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John Clark Send message Joined: 29 Sep 99 Posts: 16515 Credit: 4,418,829 RAC: 0 |
From the posts different experiences dependent on where the poster was. That was quite a kick in the report. It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29830 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
Looks like it was to far from any major population centers. Another bullet dodged. |
Es99 Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 |
I was out shopping and didn't even know there had been one until my mum texted me to say the whole house had been shaking. She was quite freaked out. I called my partner to ask him if he had felt it and he didn't know what I was talking about. He was downtown in Vancouver. He called me back about half an hour later and said that the lawyer firm he'd gone to pick up documents from was closed because it was on the 29th floor and the building had been swaying making everyone sick. I've been trying to figure out where I was when it hit and I'm pretty sure I was in the handbag section of The Bay, which explains why I didn't notice anything. Reality Internet Personality |
Allie in Vancouver Send message Joined: 16 Mar 07 Posts: 3949 Credit: 1,604,668 RAC: 0 |
Didn't feel a thing at my house but some people I know who work in office towers downtown said they could feel the building swaying. The bad news is that the Pacific North-West is way overdue for an 8 or 9 shaker. :| Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. Albert Einstein |
John Clark Send message Joined: 29 Sep 99 Posts: 16515 Credit: 4,418,829 RAC: 0 |
As was said earlier ... We are glad that none of you had any problems, except to hear Hev was freaked. If that was the wordt experience of this shaker then ATM it went OK. It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65745 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
And in between the Ocean and the Rockies, is the volatile Cascade Range, One of which blew up and rebuilt itself a bit, Mt St Helens... The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Es99 Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 |
As was said earlier ... Hev was nearer to the epicentre than Kenzie and I. She certainly got a scare. Lots of people here in Vancouver didn't even notice it unless they were in tall buildings. My aunt felt it and she wasn't far from me, but was up in a tall building. Reality Internet Personality |
Es99 Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 |
And in between the Ocean and the Rockies, is the volatile Cascade Range, One of which blew up and rebuilt itself a bit, Mt St Helens... We can see Mount Baker from out window, it's the same classification as Mt St Helens was about a year before it blew. Reality Internet Personality |
Hev Send message Joined: 4 Jun 05 Posts: 1118 Credit: 598,303 RAC: 0 |
Yes, it was scary. The whole house shook and stuff was rattling around. No damage though. I think I need earthquake training.. |
Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
Yes the first one is always the worst. Glad you are doing ok Hev. Pluto will always be a planet to me. Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
bad news is that the Pacific North-West is way overdue for an 8 or 9 shaker. :| Very glad no one was hurt. I have not heard that any one in workers’ paradise of Alberta felt anything. You are right about the chances of a bigger one coming. I hope it is not in our lifetimes. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65745 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
And in between the Ocean and the Rockies, is the volatile Cascade Range, One of which blew up and rebuilt itself a bit, Mt St Helens... We have some cones here in Yermo and there's Elephant Mountain, all are volcanic and all are I think extinct. Oh and if You ever visit Tokyo Japan, Mt Fuji is a similar volcano to Mt St Helens and was a virtual twin, can You say powder keg waiting to go BOOM? Los Angeles has only Mt Baldy and as far as I can tell, It has sensors all over It from what I read once. Oh and Yes I'm glad that the people in Vancouver are alright. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29830 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
And in between the Ocean and the Rockies, is the volatile Cascade Range, One of which blew up and rebuilt itself a bit, Mt St Helens... Vic, Mt Baldy and all of the San Berdo range are the result of uplift. None are Volcano, dormant or otherwise. Remember the plates are mostly slipping by each other here at the moment. We don't have the subduction that is occurring north of us. Glad to hear that all of our friends to the north are ok. |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
I sure hope Jellystone (Whoops, Yellowstone.) doesn’t go off soon. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65745 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Well if It does, We're all boned to one extant or another. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30648 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
I sure hope Jellystone (Whoops, Yellowstone.) doesn’t go off soon. Worry about this one too http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Valley_Caldera |
Michael Belanger, W1DGL Send message Joined: 30 Jul 00 Posts: 1887 Credit: 7,441,278 RAC: 49 |
We seem to be a bit more fortunate here in the Southwest; even when CA has their "big ones", we don't feel it here in AZ. Must be something about all the granite around here (north-central AZ). |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65745 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
I sure hope Jellystone (Whoops, Yellowstone.) doesn’t go off soon. Yeah that's closer, But It's not in the same class as Yellowstone I don't think. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65745 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
We seem to be a bit more fortunate here in the Southwest; even when CA has their "big ones", we don't feel it here in AZ. Must be something about all the granite around here (north-central AZ). It's that or that big pretty hole in ground that takes the hit. :D The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30648 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
I sure hope Jellystone (Whoops, Yellowstone.) doesn’t go off soon. Well, it only blew 600km3 as compared to 1000km3 for Yellowstone but still that is one huge eruption. Kansas was covered in ash. |
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