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belleraphon1 View Member Profile	Jul 29 2008, 11:23 PM Post #1
Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 29-December 05 From: NE Oh, USA Member No.: 627	Sincerely hope all you UMSFers on the West Coast are OK! Read Emily's blog.... http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00001576/ Widfires and now an earthquake... scary... Concern from an Ohioan who only worries about getting snowed in once or twice a winter season. Craig p.s. With global climate change this forum may get a few posts or two in this century!

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nprev View Member Profile	Jul 29 2008, 11:55 PM Post #2
Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8790 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602	Well, I'll puff up my chest and act all brave here, but California doesn't have anything on Alaska when it comes to quakes. I felt at least two of this magnitude when I was there from 2001-2004 (one shook me out of bed), and there was a really bad one in 2003 right near the center of the state that shook Anchorage for a full two minutes...actually saw vehicles rocking back & forth on their wheels during that. The good news story from all this bravado is that modern building codes really are pretty sound for dealing with these things. My house in Anchorage (built in 2001) suffered zero damage, nor did any of my neighbors. I can't imagine what sorts of things you have to do to a skyscraper to make it earthquake-survivable, but clearly whatever they are, they work. (With you on the 60th floor observation, though; not a happy feeling, for sure!) Now, Ohio has tornadoes...MUCH scarier, IMHO! Went through one of those in New Jersey (of all places) in 1997, do not wish to repeat the experience. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.

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belleraphon1 Friends in Need When Nature Hiccups Jul 29 2008, 11:23 PM

mcaplinger QUOTE (belleraphon1 @ Jul 29 2008, 03:23 ... Jul 29 2008, 11:32 PM

nprev Thanks for thinking of us, Belleraphon; no biggie,... Jul 29 2008, 11:37 PM

belleraphon1 QUOTE (nprev @ Jul 29 2008, 06:37 PM) Tha... Jul 29 2008, 11:44 PM

belleraphon1 "Portions of Ohio are, of course, in the New ... Jul 29 2008, 11:38 PM

nprev Well, I'll puff up my chest and act all brave ... Jul 29 2008, 11:55 PM

volcanopele Meh, I lived in Kansas for 13 years and saw a gran... Jul 30 2008, 12:05 AM

belleraphon1 Have lived in Ohio my entire life.... Only torna... Jul 30 2008, 12:21 AM

nprev Ah, ground-dancing ain't so bad... Here... Jul 30 2008, 12:47 AM

belleraphon1 nprev... good story... Nature is awesome and imp... Jul 30 2008, 01:16 AM

ElkGroveDan Oh come on Nick. I disagree. Do I have to tell m... Jul 30 2008, 01:18 AM

nprev Yes, you do!!! Give it up, big guy... Jul 30 2008, 01:43 AM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (nprev @ Jul 29 2008, 05:43 PM) Yes... Jul 30 2008, 05:48 AM

stevesliva QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jul 30 2008, 01:48 A... Jul 30 2008, 04:31 PM

Juramike I was in my lab on the 6th floor of the UC Berkele... Jul 30 2008, 03:30 AM

nprev Ye gods, Mike! That had to be beyond terrifyin... Jul 30 2008, 03:35 AM

Juramike QUOTE (nprev @ Jul 29 2008, 11:35 PM) In ... Jul 30 2008, 04:24 AM

dvandorn We're talking the October 17, 1989 World Serie... Jul 30 2008, 04:41 AM

dmuller Just out of curiosity ... does the JPL have backup... Jul 30 2008, 06:12 AM

Del Palmer QUOTE (dmuller @ Jul 30 2008, 07:12 AM) J... Jul 30 2008, 09:54 PM

mchan Like Juramike, I was also in school, but in San Fr... Jul 30 2008, 06:38 AM

nprev ...Dan, I stand corrected. Earthquakes are indeed ... Jul 30 2008, 10:24 AM

jasedm Glad to hear all ok over there. We're very luc... Jul 30 2008, 01:30 PM

tedstryk Scariest natural disaster I have experienced was a... Jul 30 2008, 02:00 PM

AndyG QUOTE (jasedm @ Jul 30 2008, 02:30 PM) We... Jul 30 2008, 03:03 PM

djellison I felt the Market Rasen one - it woke Helen and I ... Jul 30 2008, 01:37 PM

ilbasso I was born during an earthquake on Yokosuka Naval ... Jul 30 2008, 01:48 PM

dvandorn I was born and raised in central Illinois, not far... Jul 30 2008, 01:55 PM

ilbasso QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jul 30 2008, 09:55 AM) ... Jul 30 2008, 02:19 PM

TheChemist I live in one of the most seismogenic places on Ea... Jul 30 2008, 02:05 PM

Greg Hullender I was on the 14th floor of the Metro Tower in Fost... Jul 30 2008, 03:24 PM

elakdawalla Wow, Dan, that's a harrowing story. I wasn... Jul 30 2008, 04:28 PM

nprev QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jul 30 2008, 08:28 A... Jul 30 2008, 10:15 PM

elakdawalla Very few private insurance companies write earthqu... Jul 30 2008, 04:37 PM

stevesliva QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jul 30 2008, 12:37 P... Jul 30 2008, 04:56 PM

edstrick It's not a safe universe to live in. I don... Jul 31 2008, 10:12 AM

nprev True enough...but I have a vision of myself at age... Jul 31 2008, 08:04 PM

dvandorn Gee, Nick, it sounds like you're a good candid... Aug 1 2008, 04:09 AM

nprev QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jul 31 2008, 09:09 PM) ... Aug 1 2008, 05:16 PM

ilbasso Funny, was just re-reading Ray Kurzweil's pape... Aug 1 2008, 04:43 PM

belleraphon1 To all our UMSF friends (and everyone else) in the... Aug 31 2008, 10:44 PM

CosmicRocker Luckily, Gustav's bark was worst than his bite... Sep 3 2008, 06:22 AM

nprev Yeah...I'm old-fashioned. I haven't even i... Sep 4 2008, 03:18 AM

imipak It sounds like it's going to get rather hairy ... Sep 12 2008, 07:17 PM

belleraphon1 For all in Ike's path... heart is with you. ... Sep 13 2008, 12:01 AM

volcanopele hmm, well, I guess it is a good thing they moved n... Sep 13 2008, 12:37 AM

Tman Now this picture from the partly flooded Galveston... Sep 13 2008, 03:51 PM

CosmicRocker QUOTE (imipak @ Sep 12 2008, 01:17 PM) ..... Sep 16 2008, 05:08 AM

hendric Some pictures from Ike http://www.boston.com/bigpi... Sep 16 2008, 08:31 PM

CosmicRocker We finally made it back home tonight. The county ... Sep 17 2008, 04:00 AM

djellison QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Sep 17 2008, 05:00 ... Sep 17 2008, 06:55 AM

Tman Good to hear that! The devastation around the ... Sep 17 2008, 11:42 AM

paxdan Yikes Sep 17 2008, 01:55 PM

imipak Glad you and your family and house are OK, Mr Rock... Sep 17 2008, 08:15 PM

CosmicRocker QUOTE (Tman @ Sep 17 2008, 06:42 AM) ... ... Sep 18 2008, 05:29 AM

CosmicRocker I've had people wanting more images of our hom... Sep 23 2008, 07:18 AM

belleraphon1 From Emily's blog... http://www.planetary.org... Oct 13 2008, 10:06 PM

nprev Thanks, Craig. It's much closer to Emily than ... Oct 14 2008, 12:06 AM

dvandorn QUOTE (nprev @ Oct 13 2008, 07:06 PM) Got... Oct 15 2008, 04:20 AM

nprev QUOTE (dvandorn @ Oct 14 2008, 08:20 PM) ... Oct 16 2008, 12:48 AM

Shaka OK, Tinman! We won't expect many coherent... Oct 14 2008, 05:19 AM

ustrax Nicholas, Be Brave! We'll be here crossin... Oct 14 2008, 10:20 AM

djellison Youch http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets..... Oct 14 2008, 12:30 PM

elakdawalla QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 14 2008, 04:30 AM)... Oct 14 2008, 07:42 PM

nprev Thanks for the good wishes, guys; it's much ap... Oct 14 2008, 01:30 PM

belleraphon1 Yes, nprev... best wishes... Craig Oct 14 2008, 04:16 PM

nprev The response really is amazing as Emily described.... Oct 14 2008, 11:56 PM

CosmicRocker Well, all I can hope for would be the best for all... Oct 15 2008, 05:50 AM

dvandorn Hey, Nick -- tried to leave you a PM and your mail... Oct 17 2008, 06:15 AM

nprev Thanks, Doug; cleaning on inbox accomplished! ... Oct 18 2008, 01:12 AM

nprev Sorry to resurrect this, but seems appropriate. Ar... Feb 3 2009, 01:23 AM

helvick Don't know about the UK but here in this part ... Feb 3 2009, 04:47 AM

Tesheiner QUOTE (helvick @ Feb 3 2009, 05:47 AM) ... Feb 3 2009, 11:20 AM

Stu QUOTE (nprev @ Feb 3 2009, 01:23 AM) Sorr... Feb 3 2009, 06:36 AM

stevesliva A little ribbing... QUOTE London, the city that s... Feb 3 2009, 05:09 AM

ngunn Well I'm snowed in here in Wales, but that... Feb 3 2009, 09:39 AM

imipak Getting snowed in can be inconvenient, and I guess... Feb 4 2009, 09:50 PM

dmuller Though I am not directly affected, we have major b... Feb 7 2009, 11:55 AM

ustrax QUOTE (dmuller @ Feb 7 2009, 11:55 AM) Le... Feb 8 2009, 03:35 PM

dmuller QUOTE (ustrax @ Feb 9 2009, 02:35 AM) It ... Feb 9 2009, 12:38 AM

nprev The enormous magnitude of this disaster is becomin... Feb 10 2009, 03:03 PM

nprev Unfortunate to resurrect this thread yet again, bu... Apr 7 2009, 12:10 AM

MahFL My condolencies too. I'd rather cope with hur... Apr 7 2009, 04:24 PM

nprev Breaking news...We just had a 5.0 (prelim) quake i... May 18 2009, 03:47 AM

Astro0 USGS is reporting it as a 5.0 with 3.1 aftershocks... May 18 2009, 04:06 AM

nprev No sweat! That was a good one, though; all my ... May 18 2009, 04:20 AM

brellis It was a mild rolling quake in Santa Monica. It ... May 18 2009, 04:31 AM

RoverDriver I am in La Crescenta and definitely felt it. Both... May 18 2009, 04:40 AM

nprev Should've mentioned I'm in Torrance. Real ... May 18 2009, 04:49 AM

dvandorn Hey, guys -- spent a good hour in the basement of ... Aug 19 2009, 10:28 PM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (dvandorn @ Aug 19 2009, 02:28 PM) ... Aug 19 2009, 10:52 PM

dmuller QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Aug 20 2009, 08:52 A... Aug 20 2009, 12:58 AM

nprev Oh, crap. Sure hope everything's alright, oDou... Aug 19 2009, 10:36 PM

dvandorn Well, I'm home, everything is just fine here. ... Aug 20 2009, 02:12 AM

nprev Uh...don't take this wrong, dude, but I hope y... Aug 20 2009, 04:10 AM

CosmicRocker I too, am glad to hear that all was well, after al... Aug 20 2009, 04:51 AM

nprev It's fire time again here in SoCal. According ... Aug 29 2009, 08:07 AM

ilbasso Maybe Spirit sent those fire clouds along...if Spi... Aug 29 2009, 02:37 PM

nprev Fire approaching the Mt. Wilson Observatory (webca... Aug 31 2009, 02:54 AM

djellison This one is nasty. I"m keeping track with fr... Aug 31 2009, 06:30 AM

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