Anyone else feel that
earthquake last night? As far as I'm concerned, any quake where the power doesn't go out is pretty small potatoes. I mean, as long as I can sit there and still surf the web and listen to my Velvet Underground, who really cares? Did they feel it up in Sac-town?
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I think it was the strongest earthquake I ever felt (I didn't feel the '89 one). We lost phone/internet access for a while, that's it. And a shampoo bottle fell onto the shower floor. Yeah, that's really it.
Sucks to be on the San Andreas fault!
Hey, this was the Calaveras Fault, biotch. Yeah, that's right, we got more than one. You know what time it is.
Not the shampoo bottle!
I didn't feel it here in Sac. However, I was talking Ninquelote on the phone and chatting with my sister in Berkeley on gmail and both of them reacted noticeably. My friend Ed then got on gmail to chat about it too. I was pretty well informed about he situation.
Yeah, I felt it while talking to Yoggoth. My wife immediately jumped up and ran into the bathroom. The news said it was the strongest earth quake, at a 5.6, since the '89 one which I believe was something like a 6.9.
It was the first earth quake I've actually ever felt. I though it was pretty cool.
I'm the only one who remembers '89? Well, congratulations Ninquelote and Zrbo on your first quake.
I've been wondering for a while now just how bad the supposed "big one" will be. Will it just be a few fires here and there or will half of San Francisco have to be rebuilt? I think they would rebuild the city no matter what because it's such a nice location. But half of it's kind of resting on sand, so we'll see.
I've read descriptions of the 1906 quake and they say it was really violent and crazy. But not that many people outright died; they just lost their homes for a while. Since so many of our buildings are "earthquake safe," maybe a similar sized quake today wouldn't be as bad. But on the other hand, since there are so many more people around, maybe it will be worse. I have no idea.
A previous employer of mine insisted that most of the buildings in San Francisco would survive a major earthquake because of safety measures used in their construction. The windows were not designed with such safety in mind they will pop out of the buildings and plummet to the streets below shredding any pedestrians caught in the open. The guy dealt with city government constantly so I assume he was told this by someone in that capacity. I'd guess that this isn't a completely accepted theory, otherwise the buildings would use different windows. So we'll just have to wait and see. Until then, gaze up at your crystal obelisks in silent apprehension.
From what I understand, it was the fires that did all the damage in 1906, not so much the shaking.
Ya, and what caused the fires LE?
Wasn't it all the gas pipes breaking? Or lightning or something?
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