RE: [tips] WoooHoooo! EARTHQUAKE!

2011-08-23 Thread Annette Taylor
From: Dr. Bob Wildblood [drb...@rcn.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 2:21 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] WoooHoooo! EARTHQUAKE! I live in Fredericksburg, VA, close to the epicenter. My car has lots of warning lights and this morning the "Check Tir

RE: [tips] WoooHoooo! EARTHQUAKE!

2011-08-23 Thread Dennis Goff
From: John Kulig [mailto:ku...@mail.plymouth.edu] Sent: Tue 8/23/2011 3:03 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Mike Palij Subject: Re: [tips] WoooH! EARTHQUAKE! Nothing up here that I felt, but we are a good 200 miles north of NY. But when I heard I tried to find where f

Re: [tips] WoooHoooo! EARTHQUAKE!

2011-08-23 Thread Dr. Bob Wildblood
I live in Fredericksburg, VA, close to the epicenter. My car has lots of warning lights and this morning the "Check Tire Pressure" light came on (this is relevant to the story). At the time of the quake I was in the car going to the grocery store and the car started acting funny - like it was

Re: [tips] WoooHoooo! EARTHQUAKE!

2011-08-23 Thread Mike Palij
On Tuesday, August 23, 2011 3:03 PM, John Kulig wrote: >Nothing up here that I felt, but we are a good 200 miles north >of NY. But when I heard I tried to find where fault lines ran >as I do not recall an earthquake ever in Virginia. And if you l >ook at the map with earthquake-prone areas it's

Re: [tips] WoooHoooo! EARTHQUAKE!

2011-08-23 Thread Jim Clark
Hi Here's an article from several years ago about revised estimates of the likelihood of earthquake damage around NY city. http://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2235 Article states that earthquake-proof building standards were not introduced until 1995. Lots on internet about today's e

Re: [tips] WoooHoooo! EARTHQUAKE!

2011-08-23 Thread Patrick Dolan
I'm <30 miles west of Mike Palij (320 miles northeast of epicenter; 40.761,-74.422) and the 100 year old 3 story colonial house-turned-office building shook for some time (as if the person above or below me was engaged in, ah hem, "romantic activities"). Campus buildings were evacuated until 3 P

Re: [tips] WoooHoooo! EARTHQUAKE!

2011-08-23 Thread Ken Steele
I am in my office in the Psychology building which was built by the WPA. It is a very solid building. My monitor starts to sway and then I can feel the building swaying back and forth. It felt like a heavy truck was passing by with the exception that the rate of sway was wrong and it laste

Re: [tips] WoooHoooo! EARTHQUAKE!

2011-08-23 Thread Michael Scoles
Pat Robertson just called and mumbled something about September 20, 2011. Michael T. Scoles, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology & Counseling University of Central Arkansas Conway, AR 72035 501-450-5418 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click he

RE: [tips] WoooHoooo! EARTHQUAKE!

2011-08-23 Thread Jim Matiya
Only in New York...our library is fine. Jim Matiya Adjunct Instructor in Psychology Florida Gulf Coast University jmat...@fgcu.edu > From: m...@nyu.edu > To: tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu > CC: m...@nyu.edu > Subject: [tips] WoooH! EARTHQUAKE! > Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:49:06 -0400 > > Tr

RE: [tips] WoooHoooo! EARTHQUAKE!

2011-08-23 Thread Beverly Ayers-Nachamkin
I'm about 100 miles WNW of DC. I was working in my study when suddenly the floor beneath me started moving. The whole house (brick) wavered, and I heard some kind of strange rumble. It lasted several seconds. Creepy! >@@< Bev Ayers-Nachamkin, Ph.D Wilson College 1015 Philadelphia A

Re: [tips] WoooHoooo! EARTHQUAKE!

2011-08-23 Thread John Kulig
Nothing up here that I felt, but we are a good 200 miles north of NY. But when I heard I tried to find where fault lines ran as I do not recall an earthquake ever in Virginia. And if you look at the map with earthquake-prone areas it's not a high-risk area, though it looks to this untrained eye

Re: [tips] WoooHoooo! EARTHQUAKE!

2011-08-23 Thread Jonathan Mueller
Jeff, I just laughed -- did you feel that? Jon === Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL 60540 voice: (630)-637-5329 fax: (630)-637-5121 jfmuel...@noctrl.edu http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu >>> Jeffry Ricker 8/2

Re: [tips] WoooHoooo! EARTHQUAKE!

2011-08-23 Thread Jeffry Ricker
On Aug 23, 2011, at 11:49 AM, Mike Palij wrote: > So, what are other Tipster's stories? I didn't feel anything. Best, Jeff -- - Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. SCC: Professor of Psychology MCCCD: General Studies Faculty

RE: [tips] WoooHoooo! EARTHQUAKE!

2011-08-23 Thread Horton, Joseph J.
We are having construction on our campus. My office started shaking and I wondered what they were doing outside, but there was no equipment operating. No evacuation orders have been given. We are about 60 miles north of Pittsburgh. Joe Joseph J. Horton, Ph. D. Box 3077 Grove City College Grove