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Lordquinton

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11. When you mentioned the anchorage quake

Reply to Cleita (Reply #10)

Tue Jul 14, 2015, 09:31 PM

Jul 2015

I thought,"Well I went through a quake, and it was only 7 or so, not that bad, but let me google it to see it's actual number" and of course google brought up a bunch of images of the devastation. It's hard to comprehend that our freeway system had collapsed.

Were you in LA for the northridge quake? I don't recall it being quite as bad as loma prieta, but still caused some damage.

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Full Margin Rupture [View all] phantom power Jul 2015 OP

I'm in Portland Trajan Jul 2015 #1

Preparing to survive for a month or so in a disaster zone seems advisable. phantom power Jul 2015 #4

I don't trust any news about the west coast falling into the ocean Lordquinton Jul 2015 #2

Technically, the news is coming from a paleo-seismologist at Oregon State phantom power Jul 2015 #3

You should pay attention to land falling into the ocean due to a M9+ quake. Cleita Jul 2015 #5

A school friend who moved there sent me pics from Anchorage Warpy Jul 2015 #7

We are living our lives like it will never happen. All this ocean oil Cleita Jul 2015 #8

I was making a joke about the source Lordquinton Jul 2015 #9

Okay. Cleita Jul 2015 #10

When you mentioned the anchorage quake Lordquinton Jul 2015 #11

Yes and it was pretty scary, but it didn't do a lot of damage. Cleita Jul 2015 #14

That's what happened to my pants once, when I went bowling shenmue Jul 2015 #6

Right, I had one of those. A favorite pair of pants, too. nilram Jul 2015 #12

Hee hee shenmue Jul 2015 #13