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Re: Okay, enough is enough
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 7:52 pm
by SMU 86
I just felt a tremor.
Re: Okay, enough is enough
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 7:53 pm
by gostangs
just had another…pretty decent size
Re: Okay, enough is enough
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 7:55 pm
by vielsiehorsepower
SMU 86 wrote:I just felt a tremor.
Me too. I'm at work in Richardson and everyone stood up really puzzled. I've gotta say that's the first time in my life I've felt tremors
Re: Okay, enough is enough
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 7:55 pm
by SMU 86
Any fault line in the DFW area that has been disrupted by drilling or whatever can cause these. Just need to see how many faults are in the DFW area.
Re: Okay, enough is enough
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 7:57 pm
by gostangs
So whenever past tremors have happened where they weren't there before, that was caused by drilling activity? Even before there was drilling activity?
Humans always grossly overestimate their impact on everything. It is human nature.
Re: Okay, enough is enough
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 7:58 pm
by LA_Mustang
“@RobertWilonsky: Well, hell, THAT one knocked stuff off the shelf at the house here in Northwest Dallas. Damn.”
Re: Okay, enough is enough
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 7:58 pm
by Statler
Vibes at Mockingbirdd Station 5 min ago
Re: Okay, enough is enough
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 8:01 pm
by SMU 86
gostangs wrote:So whenever past tremors have happened where they weren't there before, that was caused by drilling activity? Even before there was drilling activity?
Humans always grossly overestimate their impact on everything. It is human nature.
You can't 100% rule out human activity. Well the people the try to cover up things do but all things should be on the table now. Nothing should be ruled out be in human or natural. What is needed is to find out how many fault line there are in the DFW area and how long the are at the point imo.
Re: Okay, enough is enough
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 8:05 pm
by LA_Mustang
This last one was a 3.6. The one earlier was a 3.5.
Re: Okay, enough is enough
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 8:06 pm
by SMUstangs22
Barely felt it in Arlington. Can they hurt a house even at such small magnitudes.
Re: Okay, enough is enough
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 8:11 pm
by couch 'em
Felt actual swaying in the FB
Re: Okay, enough is enough
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 8:11 pm
by ReedFrawg
LA_Mustang wrote:ReedFrawg wrote:Are the buildings in this area built with earthquakes in mind???
I know in SoCal the buildings are now built with steel so they can bend. I'm sure most here are concrete and would have no chance in a sizable quake. We joke but a 5.0 or higher quake around here could be disastrous.
It's the no warning that freaks me out. I have no idea if bigger ones are possible here but the the thought scares me.
Thanks for the info...that was my concern.
Re: Okay, enough is enough
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 8:15 pm
by peruna81
couch 'em wrote:Felt actual swaying in the FB
Mom is over in Brookhaven, said this one knocked over her books on shelf. She is 87 and very mad at this.Her words:
"This is June's fault" (she has always been an SMU fan from her early days of working for Braniff in the late '40s)
I like it.
Re: Okay, enough is enough
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 8:19 pm
by SMU 86
couch 'em wrote:Felt actual swaying in the FB
What does FB stand for? The federal building?
Re: Okay, enough is enough
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 8:21 pm
by peruna81
SMU 86 wrote:couch 'em wrote:Felt actual swaying in the FB
What does FB stand for? The federal building?
Farmers Branch. About 20 miles north of downtown Dallas.