"Are The Earthquakes in Illinois Trying To Tell Us Something?"

[ecstatic]

Just a little comic relief (lunacy?) as we wait for PA's results to come in. From HillaryClinton Forum, of course:

Another earthquake in Illinois. Could this be an omen?

Is Someone unhappy with with a certain Senator?

...

Did it happen today? Could be a sign from God. I believe wholeheartedly in signs from God.

http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net/discussion/showthread.php?t=7632

[anonymous171]

1. Probably pissed off with Clinton and her GOP attacks.

[DerekJ]

2. .

:cry: :cry: :cry:

[bobbert]

3. losers, they're reminding me of Pat Robertson

it's obvious that an earthquake is god punishing us Illinoisans for voting for Obama in the primary

[Cali_Democrat]

4. I was laughing at all those Midwest folks freaking out over a 5.2 quake

That's nothing!!!!

[bobbert]

10. It was only a few people that freaked out

But reading the news it seemed like everybody did. I guess the media hunted down people that freaked out to give their stories, so it seemed a lot bigger than it was. The only person I know who felt it was the girlfriend of one guy at work, and all it did was wake her up. Nobody that I work with felt it.

edit: chagned felt it to freak out, guess that gets a better meaning across

[Kittycat]

13. Where did you get only a few people?

My parents are in Springfield, and felt it. Their bed and house was shaking/rattling. They felt the aftershock as well. Some people up here in Chicago 'claim' to have felt it, but the only thing I remember was waking up around the exact same time it hit - for no apparent reason (not that I 'felt' anything though).

[SemiCharmedQuark]

15. My husband woke up at that time too, but didn't know why

I slept through it and the only confusion came when I was in the car and everyone on the radio was talking about Earthquakes.

[bobbert]

20. It was in Chicago

But when I read the Chicago Tribune there was a section where it had people's comments of what the felt. One person in a condo on the lakefront said it was so loud and shook so much she though terrorists had attacked. That one had me laughing out loud.
There were a lot of comments printed from people in the city claiming it was so terribly bad, that I could see why that Californian would find the reactions a little overboard.

[Radical Activist]

25. Oh, you're from Chicago and like most Chicagoans you think that's the whole world.

If only a few people in Chicago felt it, then only a few people felt it. Now I get it.

[bobbert]

30. changed my post

a few people did freak out unnecessarily, that's all I was getting at. jeez.

[Radical Activist]

24. It was felt over 100 miles away.

Midwestern earthquakes are felt at a greater distance than California. No, it wasn't just a few people who felt it. Where did you get that idea? Look at the reports people made at the USGS website: http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/shake/STORE/X2008qza6/ciim_stats_1.html

[bobbert]

28. Yeah I read something about the ground composition

on some site when I was looking up info about it so I don't have a link. But apparently when a quake strikes in the midwest the whole midwest can feel it, but on the west coast it doesn't travel as far. I was just commenting that the people interviewed for news were exaggerating quite a bit, that most of us went about our daily lives and weren't freaking out about it.

[TexasLady]

17. It'd be something to me!!

I've weathered a few tornadoes, but not the earthquakes..yikes!!!!!

[Lerkfish]

18. well, we woke up to our door rattling in Dayton, Ohio, 3 states away

and btw, I was in the San Fernando Valley when the whittier quake, a 7.1 hit.

I agree, no comparison, but in the midewest, these folks aren't used to it.

[BadgerLaw2010]

32. Quakes cover drastically more area in the Midwest than in Cali.

[madmunchie]

35. Just like I laugh when California gets torrential rain or a snow storm?

Or when the tempuature drops below 20 degrees and the Southerns and Westerners freak out....they really haven't felt cold yet.

I remember being in Atlanta area, and how people ran out to see snowflakes, wanted to leave work early, ransacked the stores for bread milk eggs....., it was such an event! Or when I was in southern California and it started raining, oh, the excitement. People running out of stores to see it! Sheesh!

[tridim]

5. Hillary has a doctorate in plate tectonics

You didn't know that?

[Aloha Spirit]

6. The backwater of the internet is always sayin' this person's the anti-christ, that person's Hitler.

Mildly amusing tho, because the crazies over there keep stepping up to the completely sane Hillary supporters, making them all look silly. My opinion.

[Forkboy]

7. Crazier than Manson eating a bowl of Fruit Loops.

[Ichingcarpenter]

8. Shifting 'Plates' rather than throwing them

She got confused on what type of plates there are.

[nomorenomore08]

9. I saw the headline and thought, "Right on time, like always."

Then I saw it was a quote from a (putative) Democrat. Now that's just insane. :wow:

[SemiCharmedQuark]

11. The earthquake with 0 casualties?

What if the earthquake was really supposed to be huge! And then what if it were really supposed to kill millions!? And then what if gawd was just so happy with Illinois that he sent a magical sky dragon to sit on the earthquake and muffle the earthquake and prevent us all from harm?!?! Wow! Thanks Barack!

This poster is nutty. Just the poster though. Im sure some batshit crazy nonsense has been posted on DU as well. Doesn't make us all crazy.

[newmajority]

12. Isn't Hillary from Illinois as well?

Not that I believe any of this crap, but I believe it is one of the 25 states she claims as "home".

[ej510]

19. Yeah that's her home state that is where she is really from.

[ecstatic]

23. I don't know anymore... PA... IL... NY

I'm sure she also has ties to NC and IN somehow as well :crazy:

[TexasLady]

14. I think my HEAD JUST EXPLODED!

:puke:

[SoCalDem]

16. Mother earth trying to shake us off...for all the scummy things we have done to her n/t

[Warren DeMontague]

26. No, actually, it's called plate tectonics.

Imagine that.

[redqueen]

21. And the hits just keep on comin...

[terrell9584]

22. no what it means is

The New Madrid seismic zone is rumbling and we are probably going to have a repeat of New Madrid in the next 10 years, because that's how major earthquakes work, warning shots, big event and then aftershocks. It basically means that St. Louis and Memphis better have their plans ready.

[Radical Activist]

27. Illinois is angry. Take it as a warning.

[Joe the Revelator]

29. Why do Hillary "Democrats" sound so much like republicans?

[Aloha Spirit]

31. The loud members on that site are Republicans. They drive away the sane Hillary supporters.

[Aloha Spirit]

33. Saddest/cutest hillaryclintonforum.net thread ever?

http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net/discussion/showthread.php?t=7636

Thread's about how Obama is really a scary Islamo-marxist-black panther or something.

"The Real Obama Story Exposed!"

"That man is surrounded by evil! I have known this all along,I have a very strong "6th sense".

"I would help sending mails but I Do Not Know YEt How This INteRnEt Explorer Works Yet But Becareful I Emailed To All The Media Site Posted In The Out Post Tht SSmith Posted Last Night About The Link Jeffhead About The Aftermeth .org Stuff ! And Soon After I Was Termeinated By Aol I Am Possitive It Had Some Thing To Do With That "

"Is Obama more Marxist then Socialist? Is that why he helped Odinga?"

"...I've heard many people say you can't believe everything you read on the internet."

Thread ends with: "Call CNN during the Larry King segment with Hillary. Also can we confirm this is valid and not an Obama supporter having fun."

[IsItJustMe]

34. Yeah, God is lighting a fire under Obama's ass, saying put Hillary away now Obama. NOW!!!!

There is your sign.

[bunnies]

36. whoever said that is the Dumbest. Person. Ever.

Dumbest fucking flat-earth thinking knuckle dragger EVER.