Earthquake in the Northeast

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Yeah, just felt the earthquake. I thought it was a truck going by or someone doing jumping jacks, but turned out to be a 4.8 earthquake. My niece felt it, and she’s down by DC. And of course I’m supposed to be going into New York City today. Sitting here watching the news making sure everything sound.
 
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4.8 is a good jolt if you are close enough. It is not enough to cause significant damage out my way. You are over 60 miles away so I can't imagine it was much more than a surprise. They can be unnerving at first. I've been through some pretty big ones (Loma Prieta '89, Northridge '94) where I was relatively near the epicenter. Those are scary. These days, I would barely notice quakes in the low 4s. The ones in the 5s are quite noticeable but not memorable any more. I have probably experienced a couple dozen of those. In fact, the only quake in the 5s I distinctly recall was my first one (5.3) during my 3rd week out here. I was spooked because I didn't know what to do or expect.
 
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sawdust123 said:
4.8 is a good jolt if you are close enough. It is not enough to cause significant damage out my way. You are over 60 miles away so I can't imagine it was much more than a surprise. They can be unnerving at first. I've been through some pretty big ones (Loma Prieta '89, Northridge '94) where I was relatively near the epicenter. Those are scary. These days, I would barely notice quakes in the low 4s. The ones in the 5s are quite noticeable but not memorable any more. I have probably experienced a couple dozen of those. In fact, the only quake in the 5s I distinctly recall was my first one (5.3) during my 3rd week out here. I was spooked because I didn't know what to do or expect.
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We're about 180 miles north of the epicenter. My wife's building in Albany shook pretty hard. I was 26 miles north of her and didn't feel anything.

Lots of local chatter about it. It made me laugh a little. Coming back to the northeat after 17 years in Southern Cal, riding out three 7+ magnitude quakes, made this jolt a bit insignificant.

While no earthquake is a laughing matter, the second one I expereinced in LA was in the middle of the night. We were sleeping in a waterbed. It created a bed wave that tossed both my exwife and I out of the bed and on to the floor. Wasn't funnt them, but it is now.
 
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Well, guys you don’t have to worry about me moving to the West Coast now. I may visit but aren’t ever moving there, can’t imagine a big one. A friend of mine moved back to the East coast years ago. Told me the story how an earthquake threw him out of bed and stuff went flying off the shelves.
I was relaxing this weekend decided to watch the movie Earthquake again and crank up the 4 subs on my home theater system. They did a really good job on the low end during the earthquake scenes but it wasn’t like what I felt last week. I still have to add the high channels and bring the system up to 7.1.4 maybe start a gofundme for a Atmos receiver, lol
 
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adj2ent said:
I was relaxing this weekend decided to watch the movie Earthquake again and crank up the 4 subs on my home theater system. They did a really good job on the low end during the earthquake scenes but it wasn’t like what I felt last week.
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The movie came out with a feature called Sensurround. It utilized subs made by Cerwin-Vega and amps from BGW. Many of my friends worked on the design of the system and its components. It was really cool but not practical. Theaters had to remove seats to make room for all the subs. Older theaters had plaster walls crack from the SPL and of course twin theaters (which were become vogue at the time) couldn't play another movie at the same time they were playing Earthquake. Only a handful of movies used the feature.

About a dozen years ago, I demoed a sub that had a frequency range from DC-25 Hz. Yes, DC. It could pressurize and depressurize a room so that your ears popped. Instead of your typical speaker cone, it used a fan whose blade pitch was controlled by a speaker voice coil. It required a 20' long horn to low pass filter the fan noise and just deliver the bass. You also needed a subharmonic synthesizer to generate the low signals. It was truly impressive but totally impractical.
 
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I remember it well, I went to probably one of the last standalone theaters in Valley Stream to see earthquake in senaround. I believe they did two other movies, Battlestar Galactica and a World War II movie, but I never saw those two in a theater. Another theater which was a couple of blocks away and already gone multiplex and before that it was a Drive In movie theater in the 1960s.
I met a Gene from Cerwin Vega at AES in NY a few years before he passed away. At that time I was the T36 bass bins and he was discussing newer series where they adding heat sinks to remove heat from the compression chamber. Really nice guy. My first real DJ speakers were Cerwin Vega V30s which upped my game at the time.
 
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The WW-II movie in Sensurround was Midway. I saw it but it was not as impressive as Earthquake. The effect actually felt out of place in this movie.

The Westbury Drive-In was near you but that didn't turn into a multi-plex until about 2000. Was there another one that you are referring to? The 110 drive-in was my personal favorite as a kid because of its train. That closed in the mid '70s.
 
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The WW-II movie in Sensurround was Midway. I saw it but it was not as impressive as Earthquake. The effect actually felt out of place in this movie.

The Westbury Drive-In was near you but that didn't turn into a multi-plex until about 2000. Was there another one that you are referring to? The 110 drive-in was my personal favorite as a kid because of its train. That closed in the mid '70s.
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I’m talking about the Valley Stream Drive-In which is now a multiplex and a mall. That’s where I saw a planet of the apes in the 60s. I can’t remember when it closed but I would say early 70s. The Westbury drive-in was the one with the two screens, I used to take my daughter there so that one was the last to close around 25 years ago. That’s a regal multiplex theater and a BJ’s. I’m always pissed when I go there because I miss my Drive-In. I drive all the way into Allentown PA to go to one. Boy it’s amazing what you can find online. I just typed a couple of words and info came up.
 

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About 20-25 years ago, I was with the family in small town in WA that still had a drive-in. I dragged my girls there even though it was cold and damp that evening and they didn't care for the movie. They had never been to a drive-in before and I knew it wouldn't be long before none were left.

I just checked and that WA drive-in is still in business.
 
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You got to go when the weather is good,never in the cold or rain. Everyone which goes regularly tailgates. Bring chairs, dinner, drinks and snacks. We never sit in the car. We also used to bring a tent for the kids and get there 2 hrs early. I would go to one of the two Drive-Ins Mike in PA. One is open years round now. Before the kids got older we would do Doney Park then the Drive-In and the next day Doney park again then drive home. Labor Day weekend was the movie marathon 5 movies until dawn. That usually sells. My company usually does the movies on the lawn but I’ve done some drive-In. I am supposed to head out again soon although everyone working now so getting the family together is like pulling teeth. Likely I’ll go without them, lol
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