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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / October 2004Central Calif Quake 6.0
Hello Californians! How are you after today's 6.0 earthquake. CNN says there have been no reported deaths, but there has been damage - how are things where you are? Did your furry friends give you any advance warning? Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============ http://www.jhedge.com > Hello Californians! > How are you after today's 6.0 earthquake. CNN says there have been no > reported deaths, but there has been damage - how are things where you > are? Did your furry friends give you any advance warning? There was an earthquake?? I didn't feel a thing. Must not have been near San Francisco. A 6.0 is pretty strong, so I'm surprised I didn't feel anything at all - those can go a long distance. Joyce > > Hello Californians! > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >near San Francisco. A 6.0 is pretty strong, so I'm surprised I didn't >feel anything at all - those can go a long distance. http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/09/28/california.quake.ap/index.html PARKFIELD, California (AP) -- A strong earthquake struck Central California on Tuesday that was felt from San Francisco to the Los Angeles area. There were no immediate reports of injuries. The quake, which struck at 10:15 a.m. PDT, had a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 and was centered 7 miles southeast of Parkfield, the town known as California's earthquake capital, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The area is 21 miles northeast of Paso Robles, scene of an earthquake that killed two people in December. . . . . The quake was felt along a 350-mile stretch, as far north as San Francisco and as far south as Santa Ana, southeast of Los Angeles, the geological survey said. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department reported receiving several calls. . . . . . Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============ http://www.jhedge.com > http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/09/28/california.quake.ap/index.html > PARKFIELD, California (AP) -- A strong earthquake struck Central > California on Tuesday that was felt from San Francisco to the Los > Angeles area. There were no immediate reports of injuries. Thanks for this info. A 6.0 quake is a big deal, but if it hits a rural area with a low population, there are often no injuries, and little damage. It's those big buildings, freeways and bridges that cause all the trouble! My big fear about earthquakes is that I will be in Home Depot when a big one hits. :) > The quake, which struck at 10:15 a.m. PDT, Ah ha - mystery solved. I slept through it! Joyce > > http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/09/28/california.quake.ap/index.html > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >damage. It's those big buildings, freeways and bridges that cause all >the trouble! Yeah, I know. Multiply the interstate bridge Hurricane Ivan took out in Pensacola by 100. >My big fear about earthquakes is that I will be in Home Depot when a >big one hits. :) My mom grew up in Los Angeles. She has a very funny story about being in the grocery store one day when things started waving back and forth, and she couldn't decide if it was her (she'd been sick) or if an earthquake was happening. > > The quake, which struck at 10:15 a.m. PDT, > >Ah ha - mystery solved. I slept through it! Whenever we visited my grandparents I usually ended up sleeping on the living room couch. I remember waking in the middle of the night for no reason I could tell, looking up, and realizing the glass swag lamp hanging over my head was rocking back and forth. Didn't want to sleep on the couch after that, but there wasn't really anywhere else. I ended up making do by sleeping with my head on the other end of the couch. Adding to the day's paranoia quotient, there's a secondary story on CNN.com about how Mount St. Helen's (in Washington state) has suddenly gotten active. All the hiking trails above a certain altitude have been closed and a USGS team has been sent into the crater to examine the lava dome to try to determine if magma is on the move near the surface. I was in Portland, Oregon one time and made a side-trip to that mountain (MSH is about 50-60 miles from Portland). Ten years after the eruption and it was still the most impressive thing, natural or man-made, I've ever seen. Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============ http://www.jhedge.com (snip) >Adding to the day's paranoia quotient, there's a secondary story on >CNN.com about how Mount St. Helen's (in Washington state) has suddenly >gotten active. All the hiking trails above a certain altitude have >been closed and a USGS team has been sent into the crater to examine >the lava dome to try to determine if magma is on the move near the >surface. I visited St. Helens a mere ten years after the 1980 eruption-- it was still an unearthly sight. You could see the new tiny saplings of new trees, poking up between acres and acres of completely flattened ones. A young forest ranger gave us an unforgettable "interpretive talk" about the eruptions-- with props (e.g. little toy planes, helicopters and boats). From time to time I hear speculation about Rainier (the most beautiful mountain in the world, BTW :) Now if Rainier goes, that will cause a few problems for a few people. :P Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >(snip) >>Adding to the day's paranoia quotient, there's a secondary story on [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >about the eruptions-- with props (e.g. little toy planes, helicopters >and boats). I was there about that same time. We didn't do a interpretive talk or any other type of guided tour though. Although I knew they were there and why, I could not get over all the trees that were blown over, all laying in the same direction. We were able to drive straight to a viewing point directly opposite the blown out part of the St. Helen's crater. I heard (although I don't recall where) that this was the remnants of a smaller mountain that had had it's top sheared off when St. Helen's went. The entire thing was covered in volcanic ash, and there were railroad tie steps laid in the side so you could climb to the top (which I did). The top was also covered with ash, which just shredded the Reeboks I was wearing, though all I did was walk around. Facing MSH, Spirit Lake was to my right - a brilliant blue except where all the gunk still was. >From time to time I hear speculation about Rainier (the most beautiful >mountain in the world, BTW :) Now if Rainier goes, that will cause >a few problems for a few people. :P Mt Rainier for Seattle, Mt Hood for Portland. I've read that pretty much all of the Cascades are dormant volcanos (not all that surprising, being on the Pacific Rim). I don't know what percentage of the Rockies are, although I've also read that the Old Faithful geyser in Yellowstone National Park is a geyser because of volcanic activity. Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============ http://www.jhedge.com >>(snip) >>>Adding to the day's paranoia quotient, there's a secondary story on [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >wearing, though all I did was walk around. Facing MSH, Spirit Lake was >to my right - a brilliant blue except where all the gunk still was. Did you buy the Mt. St. Helen's salt and pepper shakers? ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >Did you buy the Mt. St. Helen's salt and pepper shakers? ;) Can't say I was in a gift shop where such was sold, but I do have a 4-5 inch totem pole supposedly carved from congealed ash, and a 35mm film can containing real Mt St Helens ash (scooped up by me). (I guess they have "do not touch the ash" signs up all over nowadays) Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============ http://www.jhedge.com >>Did you buy the Mt. St. Helen's salt and pepper shakers? ;) > >Can't say I was in a gift shop where such was sold, but I do have a >4-5 inch totem pole supposedly carved from congealed ash, and a 35mm >film can containing real Mt St Helens ash (scooped up by me). (I guess >they have "do not touch the ash" signs up all over nowadays) They were in the shape of the pre-eruption Mt. St. Helens, but in two parts, stacked one on top of the other. You could remove the top, and be left with the truncated, post-eruption mountain. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Definitely something to increase your paranoia factor... http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/09/29/mount.st.helens.ap/index.html Growth of Mount St. Helens lava dome reported Could be sign of possible eruption Wednesday, September 29, 2004 Posted: 11:49 AM EDT (1549 GMT) MOUNT ST. HELENS, Washington (AP) -- The lava dome in the crater of Mount St. Helens apparently is growing, possibly a new sign of an impending eruption, a top volcano scientist said Wednesday. "There seems to be some movement in the lava dome," Jeff Wynn, chief scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascade Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington. The pressure could come either from a buildup of gases within the 8,364-foot volcano, which erupted with devastating force in 1980, or from molten rock moving into the dome, Wynn said. The volcano began stirring again last week. Seth Moran, a seismologist at the observatory, estimated the initial movement at four centimeters, about an inch and a half. Wynn said the movement "sort of suggests that we're getting closer" to an eruption that could hurl rocks and ash a few thousand feet into the air. He emphasized that the estimates were highly preliminary and inexact because there is only one measuring device on the dome, estimating scientists will need about 48 hours to interpret the data more clearly. Scientists were keeping a close eye on the 925-foot-tall dome of hardened lava that has grown inside the crater since the May 18, 1980, eruption that blew the top off the mountain. Swarms of tiny earthquakes -- more than 1,000 since the mountain began stirring on Thursday -- have gradually increased, cranking up to a level not seen since 1986, when the volcano's last dome-building eruption occurred. ******************** Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============ http://www.jhedge.com <snipped> > From time to time I hear speculation about Rainier (the most beautiful > mountain in the world, BTW :) Now if Rainier goes, that will cause > a few problems for a few people. :P Err. If Rainier goes, it will cause a LOT of problems for a LOT of people. We're on one of the lava flows (East Hill Kent, WA) from one of the *big* Rainier eruptions. Good news is that Rainier's been pretty quiet of late (last 100 years or so). Sam >> It's those big buildings, freeways and bridges that cause all >> the trouble! > Yeah, I know. Multiply the interstate bridge Hurricane Ivan took out > in Pensacola by 100. I guess it depends on the earthquake. The vast majority of them don't do much damage, if any at all. Whereas I don't think there are any hurricanes that do no damage - at least not in Florida! > My mom grew up in Los Angeles. She has a very funny story about being > in the grocery store one day when things started waving back and > forth, and she couldn't decide if it was her (she'd been sick) or if > an earthquake was happening. Which was it? When I was in my youth and still living in Boston, I was lying in bed one night watching TV, when suddenly I saw the hanging pictures, mirrors, and lampshades start swaying back and forth. It was fairly subtle but I could clearly see them swaying. I had never been in an earthquake before, and I had no idea how long they lasted, so after about 10 or 15 minutes (that's *minutes*, not seconds) of noticing these things moving, I decided I'd better check it out. But I didn't know who I should call, so - yes, this is bizarre - I called the local police station (taking care to use the non-emergency number, I must add!). Well, you can imagine the response I got. :) "Have you taken any drugs lately?" LOL. It turned out to be my downstairs neighbor's washing machine. Apparently the clothes weren't well-balanced in the machine and it was causing the entire building to rock. And I now know that earthquakes don't last 15 minutes. They can do plenty of damage in 15 *seconds*, so thank god they're usually no longer-lasting. About ten years after that episode, I was lying on my bed one evening, and my roommate was standing in the doorway chatting with me. Suddenly I felt the bed start to rock back and forth, *very* gently, as though I were in a boat on a very mild day. I said to my roommate, "Did you feel that?" She hadn't. So I launched into my story about seeing the mirrors swaying and calling the cops, and we had a good laugh about it. But the next morning, I read in the paper that a strong quake had hit Montreal at the very time I had been talking to my roommate, and could be felt as far as Boston. So there! :) > Whenever we visited my grandparents I usually ended up sleeping on the > living room couch. I remember waking in the middle of the night for no [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > ended up making do by sleeping with my head on the other end of the > couch. Good idea! I used to have a framed and glassed picture on my wall above my bed, until I thought about what might happen if a big quake hit in the middle of the night and it fell on me. Now there's a poster on the wall, not framed, just held up with thumbtacks. I figure that can't cause harm in a quake, although Licorice is fascinated with the thumbtacks and has removed them from the bottom corners. He's then gone on to tear pieces of the bottom part of the poster away when it moves around in a breeze. Joyce > > My mom grew up in Los Angeles. She has a very funny story about being > > in the grocery store one day when things started waving back and > > forth, and she couldn't decide if it was her (she'd been sick) or if > > an earthquake was happening. > >Which was it? Oh, it was an earthquake, a roller. It was making her seasick - for the several seconds it lasted. But it lasted long enough, apparently, because she said she figured out it *wasn't* her when she saw everyone in the store looking at each other with these strange expressions on their faces. > > Whenever we visited my grandparents I usually ended up sleeping on the > > living room couch. I remember waking in the middle of the night for no [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >on to tear pieces of the bottom part of the poster away when it moves >around in a breeze. I have a good friend from Taiwan. She says that nobody there in their right mind has anything that could hurt if it fell anywhere near their beds. Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============ http://www.jhedge.com jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net had some very interesting things to say about Re: Central Calif Quake 6.0: >And I now know that earthquakes don't last 15 minutes. They can do plenty >of damage in 15 *seconds*, so thank god they're usually no longer-lasting. Back in December, when the San Simeon quake hit, I remember someone commenting that it had been an unusually long one. Duration was, IIRC, 58 seconds. >Good idea! I used to have a framed and glassed picture on my wall >above my bed, until I thought about what might happen if a big quake [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >on to tear pieces of the bottom part of the poster away when it moves >around in a breeze. When we moved a couple of weeks ago, the so-helpful boys from church [whom I really do appreciate, don't misunderstand me!] thought it was a great idea to stack boxes of heavy stuff 6 *feet* or more tall. I spent several tiring hours reshuffling to get boxes into the right rooms and the stacks down to safe heights. A friend of mine who's lived in Sacramento longer than I have says quakes are very rare here. After San Simeon, I still prefer to not take that risk. :-)  Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL > A friend of mine who's lived in Sacramento longer than > I have says quakes are very rare here. The last one I remember really feeling in Sacramento was in 1976 or so. It was centered up near Oroville. We had friends up there so we went to see how they were. While we were there, another one hit and we were right over the epicenter. It was like a huge explosion deep within the earth that threw me right out of my chair. I have experienced many earthquakes while living in California, but they mostly were shaking or rolling sensations. This one was different and gave me an understanding of how overwhelming the forces were that we were dealing with. >> A friend of mine who's lived in Sacramento longer than >> I have says quakes are very rare here. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >right over the epicenter. It was like a huge explosion deep within the >earth that threw me right out of my chair. I remember that one, mainly beause I was up on a ladder when it hit. Thankfully, I was at Fort Ord, quite a ways from the epicenter, so the ladder just swayed a little >I have experienced many earthquakes while living in California, but >they mostly were shaking or rolling sensations. This one was different >and gave me an understanding of how overwhelming the forces were that >we were dealing with. I was born and raised, for the most part, in the California Central Vally, Bakersfield to be exact, but have never been in a big quake. Felt lots from a distance, though. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html Fat Freddy <howlin@damoon.com> had some very interesting things to say about Re: Central Calif Quake 6.0: >I have experienced many earthquakes while living in California, but >they mostly were shaking or rolling sensations. This one was different >and gave me an understanding of how overwhelming the forces were that >we were dealing with. I've lived in California for 10 years, and only noticed two. San Simeon in December [which had both horizontal and vertical floor motion!], and a small one around April or May that was centered in the ocean off Isla Vista [that one just had the floor swaying a little and the contents of my glass sloshing a little]. Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL > >> It's those big buildings, freeways and bridges that cause all > >> the trouble! > > > Yeah, I know. Multiply the interstate bridge Hurricane Ivan took out > > in Pensacola by 100. We don't get many earthquakes in England, but I clearly remember two. The first one was when I was a child. We were having breakfast in the living room, all the kids were sitting on the floor with their cereal, Mum was sitting on the sofa. Suddenly she jumped up and looked round, and glared at us. She started to accuse us of sneaking behind the sofa and kicking her. :-) Anyway, when the news came on that evening (this was before the days of breakfast time TV) it reported a small earthquake in our area, which was what she'd felt. The second one I felt was in Liverpool. I was on the sixth floor of one of the University buildings at the time, and I really felt it. The building swayed, and books fell off shelves. It was an interesting experience, to say the least. Jeanette > We don't get many earthquakes in England, but I clearly remember two. > The first one was when I was a child. We were having breakfast in the [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Jeanette The one you felt in Liverpool was probably the one I felt in North Wales, I remember a news report of a boulder the size of a house, becoming dislodged and rolling down the side of the mountain. Luckily no one was hurt at all. I also felt a very mild quake in Bristol a few years ago, if I hadn't been lying on the ground stroking a cat I doubt I would have felt anything. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. >My mom grew up in Los Angeles. She has a very funny story about being >in the grocery store one day when things started waving back and >forth, and she couldn't decide if it was her (she'd been sick) or if >an earthquake was happening. ---------------------<snip>---------------------- Since my Smokey man was declawed when we got him, he was allowed to stretch and 'sharpen his claws' on the furniture. One time I was nodding in and out of sleep in my armchair when I woke with a start and cried out to DH that I was here and everything would be OK. She asked what the heck I was talking about. Ever since then Smokey's behavior has been known as "making earthquakes on Daddy's chair". -- Regards and Purrs O J >> My mom grew up in Los Angeles. She has a very funny story about being >> in the grocery store one day when things started waving back and [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Regards and Purrs > O J LOL!! > Since my Smokey man was declawed when we got him, he was allowed to > stretch and 'sharpen his claws' on the furniture. One time I was > nodding in and out of sleep in my armchair when I woke with a start > and cried out to DH that I was here and everything would be OK. She > asked what the heck I was talking about. Ever since then Smokey's > behavior has been known as "making earthquakes on Daddy's chair". LOL! SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > > > http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/09/28/california.quake.ap/index.html > > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Yeah, I know. Multiply the interstate bridge Hurricane Ivan took out > in Pensacola by 100. It would have to be a pretty big earthquake, for that. There was some damage to the Bay Bridge during the Loma Prieta Quake, but it, and the Golden Gate Bridge weathered the experience. The biggest Earthquake I've ever experienced was the Loma Prieta Quake now almost 15 years ago. October 17th will be the anniversary. I just happened on a book in the library today that had photos from the day of the quake in it, and I was reminded of it all over again. I was driving when it hit, and wondered if I had blown a tire as suddenly my car danced over to the right. I pulled over and just sat for a moment, with my heart beating like crazy. The scariest hours for me were the night after, when it got very dark with the power off. I kept trying to reach my mom in San Francisco, and couldn't get her. I finally heard from my sister who had heard from her. We still tease mom, because she'd been in Macy's trying on clothes when the quake hit. She LOVES to shop, and it was just beautifully fitting. She came out fine, and said that the sight of I.Magnin with all it's front windows blown out was pretty incredible. As scary as it was, and as jumpy as I was in the weeks afterwards, I'm just as glad to live in earthquake country. At least you don't get four killer quakes back to back in one state within six weeks. At least not USUALLY, that is. > >My big fear about earthquakes is that I will be in Home Depot when a > >big one hits. :) [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > > >Ah ha - mystery solved. I slept through it! I was at work--never felt a thing. > Adding to the day's paranoia quotient, there's a secondary story on > CNN.com about how Mount St. Helen's (in Washington state) has suddenly [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > ============ > http://www.jhedge.com I remember when Mount St. Helen's blew! It was pretty amazing. The morning after, I picked up the paper, and the picture of the eruption was printed across the entire front of the paper above the fold. KABOOM! About a month later, my mom and I made a trip up to see my Uncle in Seattle, and on the way, we drove through Tillamook, Oregon. It was so covered in volcanic ash, you'd have thought it was a Christmas snow scene. I remember the ash as feeling very gritty. ON our way back, my mother and I gathered some MSH ash for my brother so he could use it in his pottery glazes. A few years after that, I was on a college choir tour, and we drove part of the way up the mountain. It was still a scene of tremendous devastation. Nature still gives the biggest bang for the buck. If the Volcano is active again, though, I'm just as glad I live in California! Melissa >From: "Melissa Houle" melissa.houle@worldnet.att.net >As scary as it was, and as jumpy as I was in the weeks >afterwards, I'm just as glad to live in earthquake country. At least you >don't get four killer quakes back to back in one state within six weeks. At >least not USUALLY, that is. The only reason they're 'killers', at least in America, is people being dumbarses. Jeane got one when a knocked-over power line was touched by a person. I mean, WTF??? Don't touch the power lines! Didn't G.I.Joe ever teach you anything? P.S. Harvey tried to sneak out on the deck in the big-arse winds when Jeane swung by. Signature"Argh, the laws of science be a harsh mistress." - Pirate Bender "If you want to say something relevant to this particular discussion, or something vaguely logical, you might try to come up with it now." -- Kettir, to me > > Hello Californians! > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Joyce I'm glad you said that, Joyce, because I didn't feel a thing, either! I'm also in the SF Bay Area. I was at work this morning, so maybe the furry ones felt something, but I wasn't there to be warned. Melissa My company sent some accounting people from the main office here in Houston to San Ramon, CA. The people there were joking about having the "real" California experience by being through an earthquake when, lo and behold, the earth started quaking! The people from here called us and said they were scared spitless while it was happening, but then were excited about having experienced it after it was over. Hugs, CatNipped > Hello Californians! > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > ============ > http://www.jhedge.com >How are you after today's 6.0 earthquake. CNN says there have been no >reported deaths, but there has been damage - how are things where you >are? Did your furry friends give you any advance warning? I think a lot of cat people will tell you that their cats are normally so screwy that one can't tell the difference. We can't. Regards and Purrs, O J >> Did your furry friends give you any advance warning? > I think a lot of cat people will tell you that their cats are normally > so screwy that one can't tell the difference. We can't. My cats didn't act abnormal today when I woke up. Which is to say that they were normally abnormal. :) Joyce Jeanne Hedge <jhedge@rcn.com> had some very interesting things to say about Central Calif Quake 6.0: >How are you after today's 6.0 earthquake. CNN says there have been no >reported deaths, but there has been damage - how are things where you >are? Did your furry friends give you any advance warning? Didn't notice a thing in Sacramento. Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL Hi Jeanne, I'm very near Parkfield, about 25 miles. I am in Paso Robles, which was the hardest-hit area in the Dec 2003, 6.7 (San Simeon) quake. The one yesterday, though scary, did virtually no damage to anyone anywhere. The only noted damage was in Parkfield proper, where a chimney fell over (old house). No one has been injured. It was more of a rolling, rather than jerking/bouncing type as in 03. Again, I was at my puter (a pattern here?). My cat Rexie was in his usual position, laying on to the scanner. I grabbed him, but he was in a panic and took off for my closet in the other room. Poor thing, he still remembers the big 03 one where all our glassware crashed and the power went out, etc. In 03 he wouldn't come out of the closet for 2 hours. Yesterday I was able to coax him out in half an hour. Thanks for the concern, though. To reply by mail, remove 'nick'. Shirley B. Webmaster: http://jumi-shirley-butler.com http://www.geocities.com/mhc_reporter "Making a way out of no way is sometimes the only way" Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole ~Hello Californians! ~ ~How are you after today's 6.0 earthquake. CNN says there have been no ~reported deaths, but there has been damage - how are things where you ~are? Did your furry friends give you any advance warning? ~ ~ ~ ~ ~Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ~ ~============ ~http://www.jhedge.com > The only noted damage was in Parkfield > proper, where a chimney fell over (old house). No one has been > injured. It was more of a rolling, rather than jerking/bouncing type > as in 03. Maybe it was a horizontal slip rather than a vertical one? I read something about this after the '94 earthquake in LA (Northgate I think... I can't remember the name of the area). Two tectonic plates are moving in opposite directions, but are unable to move because they're jammed up against each other. So they each build up pressure, until one finally slips past the other, in the direction it's trying to go in. If that direction is horizontal (parallel to the earth's surface), the quake will be a rolling one. But if the plate moves in a vertical direction, you'll get the jerking, bouncing type. The latter is far more destructive. > Again, I was at my puter (a pattern here?). My cat Rexie was in his > usual position, laying on to the scanner. I grabbed him, but he was in > a panic and took off for my closet in the other room. Poor thing, he > still remembers the big 03 one where all our glassware crashed and the > power went out, etc. In 03 he wouldn't come out of the closet for 2 > hours. Yesterday I was able to coax him out in half an hour. Poor Rexie! Glad you were able to calm him. Joyce > > The only noted damage was in Parkfield > > proper, where a chimney fell over (old house). No one has been > > injured. It was more of a rolling, rather than jerking/bouncing type > > as in 03. > > Maybe it was a horizontal slip rather than a vertical one? It was. Jo |
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