Guest Posted February 28, 2001 Report Posted February 28, 2001 I am in Seattle looking for a new job, so staying with my mom.At 10:55 this morning, we had a 6.8 magnitude quake hit the Seattle area. a few injuries, and definitely some damage.I had gotten off the computer after doing a job search online, and decided it was time for my morning constitutional in the bathroom.Sitting on the throne, the house began to shake, and of course the throne was doing a little sloshing as well. Jumped up off the throne, tossed my book, pulled up my sweatpants and headed for the door. Very exciting, get outside and watched the trees swing back and forth. My mom lives on Lake Tapps, so got to watch the wave ripple across the lake. After the quake was over my mom's crazy neighbor came running out of his house yelling "whoopoee, let's do that again!!!". What a goofball!! It was exciting, quite the adrenaline rush, and of course we have been without power for about 4 hours, power JUST came back on, so wanted to give an on the spot report. Everything seems to be OK, but damage reports are still coming in.I am also a ham radio operator, and everything happened the way it has been practiced and designed. the emergency nets went up on the tick, and all communications came up like they were supposed to. So to let everyone know that our emergency nets and backups work and are on the job!!!That's the report from here in Seattle, just wanted to let everyone know that we're all OK, and things are damaged, but NO LOSS of life!!!! hurray for good news!!!Also the quake was centered about 10 miles north of Olympia and about 35 miles in depth. Very deep so aftershocks should be very small or nonexistent. ------------------ CMDR Jaguar GCV Excelsior This is not just a game, It's a life unto itself!! ICQ# 24007233
LordDavid Posted February 28, 2001 Report Posted February 28, 2001 I even felt it slightly down here in Oregon.....
Epsilon 5 Posted March 1, 2001 Report Posted March 1, 2001 I live so far that I didn't even heard about it. . ------------------ Commander Epsilon 5 GCV - StalkerIV, Orion Starstation (CENTRIS) Deterrence Battle Group www.orionfleet.com 'This Far, No Farther!'
Wold Posted March 1, 2001 Report Posted March 1, 2001 You all were very fortunate that it was 35 miles down. Shallower and things would have been very bad. The whole northwest really isn't built to handle earthquakes.It was good to see that there were no deaths in that shaker.Take care and hope you find a job soon. ------------------ Commodore Wold ICV-Drakr, Spectre HQ (Antis) Commanding Officer, Spectre HQ Spectre FleetICQ 4669033 "You can only love or hate something you truly understand"
Pugwash Posted March 1, 2001 Report Posted March 1, 2001 Glad to here your ok and no fatalitiesWe had a major train crash at Selby about 60 miles from here.Look like the train company was not to blame this time. Very strange set of events someting like thislandrover pulling trailor with car on leaves motorway (crashes)leave some 30m from bridge over railtrack just before safety barriers that prevent vehicles landing on railtracksvehicle continues down embankment and lands on trackdriver gets out and phones emergency servicesas he is on phone express comuter train arrives at 125 mph hit landrovertrain is derailed but stayes intact and uprighttrain continues 1/4 mile down track still at speed1500 ton coal train aproaches at 75 mph from opposite direction and hit express engine shattering and scattering train13 confirmed dead many more injured some seriousall this happened within a few seconds of each other at 125mph thats 2 miles every min and train only got another 1/4 mile down track impact must have been massive with a combined speed of upto 200mph.whats even stranger is that the engine of the express is said to be the same engine that pulled the train at Hatfield last year when a railtrack shattered as train passed at over 100 mph that time train derailed and scattered killing and injuring many.My sympathies go out to all those and their families who have been injured or killed today both hear in the Uk and in Seattle.------------------
Guest Posted March 1, 2001 Report Posted March 1, 2001 I live in California so I'll probably be sliding off into the Pacific any day now, but my roommates and I where chatting on speaker phone to a buddy who lives in Seattle and he had the same sort of adrenaline pumped description of it. I was here for the 7.1 and wow was that not a fun experience (very violent earthquake).We've been having a number of small and medium sized earthquakes in the area recently (had a 4.4 on Sunday), and it's been years since the last time we've had anything like the past few months here. Sounds like those dang-nabin' tectonic plates are at it again...
Epsilon 5 Posted March 1, 2001 Report Posted March 1, 2001 Sometimes I hope we would have earthquakes here, in Qu├®bec, but we are in a "no disaster" zone. The biggest earthquake we had here (as I remeber) was something like 4 something. I shaked a bit but all damage reported was a few broken dishes...The last time we had a "major" disaster, is in 1998, when had a major ice storm. Result: on a 7 million people population, 1.2 millions without electricity for more than a month. We didn't had electricity at home for a week. But it was fun watching the surrounding transformer stations blowing in blue giga-bolts and the high-voltage wires sparking with each other because of the wind and the weight of ice on the wires.The storm of the century for the whole Canada, from january 1998 to march 1998.We didn't had much maple sirup that year...------------------ Commander Epsilon 5 GCV - StalkerIV, Orion Starstation (CENTRIS) Deterrence Battle Group www.orionfleet.com 'This Far, No Farther!'
Kush Posted March 1, 2001 Report Posted March 1, 2001 EpsilonSomeone told me, and I don't know how true it is, that Ottawa and Montreal are actually on a huge fault line. Every couple of years there's a little earth quake, but he said that one day, there's gonna be a huge one.Personally I don't buy it, but I'm still gonna make sure my house is quake ready.
Epsilon 5 Posted March 1, 2001 Report Posted March 1, 2001 quote:...that Ottawa and Montreal are actually on a huge fault line.I think it's true, but that it will take A LOT of time before it "blows".Anyway, becare of our climate, our houses are made strong.Seen a picture about the train crash. Whoa...------------------ Commander Epsilon 5 GCV - StalkerIV, Orion Starstation (CENTRIS) Deterrence Battle Group www.orionfleet.com 'This Far, No Farther!'
Akuma Minako Posted March 7, 2001 Report Posted March 7, 2001 Has anyone else noticed that there have been a lot more disasters lately than really there ever has before? It's kind of freaky. I'm just glad I live in Calgary, no natural disasters except for minor flooding and severe **gasp** Thunderstorms and blizzards....wuu... Haven't even lost power yet for what ten years? God....IT's soooo boring...What I wouldn't give for a tornado or an earthquake or somthing to tell my kids... I can just see it now...I'll be saying somthing like this to my kids: "When I was you're age we had a windstorm that broke off a few branches of a tree and an hail storm that made the ground look like it was covered in snow...." Oh yeah, that's exciting. I know that they're dangerous and i should be thankful but gawd I just want one natural disaster! There's no thrill in mylife!!!------------------ Commander Akuma Minako GCV - Tenchi, Orion Starstation (CENTRIS) Deterrence Battle Group www.orion-hq.fsnet.co.uk
Epsilon 5 Posted March 7, 2001 Report Posted March 7, 2001 LOL, Akuma!Well at least we are not in San Salvador. Bu I'd be "glad" to have an earthquake or a tornado here... anyway... stupid boring life...------------------ Commander Epsilon 5 GCV - StalkerIV, Orion Starstation (CENTRIS) Deterrence Battle Group www.orionfleet.com 'This Far, No Farther!'
Guest Posted March 8, 2001 Report Posted March 8, 2001 Akuma,Feel VERY, VERY lucky!! I have never felt so helpless in my life, and it really isn't something you want to experience if you can help it.That earthquake was not fun, and to experience a tornado rip the roof off your house with you in the basement is not a fun experience either. You have led a charmed life so far, hopefully, and I mean this, you will NEVER have to experience such a thing!! IT IS NOT FUN!!!I have been in 6 earthquakes so far in my lifetime, 3 tornadoes, and 1 hurricane. None have been fun experiences, except the hurricane of course, small one, level 2 I think, 90-100 MPH winds, but still not a lot of fun.so off to get my emergency kit together, knowing my kind of luck the BIG one will hit Oregon, now that I'm home from Seattle!! lolCYA!! ------------------ CMDR Jaguar GCV Excelsior This is not just a game, It's a life unto itself!! ICQ# 24007233
Advil Posted March 8, 2001 Report Posted March 8, 2001 Yes on a serious note, you should ALWAYS have a disaster pack with you. I recommend a backpack.Have you ever stopped and really thought about this simple possibility:What if you had to walk home 20 miles after an 8-9 earthquake? No cars, no supplies but what's in your trunk. You can't do it in 1 day through a city folks, so plan on spending a night outside. Think about what you'd absolutely need, and how to make it light enough to carry, assuming NO ONE is going to help you.My bag is always ready. One afternoon is all it takes to gets yours ready.
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