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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 698757" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>It was centered in Oklahoma. The town of Pawnee asked for people to avoid their downtown due to damage and the reservation for the Pawnee Tribe had quite a number of damaged buildings, some were so bad as to be uninhabitable.</p><p></p><p>My husband was at the university setting up for the opening football game of the season. He works at all the sporting events and is usually there very early. He thought someone was running with an industrial size trash container until he glanced up. The entire stadium shook and waved back and forth. The nearby basketball stadium had broken windows.</p><p></p><p>I was actually rather shaken up by it. It seemed much stronger and longer lasting than any we have had in the past. Reports say that they closed a number of fracking wells within hours of the earthquake. </p><p></p><p>The statistics now say that Oklahoma has the same risk of earthquakes that California has always had. This is a HUGE change and NOT for the best!! We already have tornados, what next? Tsunamis coming out of the lakes?</p><p></p><p>I am a bit afraid for our dams though. They are not designed to tolerate earthquakes because we didn't have earthquakes until recently. I don't know if our old dams can handle the stress or if they will burst and flood large areas. It will be a terrifying disaster if that happens.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 698757, member: 1233"] It was centered in Oklahoma. The town of Pawnee asked for people to avoid their downtown due to damage and the reservation for the Pawnee Tribe had quite a number of damaged buildings, some were so bad as to be uninhabitable. My husband was at the university setting up for the opening football game of the season. He works at all the sporting events and is usually there very early. He thought someone was running with an industrial size trash container until he glanced up. The entire stadium shook and waved back and forth. The nearby basketball stadium had broken windows. I was actually rather shaken up by it. It seemed much stronger and longer lasting than any we have had in the past. Reports say that they closed a number of fracking wells within hours of the earthquake. The statistics now say that Oklahoma has the same risk of earthquakes that California has always had. This is a HUGE change and NOT for the best!! We already have tornados, what next? Tsunamis coming out of the lakes? I am a bit afraid for our dams though. They are not designed to tolerate earthquakes because we didn't have earthquakes until recently. I don't know if our old dams can handle the stress or if they will burst and flood large areas. It will be a terrifying disaster if that happens. [/QUOTE]
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