 pm, happyscrapper said:

    Midwest states…like Minnesota? We have fault lines in Minnesota? Who knew?

  3. #3
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:14 pm, OK_Loyalist said:

    To make the simulation real, they need to get Big Sis, Mooochelle, Hillary and Oparh all to fall on their butts at the same time.

  4. #4
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:15 pm, rfjjulie said:

    Sounds a lot like the bomb drills we used to do in elementry school in SoCal. These people are pathetic.

  5. #5
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:16 pm, TooMuchTime said:

    There are 3 important things about an earthquake; the three “Ds” — distance, depth, and duration. If the first two are small numbers and the third is large, it doesn’t matter if you’re under a two-foot thick oak laminate table in the Fuerher Bunker.

    I can understand the gov’t reusing a 1960s nuclear bomb drill (drop and cover) because it’s easy. But how about telling people the truth? If distance, depth, and duration work in your favor, you should be okay with things like drop and cover. If they don’t, it won’t matter. And there’s no way to know. I guess the best thing to tell folks is, drop and cover, and if the shaking lasts more than 30 seconds, be prepared to die.

    Loma Prieta was 15 seconds. I know, I lived through it and look at the damage it did. Another 15-30 seconds and damage would have been 1000 times worse.

  6. #6
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:16 pm, Hiraghm said:

    off-topic…

    Grats, Doug, you appear to have solved your multi-tweet issue. Ever figure out the cause?

  7. #7
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:17 pm, Cybergeezer said:

    The official color code for an verified earthquake is brown.

  8. #8
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:18 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    To make the simulation real, they need to get Big Sis, Mooochelle, Hillary and Oparh all to fall on their butts at the same time.

    Too much! All three going down, will create a global disaster, the likes we’ve never seen, the earth splitting to its core.

    Any two of ‘em will get the effect you’re looking for. :)

  9. #9
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:19 pm, T-Bone said:

    Duck, Hold, and Cover. Isn’t that the mantra that citizens of the US are saying about the current administrations policies?

    Hopefully, we will survive but the shakedown continues.

  10. #10
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:19 pm, Hiraghm said:

    We had Earthquakes here in Oklahoma last year.

    I know, because the paper told me about them the next day.

    I wonder, if we start having Earthquakes, can we start exporting tornadoes to California?

  11. #11
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:19 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Sounds a lot like the bomb drills we used to do in elementry school in SoCal.

    By the time we were in 5th grade, we kinda figured the drill was pointless. If we were ever bombed, we’d all be vaporized before we knew what happened.

  12. #12
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:20 pm, peteee said:

    we used to have to drop and cover in school for tornado drills, and those obnoxious nuclear drills, remember those?? yet another thank you to ronald reagan, for ending the cold war. now drop and cover for an earthquake, i thought we were supposed to stand in a doorway.

  13. #13
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:21 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    I wonder, if we start having Earthquakes, can we start exporting tornadoes to California?

    Funny that! Every so often, close to where I live, east Long Beach will experience damaging micro-tornadoes!

    Keep the real tornadoes. Earthquakes are quite enough, thank you very much. :)

  14. #14
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:22 pm, Hiraghm said:

    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:19 pm, hawkeye54 said:
    Sounds a lot like the bomb drills we used to do in elementry school in SoCal.

    By the time we were in 5th grade, we kinda figured the drill was pointless. If we were ever bombed, we’d all be vaporized before we knew what happened.

    That was/is a common misconception. “Duck and cover” won’t protect you anywhere near ground zero. But, if you’re like 20 miles away, you can still be killed by the pressure wave or flying debris as your building comes down.

    If you know you’ve seen the flash, you’ve survived the detonation.

  15. #15
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:24 pm, T-Bone said:

    If I am not mistaken, one of the biggest earthquakes in US history was in Missouri. Close to 8.0. in the early 1800′s.

    Thats where the New Madrid fault is.

  16. #16
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:25 pm, Hiraghm said:

    I forget, is it New MAD drid, as pronounced in Iowa, or New Mah DRID, as pronounced in Spain?

  17. #17
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:26 pm, Rorschach said:

    I really do not want to see anything of her’s shaking!
    (pass the brain bleach please!)

  18. #18
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:27 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    But, if you’re like 20 miles away

    We weren’t. We’d always heard LAX was a prime target to which we were about 4 miles away, and with the multiple warheads we thought would be coming our way, we were certain we’d always be too close to at least one “ground zero” and be fried. Besides, for us, there wasn’t much of a desk to duck under. They were pretty small.

  19. #19
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:28 pm, T-Bone said:

    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:21 pm, hawkeye54 said:
    I wonder, if we start having Earthquakes, can we start exporting tornadoes to California?
    Funny that! Every so often, close to where I live, east Long Beach will experience damaging micro-tornadoes!

    Keep the real tornadoes. Earthquakes are quite enough, thank you very much.

    I saw the “tornado” that went through a part of Costa Mesa in the early 90′s. We used to call them dirt devils. Just some swirling wind in a parking lot. Not anything like a real tornado.

  20. #20
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:29 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    I forget, is it New MAD drid, as pronounced in Iowa,

    Never go on how an Iowan pronouces things. Good chance its wrong. :)

  21. #21
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:30 pm, T-Bone said:

    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:26 pm, Rorschach said:
    I really do not want to see anything of her’s shaking!
    (pass the brain bleach please!)

    You certainly don’t want the visual of the resulting tsunami.

  22. #22
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:31 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    We used to call them dirt devils. Just some swirling wind in a parking lot. Not anything like a real tornado.

    Oh, the few that have occured in LB were more than dirt devils. A couple of times parts of house roofs have been torn off. Once 1/3 of a supermaret roof was blown off. No injuries that I can recall, thankfully.

  23. #23
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:31 pm, babiesgrandma said:

    (the first two years of the administration were focused completely on Bush’s fault)

    Good One!!! LOL.

  24. #24
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:32 pm, Hangfire said:

    The FLOTUS believes “the BIG ONE” could hit the central U.S. within the next 30 years.

    Childhood and Adult obesity are having a negative impact on Gaia’s crust, and all the extra weight could generate enough pressure along the New Madrid Fault to start a series of quakes, which could destroy Graceland and Maramec Caverns, as well as Lambert’s Country Cafe.

  25. #25
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:36 pm, T-Bone said:

    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:32 pm, Hangfire said:
    The FLOTUS believes “the BIG ONE” could hit the central U.S. within the next 30 years.

    She’s been watching too much Sanford and Son.

    do do do do.., do do do do do do do..

    Oh, different Big One.

  26. #26
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:36 pm, Granny55 said:

    Nappy the clown was on WJR this morning giving the details about the terror warning system. Evidently next week the color system goes away and we will now be notified via e-mail, twitter, etc. You know – “the system worked” – new system. All I do is laugh at this twit every time she opens her pie hole. What an udder failure!!!

    I would feel much better if she would close the damn border!!!

  27. #27
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:37 pm, Mister P said:

    Yes it is NewMADrid. and there was an earthquake in 1811. It apparently rang the liberty bell in Philadelphia and sent a tidal wave up the Mississippi all the way to Minnesota. When it came, it found a new channel, making part of Illinois now part of Missouri.

  28. #28
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:42 pm, Cybergeezer said:

    I heard Michael Moore is volunteering his indigestion as a training aid.

  29. #29
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:43 pm, T-Bone said:

    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:36 pm, Granny55 said:
    You know – “the system worked” – new system.

    If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

    That goes for America too, BHO clowns.

  30. #30
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:45 pm, Southpaw said:

    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:19 pm, Hiraghm said:

    I wonder, if we start having Earthquakes, can we start exporting tornadoes to California?

    This one missed me by about ten minutes.
    The hail on the ground south of the overturned train was about three inches thick.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrgDSkLbnKw

  31. #31
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:46 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Yes it is NewMADrid. and there was an earthquake in 1811. It apparently rang the liberty bell in Philadelphia and sent a tidal wave up the Mississippi all the way to Minnesota

    Besides earthquakes in flyover country, there’s also this for you all to consider:

    Yellowstone National Park, one of the most beautiful natural tourist destinations in the world, sits atop one of the largest super volcanoes on the planet.

    Geologists say it has an eruption cycle of about 600,000 years and last erupted about 640,000 years ago… meaning, it’s well overdue. And it’s been estimated that Yellowstone’s next eruption could be 2,500 times greater than the Mount St. Helens eruption in 1980

  32. #32
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:46 pm, T-Bone said:

    When it came, it found a new channel, making part of Illinois now part of Missouri.

    I think I saw a TV special on that. It was a major city (Capital) on an Island or something like that that basically ended up in another state.

  33. #33
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:50 pm, T-Bone said:

    Geologists say it has an eruption cycle of about 600,000 years and last erupted about 640,000 years ago… meaning, it’s well overdue.

    Ok, who’s gonna make the joke about Moochelle and Ophras eruptions being long overdue. Not me.

  34. #34
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:51 pm, DanMan said:

    somebody said it once and I think of it every time I see her picture…”man that’s one good lookin’ dude”

  35. #35
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:53 pm, greenfairie said:

    It’s a bit like the advice of stopping your car and throwing yourself into a ditch if you’re driving along and spot a big tornado. You’ll try to outrun it anyway.

    Just like if I feel a quake (live in SoCal) and it lasts more than 2 seconds, screw duck and cover, I’m getting out!

  36. #36
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:55 pm, Southpaw said:
  37. #37
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:56 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    somebody said it once and I think of it every time I see her picture…”man that’s one good lookin’ dude”

    Whoever said that needed an eye examination…..’cause in reality, she looks like one rather homely dude.

    Why does Obama prefer manly looking women in his admin?

  38. #38
    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:57 pm, Mister P said:

    Hawkeye, did you see the movie 2012? It had the supervolcano at Yellowstone exploding.

  39. #39
    On April 21st, 2011 at 5:00 pm, Rorschach said:

    Hawkeye, sounds like me growing up. We were about 15 miles from downtown Houston and about an equal distance from the Port of Houston and the refinery complexes near there. I figured what with the overlap (not to mention the toxic releases and the additional fuel-air bomb they’d become) between the two, we were toast.

  40. #40
    On April 21st, 2011 at 5:01 pm, prendad said:

    “It’s critical that all members of the nation’s emergency management team — including the federal government, state, local and tribal officials, the private sector and the public — are prepared,” said Napolitano.

    Hey, all right! I agree! And after this drill, why don’t we have a drill about a REALLY BIG PROBLEM THAT EXISTS RIGHT NOW!!!!!! THE B O R D E R!!!
    The scenario:
    Call it the “Great Mexican Break-out”.
    Mexican Cartels overrun our borders and take over El Paso and other border towns. They loot, steal, murder and rape American citizens (even more than they are doing now). Participants will be told how to react:

    drop to the ground, take cover under something sturdy, such as a desk or a table, and hold on to it until the invading stops.

  41. #41
    On April 21st, 2011 at 5:09 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Hawkeye, did you see the movie 2012? It had the supervolcano at Yellowstone exploding.

    No. When it gets to AMC channel I’ll probably watch it. Events like that are best when purely fiction. :)

  42. #42
    On April 21st, 2011 at 5:13 pm, DiaryGirl said:

    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:56 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Why does Obama prefer manly looking women in his admin?

    You kinda beat me to it. I just want to know if there is an unwritten rule that female Cabinet Members named Janet, that are appointed by Democratic Presidents, have to look like unattractive men?

    “Janet Napolitano is Janet Reno without the grace and beauty.” – Charles Clemans

  43. #43
    On April 21st, 2011 at 5:13 pm, Hangfire said:

    The movie “2012″ I give a rating of -

    3 finger gag.

  44. #44
    On April 21st, 2011 at 5:14 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Call it the “Great Mexican Break-out”.
    Mexican Cartels overrun our borders and take over El Paso and other border towns. They loot, steal, murder and rape American citizens (even more than they are doing now). Participants will be told how to react:

    drop to the ground, take cover under something sturdy, such as a desk or a table, and hold on to it until the invading stops.

    Better to hold on to something bolted down. Anything not so will just be carted off as loot. Anyone still holding on to a desk or table at that point will only risk being killed, beaten, raped, and/or taken to be sold in the Asian slave labor market.

  45. #45
    On April 21st, 2011 at 5:16 pm, Hangfire said:

    “Janet Napolitano is Janet Reno without the grace and beauty.” – Charles Clemans

    That is the most vicious thing I’ve heard in some time.

    Love it!

    I think that she is the bastard love-child of Raymond Burr and Barney Rubble.

  46. #46
    On April 21st, 2011 at 5:17 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    female Cabinet Members named Janet, that are appointed by Democratic Presidents, have to look like unattractive men?

    Maybe a policy dictated by the FLOTUS’s. Hillary should have incorporated that policy regarding WH interns. Not that that would have had much of an impact with Bill.

  47. #47
    On April 21st, 2011 at 5:18 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    I think that she is the bastard love-child of Raymond Burr and Barney RubbleLurch.

    FIFY

  48. #48
    On April 21st, 2011 at 5:19 pm, vickisoup said:

    That sounds more like advice from a 1955 sex-ed manual than earthquake preparedness information it took an entire department of government to come up with, but hey, whatever works.

    OK, this made me LOL, thanks, Doug.
    Seriously, though: this instruction could have been written by my 5-year old niece, or any other 5-year old in California. Hawkeye54 mentioned it also. Every kid in California knows what to do in an earthquake. It’s a perfect illustration of how ridiculously huge the federal government has grown. And Out.Of.Touch.??
    Insanity.

  49. #49
    On April 21st, 2011 at 5:21 pm, bicentennialguy said:

    That is the most flattering pic of J-Nap I’ve ever seen.

  50. #50
    On April 21st, 2011 at 5:21 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    That is the most flattering pic of J-Nap I’ve ever seen.

    Must have been PhotoShopped. :)

  51. #51
    On April 21st, 2011 at 5:26 pm, walterc said:

    When I was in the 2nd grade in Salt Lake City, we used to have earthquake drills by hiding under our desks. Then one day we had an earthquake (’62 I think it was) and my teacher, Mrs Peterson, said “no body move, stay in your seats.” So after all that training, we sat there while the room shook. I can picture Mrs Peterson, red hair and all, shaking for what seemed like hours, like it was yesterday.

    For the nuke drills, we went into the hall and stuck our nose in the corner where the floor meets the wall and covered our heads. Never had a chance to test that one out.

  52. #52
    On April 21st, 2011 at 5:29 pm, granite said:

    On April 21st, 2011 at 5:19 pm, vickisoup said:

    Can’t disagree, VS.

    What’s the greater threat to the U.S.?

    An earthquake in the Midwest?

    Or, uncontrolled illegal immigration into (invasion of) the U.S., which undoubtedly includes at least a few terrorists?

    And DHS is conducting a multi-state earthquake drill in the Midwest.
    Talk about distraction, diversion, and confusion….

  53. #53
    On April 21st, 2011 at 5:30 pm, granite said:

    On April 21st, 2011 at 5:26 pm, walterc said:

    For the nuke drills, we went into the hall and stuck our nose in the corner where the floor meets the wall and covered our heads.

    Yup.
    That’s what I remember.

  54. #54
    On April 21st, 2011 at 5:34 pm, bicentennialguy said:

    If you take that pic, put a grey, curly wig on her and… Voila! I am certain you would have Thelma Harper of Mama’s Family fame.

  55. #55
    On April 21st, 2011 at 5:39 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Couldn’t they find some one better-the Boy Scouts perhaps?

    Nappy can not do it right.

  56. #56
    On April 21st, 2011 at 5:46 pm, T-Bone said:

    Well, at least they are beginning to listen.

    Drill, baby, drill.

  57. #57
    On April 21st, 2011 at 6:07 pm, Darthnoob said:

    I agree with the idea. Preparedness is the best way to survive a disaster. But. . .

    In an event called the “Great Central U.S. Shake Out,”

    They can’t even call it an earthquake ! You can stop with the political correctness, there’s no pro-earthquake lobby you might offend.

  58. #58
    On April 21st, 2011 at 6:20 pm, Southpaw said:

    On April 21st, 2011 at 6:07 pm, Darthnoob said:
    They can’t even call it an earthquake !

    They’ve been so programmed in Orwellian Speak, they’d call a forecast for a sunny day a “high probability solar event”.

    (And try to scare you about it as well. More taxes & a government agency for solar protection.)

    Sun Czar

  59. #59
    On April 21st, 2011 at 6:30 pm, Marshall_Will said:

    hawkeye54 said:

    Never go on how an Iowan pronouces things. Good chance its wrong.

    Glad you brought that up. I’ve heard equal camps pronounce Goo-ten-berg and the other half say Gutt-en-berg? Let’s settle this once and for all!

    No, more than the pointless ‘drill’, what we should be equally up in arms about is, to what END is all these “studies”, data gathering and endless surveys and whatnot?

    Probably less than 10% of all that Gov-generated ‘data’ ever even gets looked at! What’s the point? Well, we finally have a pResident that’s about to show us? IMHO

  60. #60
    On April 21st, 2011 at 6:39 pm, tre said:

    I’ve felt small earthquakes here in Oklahoma City.
    So, I reckon what I should do if the New Madrid fault errupts is: 1.Blame Sarah Palin/Republicans. 2. Get in a doorway. 3. Call the police, give them all of my guns, and stand there uselessly while looters steal what little I have left.

  61. #61
    On April 21st, 2011 at 6:53 pm, ramblingman said:

    Talking about the way things are pronounced – This has won a few bar bets.

    Is the capital of Kentucky pronounced Looey-ville or Lewis-ville?

    .

    .

    .

    .
    answer – the capital of Kentucky is pronounced Frankfurt ;-)

  62. #62
    On April 21st, 2011 at 6:58 pm, Hiraghm said:

    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:53 pm, greenfairie said:

    It’s a bit like the advice of stopping your car and throwing yourself into a ditch if you’re driving along and spot a big tornado. You’ll try to outrun it anyway.

    There is no try :)

  63. #63
    On April 21st, 2011 at 7:03 pm, letget said:

    When I was a kid in school during the russia gonna crater you with nukes, we got our hind ends under the desk at school and covered our heads. NOW people who here thinks covering your head will keep you safe? This whole thing is something dear sis put out to scare the living daylights outta people. God does earthquqakes and you can not do a blooming thing about it. How will dear sis deal with all the illegal aliens coming over the border, give them a drill? We can do something about what bho and team are doing in 2012!
    L

  64. #64
    On April 21st, 2011 at 7:07 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Probably less than 10% of all that Gov-generated ‘data’ ever even gets looked at! What’s the point?

    Keeps otherwise useless researchers in university and private think tanks employed in generating often unnecessary information.

  65. #65
    On April 21st, 2011 at 7:10 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    How will dear sis deal with all the illegal aliens coming over the border, give them a drill?

    Yeah, an EPA approved drill, or a hammer, or broom, burger flipper, or whatever tool needed to do the jobs we won’t do.

  66. #66
    On April 21st, 2011 at 7:16 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    What, are there not enough 6 year old little girls to molest in airports? I guess they have to expand the search for victims.

    How long until this becomes bigger than the sex scandals in the Catholic Church?

  67. #67
    On April 21st, 2011 at 7:16 pm, Hiraghm said:

    If Yellowstone is overdue for eruption, why isn’t there a crash government program to drill in Yellowstone?

    Wouldn’t it be better to drill a hundred relief wells and let the pressure out slightly and slowly over a dispersed area, than wait and let it blow up all at once?

  68. #68
    On April 21st, 2011 at 7:18 pm, cabrerski said:

    “Great Central U.S. Shake Out”

    While this administration continues its routine drill – The Great American Shake-down.

  69. #69
    On April 21st, 2011 at 7:19 pm, Marshall_Will said:

    hawkeye54 said:

    Keeps otherwise useless researchers in university and private think tanks employed in generating often unnecessary information.

    Near as ‘I’ can figure? Many of you have done this in the past I’m sure, if only for a goof. Call or write the Gov. Printing Office and tell them… you’d like all the umm… data they have on ____?

    Stand by to get a drink of water from a fire hydrant! And… it just keeps coming! Sorry we didn’t have volume 17 of 24, shipped seperately: Just incredible. Can I get “by the cord” like firewood? Start liking it I guess ( you’re paying for it )

  70. #70
    On April 21st, 2011 at 7:23 pm, Hangfire said:

    If there IS oil around the massive Yellowstone caldera, can’t it just refine itself?

  71. #71
    On April 21st, 2011 at 7:26 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:24 pm, T-Bone said:

    If I am not mistaken, one of the biggest earthquakes in US history was in Missouri. Close to 8.0. in the early 1800′s.

    Thats where the New Madrid fault is.

    That’s a tricky statement. I’m pretty sure that was the biggest one in the lower 48 but Alaska had something like a 9.2 in 1964. I still remember that one. Houses “walked” over a mile into the ocean. There are parts of Anchorage where a seam tore open down the main street and one side of the street is 15-20 higher than the other. There were tsunamis as far south as Santa Barbara.

    Luckily, I lived in MA at the time.

  72. #72
    On April 21st, 2011 at 7:29 pm, Hangfire said:

    hawkeye54 said:

    Keeps otherwise useless researchers in university and private think tanks employed in generating often unnecessary information.

    Our taxes pay for studies that inform us:

    -Over 99% of the women in New York City are female.
    -Snake handlers are bitten more often than backpackers.
    -The Boeing 737 can take off and land on only one engine unless the second engine also experiences failure.

  73. #73
    On April 21st, 2011 at 7:30 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

    You’re right Phil, my wife’s aunt was stationed there at the time (Air Force Colonel) and has pictures that show the tear in the earth. Really unbelievable.

    You’re right about other things, too…

    The GOP establishment is terrified of Trump.

    http://www.newsmax.com/MattTowery/donald-trump-gop-mittromney/2011/04/21/id/393606

  74. #74
    On April 21st, 2011 at 7:30 pm, goatsred said:

    and hold on to it until the shaking stops.

    Funny, I do not need to be told that. That’s my reaction and solution everytime I hear Big Sis’ grovely voice,BHO’s sickening Chicago accent,and Nancy Pe-lousy’s squealing.

  75. #75
    On April 21st, 2011 at 7:31 pm, letget said:

    From what I have seen on various programs on the Yellowstone quake, many thousands of years ago, this is one beyond huge quake simmering there. If this blows, algore will really be bent out of shape on the carbon output!
    L

  76. #76
    On April 21st, 2011 at 7:31 pm, Hangfire said:

    On April 21st, 2011 at 7:26 pm, Pasadena Phil said:
    Luckily, I lived in MA at the time.

    Survey says: {Brrrrrrrkkkkk}

  77. #77
    On April 21st, 2011 at 7:36 pm, Marshall_Will said:

    Over 99% of the women in New York City are female.

    For chappy and a ‘few’ other posters ( that might actually prove useful? )

    Just look at “City-Data”. Scope out virtually any area, maybe you were testing the waters for your “retirement haven” and you find they re-invent the wheel for each-and-every one horse town!

    And it doesn’t stop there. They auger down where there’s nothing to auger down ‘to’? It’s so voluminous as to be utterly useless. Unless of course there comes a time…?

  78. #78
    On April 21st, 2011 at 7:39 pm, cabrerski said:

    On April 21st, 2011 at 7:19 pm, Marshall_Will said:
    …Call or write the Gov. Printing Office and tell them… you’d like all the umm… data they have on ____?
    Stand by to get a drink of water from a fire hydrant! And… it just keeps coming!

    Perhaps we need to replace Holder at DOJ with the head of the Govt Printing Office. At least we could get some relevant info on the shady activities of this government. Can you say Project Gunrunner, little Eric?

  79. #79
    On April 21st, 2011 at 7:42 pm, letget said:

    I am really sorry to be O/T, but this was my feel good story of the day. Hope you agree. You can be proud Mississippi!

    http://nation.foxnews.com/culture/2011/04/21/mississippi-shows-how-you-handle-westboro-freaks
    L

  80. #80
    On April 21st, 2011 at 7:44 pm, Marshall_Will said:

    cabreski said:

    At least we could get some relevant info on the shady activities of this government. Can you say Project Gunrunner, little Eric?

    Wuh-BAM! As is ( we’re parched! ) Got to practice my narration for the lectern ( Maundy Thursday! ) do… wish me well.

  81. #81
    On April 21st, 2011 at 8:04 pm, Ellyk said:

    What I’d really like to see from her and the DHS, is a campaign instructing those living along the border on how best they should protect themselves… from drug runners and the cartel who are armed with weapons…provided by…our own government. s/

    On April 21st, 2011 at 7:44 pm, Marshall_Will said:
    cabreski said:

    Got to practice my narration for the lectern ( Maundy Thursday! ) do… wish me well.

    Best wishes, Marshall =) btw how did the TPP event go last week? Drove out to ours and it was cancelled (note on the website cited due to circumstances beyond their control)

  82. #82
    On April 21st, 2011 at 8:08 pm, John Deaux said:

    Drop your trousers, cover your genitalia, and hold on until the searching stops.

  83. #83
    On April 21st, 2011 at 8:12 pm, rambler said:

    May be Janet could have a tsunami drill too. It could be done in coordination with Moooochelle’s let’s move project.

  84. #84
    On April 21st, 2011 at 8:16 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    So is the Obama administration going to claim this as part of his “drill baby drill!” initiative?

  85. #85
    On April 21st, 2011 at 8:24 pm, btycrkr said:

    Gee, I start shaking just thinking that Janet could come walking out of a stall in the same restroom as me! EWWWWWW!!!!

  86. #86
    On April 21st, 2011 at 8:32 pm, Hangfire said:

    On April 21st, 2011 at 8:24 pm, btycrkr said:
    Gee, I start shaking just thinking that Janet could come walking out of a stall in the same restroom as me! EWWWWWW!!!!

    If you shake it more than twice………

  87. #87
    On April 21st, 2011 at 8:33 pm, SignPainterGuy said:

    This definitely appears to be the only “drill-baby-drill” initiative this admin. shows ANY interest in, Phil !

  88. #88
    On April 21st, 2011 at 8:47 pm, btycrkr said:

    On April 21st, 2011 at 4:56 pm, hawkeye54 said:
    Why does Obama prefer manly looking women in his admin?

    ‘Cuz ever body knows Moochelle would whoop his ass if he pulled a Clinton!

  89. #89
    On April 21st, 2011 at 8:49 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    [Chyna "Nappy" Whyte]
    I’ma shake-shake it like I wanna
    Bounce-bounce it on the floor make you see I wanna
    Walk-walk it like a dog right there on the corner
    Make you say “Who that girl with that Thug Life tatted on her”
    See people want it ha that’s how we do
    Screamin’ “Ahh-yah-ya-yah” me and my crew
    Live in a zoo
    That why I got a strap too
    Twurk that ass if I want blow a bag boo
    And act a donkey, act a monkey
    Get a fifth of gin to see this chick get funky like a junkie
    Show what this raw darlin’
    6 years of hustlin’, see where it brought me
    This ghetto monkey, I’m livin’ lawless
    Livin’ life is the hardest
    Tryin’ to live marvelous in a world full of garbage
    I’ma talk it
    If you don’t want it, don’t start it
    Cause I’ma put it down the way you want it
    Ni**a

  90. #90
    On April 21st, 2011 at 9:13 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    I’m watching Hannity right now and once again, I have to say that he appears to be the only conservative left. He is really hammering away at the GOP’s already developing “jimmy legs” over the upcoming debt ceiling “fight”. Apparently, the GOP has already decided that the ceiling has to go up but they will do their best considering that they only control 1/2 of 1/3 of the government.

    Here we go again. Preparing everyone for failure by making excuses and lowering the bar. Yeah, I’m really excited at voting for Republicans in 2012.

  91. #91
    On April 21st, 2011 at 9:54 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

    Yeah, I’m really excited at voting for Republicans in 2012.

    You just need to develop the proper nose holding technique. Cutting the oxygen supply to the brain is critical to voting for NotTheDemocrats.

    I’m still hoping for a miracle and we somehow get a conservative past the RNC.

  92. #92
    On April 21st, 2011 at 11:14 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    With these drills, it’s not about earthquakes or militias attacking a school in Iowa or any other specific cause of the emergency. It’s about drilling the government to respond quickly to emergencies, especially when they announce that we are all being sent to education camps, and work out the kinks on communications over a large confused and frustrated and maybe not-so-local-but-very-popular uprising.

    Why else would they be resorting to extreme fear on the flu, air travel, food, children playing in the school years, and so many other things? Feels like we are being softened up for the big blow.

  93. #93
    On April 21st, 2011 at 11:19 pm, Flyoverman said:

    I’m watching Hannity right now and once again, I have to say that he appears to be the only conservative left.

    Oh yes, I really enjoy it when he is fawning over Carl Rove or French kissing Newt….

    Phil we may have to hold an intervention for you.

  94. #94
    On April 21st, 2011 at 11:22 pm, Flyoverman said:

    It’s about drilling the government to respond quickly to emergencies, especially when they announce that we are all being sent to education camps, and work out the kinks on communications over a large confused and frustrated and maybe not-so-local-but-very-popular uprising.

    Works for me. Gives us a chance to study them…..Wolverines. ;)

  95. #95
    On April 21st, 2011 at 11:22 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    If you know you’ve seen the flash, you’ve survived the detonation.

    This is crocheted and hanging over the toilet.

  96. #96
    On April 21st, 2011 at 11:26 pm, OK_Loyalist said:

    On April 21st, 2011 at 11:22 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    If you know you’ve seen the flash, you’ve survived the detonation.

    This is crocheted and hanging over the toilet.

    My mother did knitting, crocheting and needlepoint, and we she with us today, she would be laughing her tail off. :lol:

  97. #97
    On April 21st, 2011 at 11:27 pm, Flyoverman said:

    On April 21st, 2011 at 11:22 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    There was a black comedian in the 70′s, who had a line about nuclear war,

    “If one goes off and you can say ‘Waz that’? You’re cool!”

  98. #98
    On April 21st, 2011 at 11:30 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    school yards, not school years.

  99. #99
    On April 22nd, 2011 at 4:37 am, ted said:

    I’ve probably reached my maximum weekly allowance for making off-topic Simpsons references as a newbie, but allow me one more.

    I look at Janet Napolitano and all I can see is schoolyard bully Nelson Muntz. :)

  100. #100
    On April 22nd, 2011 at 8:31 am, John Deaux said:

    On April 21st, 2011 at 8:47 pm, btycrkr said:
    ‘Cuz ever body knows Moochelle would whoop his ass if he pulled a Clinton!

    I’m sure she’d be as surprised as the rest of us.

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