Guest srobak Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 What - the 89 quake wasn't big enough? I seem to remember pancaked sections of double-decker skyway flattening passenger cars to about 1 inch thickness and all that.. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshnich Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 In case you didnt know today is the anniversary of the big San Francisco quake of 1906. Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjgeraci Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 My daughter called me from St. Louis. I think the first she has experienced. The New Madrid fault is dangerous, my friends. It has produced the four largest quakes in recorded history in N. America. It's seismic zone includes parts of five states. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_Seismic_Zone Oh, yes, we felt it in St. Louis this morning. Also, felt at least one aftershock. (4.5). Now strangely enough one of our interior doors will not fully close. Time to look at the foundation tomorrow. I agree, the New Madrid fault is dangerous. This morning was the much smaller (and less dangerous) Wabash Valley fault, located in eastern Illinois. Ironically, I head to Wabash Valley for Tuesday to Friday of next week to produce some people for depos. Hopefully, it stays quiet, and this was an isolated occurrence. Carl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 I was in one in Nevada in 1978. It felt like someone shook the bed sideways just a little. In about 1987 one hit in the Chicago area. I was in a restaurant. It felt like someone kicked my chair by accident. I looked around for the joker but everyone was normal. Last night I was in light snooze mode. Again there was the characteristic side motion and the metal window frames in this high rise made a small tinkling sound. Even in snooze mode I thought "earthquake" but nothing to worry about. A buddy at the office has a loft condo in the South Loop with a long run of exposed sheet metal HVAC ducts. Apparently this event excited a resonance and the structure gave out a very loud noise like someone was breaking into the place with a crowbar. In the morning he recreated the event by giving a light finger thump to the HVAC ducts. Again, it was as if there was a major assault. It just goes to show that some of our homes have built in seismometers which may give reports out of proportion to the actual event. Gil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 My daughter called me from St. Louis. I think the first she has experienced. The New Madrid fault is dangerous, my friends. It has produced the four largest quakes in recorded history in N. America. It's seismic zone includes parts of five states. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_Seismic_Zone Thanks D D,interesting read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J M O N Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Wow, didn't know you got them in that part of the country. But sure enough, there was one there: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budman Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 5:45 am in cincy Wasn't it earlier then that? Granted I'm in NY, but as I saw news of the 5.0 earthquake on the TV at 4:40am EST...so wouldn't that put it at prior to 3:40am? (I take a 4:54am train into NYC if you wonder why im up so early.) todays paper confirmed it was at 5:37 am in cincy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 If you want an earthquake warning get a dog. If you want a tornado warning listen for the air raid siren or watch the super magnificent 70000 doppler radar weather interupts on your local tv programs. They will show the "loops" and the crosssection of the impending storm. They will also bore you to death with their in depth warnings as the tornado crunches your house when you should be hiding in a shelter. Funny that I have never seen a reporter trying to stand in the wind of an approaching tornado. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHN GALT Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Weather/story?id=4682373&page=1 Link has some photos of damage in Southern Illinois, I have lived there, the earthquakes were tolerable (I was in the good friday earthquake in Anchorage 1964) its the tornado's that freaked me out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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