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Post by cenydd on Aug 16, 2013 10:23:24 GMT
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Post by ShivaTD on Aug 16, 2013 17:12:24 GMT
Having grown up in Southern California that has a lot of earthquakes I tend to like them because they're non-discriminatory. Hurricanes are only a real problem for coastal dwellers and tornados tend to target trailer parks and are very discriminatory. Earthquakes address everyone equally when they hit.
It was rather funny because when I moved to Seattle to work at Boeing in Everett I was just sitting down to lunch in the cafeteria that is the ground floor in a high rise building when an earthquake struck. It was pretty strong, somewhere in the 6.5-7.2 range, but it was what we refer to as a "roller" that doesn't have the violent shocks that tend to damage buildings. I was sitting there calmly enjoying my lunch while others were freaking out and running outside. I calmly finished my lunch before getting up to casually to go outside and join the others. Yes, it did cause some minor damage where a few suspended ceiling panels fell down (that weigh about 2lbs or less and don't represent a threat to anyone) and did some more damage down South but in Everett it was nothing to get excited about for someone that had a lot of "earthquake" experience.
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Post by smartmouthwoman on Aug 16, 2013 19:07:38 GMT
There was also a 5.something earthquake in Mexico today. No link (on my phone), but looked to be a remote area so prob wasnt much damage.
LOL @ tornados only hitting trailer parks. If only that was true.
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Post by ShivaTD on Aug 16, 2013 19:33:47 GMT
LOL @ tornados only hitting trailer parks. If only that was true.  |
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Post by smartmouthwoman on Aug 17, 2013 0:49:20 GMT
LOL @ tornados only hitting trailer parks. If only that was true. Yeah, they do make good targets, don't they? I saw a clip on the news about the earthquake in NZ. People were climbing under their desks and just generally holding on for dear life! I work in a highrise and I'd be more than a little scared if the bldg started shaking. Not to mention how the color drains from my face when the tornado sirens go off while I'm at work. Scary stuff! Glad there weren't any fatalities in the NZ quake. |
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Post by ShivaTD on Aug 17, 2013 1:57:33 GMT
Too often there is collateral damage but I've never seen a tornado miss a trailer part given the opportunity to take it out. I sure as hell wouldn't live in a trailer park in tornado alley. Yeah, they do make good targets, don't they? I saw a clip on the news about the earthquake in NZ. People were climbing under their desks and just generally holding on for dear life! I work in a highrise and I'd be more than a little scared if the bldg started shaking. Not to mention how the color drains from my face when the tornado sirens go off while I'm at work. Scary stuff! Glad there weren't any fatalities in the NZ quake.
1. Shake-n-Break - These are the dangerous ones because they jerk back and forth violently.
2. Rock-n-Roll - These don't tend to be a problem as they just gently roll without violent shaking. They can actually be quite pleasant if a person understand earthquakes.
There is perhaps another category that is "What was that?" We're not really sure it's an earthquake until the news comes on but they really annoy the cats.
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Post by smartmouthwoman on Aug 17, 2013 2:14:00 GMT
I experienced one of those 'what was that' earthquakes during a trip to San Francisco one time. We were in a cab rushing to the airport, fearing for our lives the way he was driving. Then when we got to our destination we heard there'd been a minor earthquake in SFO during the time we were speeding down the freeways. Couldn't prove it by me... I never felt a thing!
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Post by ShivaTD on Aug 17, 2013 12:43:10 GMT
I experienced one of those 'what was that' earthquakes during a trip to San Francisco one time. We were in a cab rushing to the airport, fearing for our lives the way he was driving. Then when we got to our destination we heard there'd been a minor earthquake in SFO during the time we were speeding down the freeways. Couldn't prove it by me... I never felt a thing!
From personal experience I rarely felt an earthquake below a 5 in Southern California unless something was hanging in the room because it would begin to move and none of these would be felt in a car. |
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Post by JP5 on Aug 18, 2013 16:46:25 GMT
I must correct the claim that tornadoes target trailer parks. Having lived in "tornado alley" for sometime, they don't target. It's about where they decide to drop down out of the sky and hit ground. They've hit large cities with devastation---like Dallas and Ft. Worth. And yes, IF they do occur close to a trailer park it's devastating because there is nothing anchoring those trailers down. It's also why one is NOT safe inside a car during a tornado.....as witnessed during the last Oklahoma City tornado where even tornado watchers who claim to know how to out run them were killed.
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Post by ShivaTD on Aug 19, 2013 6:54:31 GMT
I must correct the claim that tornadoes target trailer parks. Having lived in "tornado alley" for sometime, they don't target. It's about where they decide to drop down out of the sky and hit ground. They've hit large cities with devastation---like Dallas and Ft. Worth.
Perhaps those tornadoes were looking for trailer parks and just couldn't find one. Or perhaps being Texan tornados they just aimed at a trailer park and missed.
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Post by diuretic on Aug 31, 2013 3:08:05 GMT
Some years ago our PM at the time, Gough Whitlam, was in China (I think it was the first visit by any PM to the PRC) and he took his late wife Margaret. While they were in China there was an earthquake. Our cartoonists took full advantage.  |
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