# THERE'S A MONSTER UNDER MY BED! Either that, or Atlanta, Georgia just got hit by a small earthquake. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 12, 2018, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-monster-under-my-bed-either-that-or-atlanta-georgia-just-got-hit-by-a-small-earthquake/825988 "2018-12-12T09:35:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-monster-under-my-bed-either-that-or-atlanta-georgia-just-got-hit-by-a-small-earthquake/825988/21 "2018-12-13T14:29:48Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > A co-worker told me he had woken up for an early shift, and had just finished his morning prayers when the quake hit. Freaked him the hell out. I told him it was probably his fault. earthquake…his fault… HA! ISWYDT. > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Yah, we were out of town when that tornado, the one that blew windows off the Westin Peachtree Plaza, hit downtown Atlanta years ago. And my mom and dad were wakened by the Dunwoody tornado. Dad got up and wandered downstairs in his boxers shorts, opened the garage door to watch the strobe lightning, then went back to bed. Woke to no power, downed trees all over the street, a fatality two blocks over where a tree fell on a house. While he and Mom snored, all their neighbors had sensibly sheltered in their basements. For that twister my wife and I were actually in Phillips Arena watching a pro basketball game. I had received free tickets and, though neither of us are pro basketball fans, we decided to make it a date night. Next door at the GA Dome the college SEC basketball championships were being played. The tornado ripped the canvas roof of the Dome and it was evacuated. In Phillips Arena there was not even an announcement made. After the game we walked out of the arena to encounter the flashing strobe lights you mentioned, with no idea what was going on. Downtown Atlanta looked like a war zone. It was quite surreal until we got to our car and flipped on the radio. By way of explanation, the strobe lights were interior fire alarms in the high rise buildings, visible from outside because a huge number of windows had been shattered. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-monster-under-my-bed-either-that-or-atlanta-georgia-just-got-hit-by-a-small-earthquake/825988/22 "2018-12-13T15:11:16Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > earthquake…his fault… > HA! ISWYDT. > For that twister my wife and I were actually in Phillips Arena watching a pro basketball game. I had received free tickets and, though neither of us are pro basketball fans, we decided to make it a date night. Next door at the GA Dome the college SEC basketball championships were being played. The tornado ripped the canvas roof of the Dome and it was evacuated. In Phillips Arena there was not even an announcement made. After the game we walked out of the arena to encounter the flashing strobe lights you mentioned, with no idea what was going on. Downtown Atlanta looked like a war zone. It was quite surreal until we got to our car and flipped on the radio. > > By way of explanation, the strobe lights were interior fire alarms in the high rise buildings, visible from outside because a huge number of windows had been shattered. Dammit! That’s what I’m talking about. I miss all the cool disasters! ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-monster-under-my-bed-either-that-or-atlanta-georgia-just-got-hit-by-a-small-earthquake/825988/23 "2019-01-15T17:10:54Z")
Another [one](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/se60251261/executive) hit Eastern TN yesterday. The whole SE is doomed I tells ya, doomed. What, 2.7? Never mind. A lot of people in the immediate area probably didn’t notice it. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-monster-under-my-bed-either-that-or-atlanta-georgia-just-got-hit-by-a-small-earthquake/825988/24 "2019-01-15T17:48:19Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > The whole SE is doomed I tells ya, doomed. Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu Tennessee wgah’nagl fhtagn! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-monster-under-my-bed-either-that-or-atlanta-georgia-just-got-hit-by-a-small-earthquake/825988.md?page=1)