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Novocastrian

Jun 23rd 2010 9:17 am

Re: earthquake in Ontario/ Quebec...

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Originally Posted by JamesM (Post 8652556)

We were evacuated from our 3 story here in Markham for an hour.

It worked quite well for me as the only place to get lunch on this business park is a Timmy's. I quickly ran over and took advantage of there being no people in the que.

You poor bastard. I feel for you.

Steve_P

Jun 23rd 2010 9:45 am

Re: earthquake in downtown TO

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Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 8652080)

I blame the G20.

I tend to agree maybe that artificial lake.

scrubbedexpat091

Jun 24th 2010 10:37 am

Re: earthquake in Ontario/ Quebec...

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Originally Posted by JamesM (Post 8652556)

We were evacuated from our 3 story here in Markham for an hour.

It worked quite well for me as the only place to get lunch on this business park is a Timmy's. I quickly ran over and took advantage of there being no people in the que.

I find that amusing....

We had a 5 something a week or so ago, nobody would ever think of evacuating after such a small one.

fledermaus

Jun 24th 2010 10:44 am

Re: earthquake in Ontario/ Quebec...

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Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 8655341)

I find that amusing....

We had a 5 something a week or so ago, nobody would ever think of evacuating after such a small one.

I find this amusing. After evacuation means something rather different to an x-ray tech

It all depends how scared you are

Zoe Bell

Jun 24th 2010 11:58 am

Re: earthquake in Ontario/ Quebec...

I think our science dept evacuated ( maybe in both senses of the word :) )

something to do with shelves full of glassware and chemicals shaking :)

dormy

Jun 25th 2010 6:43 am

Re: earthquake in Ontario/ Quebec...

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Originally Posted by Clematis (Post 8652425)

Yeah even the tectonics plates were surprised we won!

I heard it was Quebec finally attempting to separate from Canada

Exilelass

Jun 25th 2010 11:57 am

Re: earthquake in Ontario/ Quebec...

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Originally Posted by lmartin999 (Post 8652064)

Bloody hell. Just had a small earthquake in Toronto. I assumed at first it was the effect of the earlier pints but not so. Bit scary on the 18th floor and glad I am not in the 57 storey building next-door....

Didn't feel a thing.
Could being in BC have anything to do with that?

Have experienced quite a few over here though and they do give you a bit of a shake, so to speak. :)

Souvy

Jun 27th 2010 10:30 pm

Re: earthquake in Ontario/ Quebec...

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Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 8655341)

I find that amusing....

We had a 5 something a week or so ago, nobody would ever think of evacuating after such a small one.

Yeah, but people are not used to them. We get an earthquake on average once every five days. They are generally too small to be felt. The last 5+ was nearly 70 years ago. I've since talked with people who work in the large, often quite tall, office blocks in Ottineau. It's quite obvious that nobody had a clue what to do.

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