Topic: On October 17, 1989, at 5:03 PM, Pacific....
Charles Capps
We appreciate your concern. It is noted and stupid.
Member # 9
posted
An earthquake fault under the Santa Cruz Mountains decided it was going to slip a bit.
The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake registered at 7.1 on the Richter scale.
The damage caused by the quake was nothing compared to the damage caused by the quakes in Taiwan and Turkey, but it was still quite considerable. Many died. Many more were left homeless.
We were lucky here in Moron Hell. Only a few buildings suffered much damage. My house was undamaged, with the exceptions of some cracks in the cement and a crack on the dining room wall, which was corrected in a recent 5.something on the Hayward Fault, about a mile from the house.
I hid under the piano bench. I wasn't scared, really, more spooked.
*ponders rambling on, but just turns and walks off*
------------------ Avon: "You really do believe in taking risks, don't you?" Tarrant: "Calculated risks." Avon: "Calculated on what? Your fingers?" -- Blake's Seven, Ultraworld
posted
And to think the only natural disaster I need to worry about is snow and ice storms... An earthquake would probably scare the eebie-jeebies out of me.
------------------ "I'm looking for someone to change my life. I'm looking for a miracle in my life. And if you could see, what its done to me... To lose the love I knew, could safely lead me to The land that I one knew... To learn as we grow old, the secrets of our souls." Question, The Moody Blues
posted
*considers the fact that she is trading in cold winters, hurricanes and blizzards for earthquakes, simply to be with Charles*
------------------ "...when all that is driving my heart forward is you, thoughts of you, hopes for you, and a fading dream with a Mona Lisa smile that whispers "are you thinking of me too?"
posted
Of course, that earth quake over here, it was probably 3 on the richter scale or so. There were some houses that just about cracked in half though. pretty neat. Some people in the neighbourhood thought the nearby nuclear plant (now closed) exploded. tut tut.
Registered: Mar 1999
| IP: Logged
------------------ "...when all that is driving my heart forward is you, thoughts of you, hopes for you, and a fading dream with a Mona Lisa smile that whispers "are you thinking of me too?"
posted
Another earthquake?? What's wrong with you people? Is it unclear to you that you are all in danger living in the U.S.A.? *L* Move to Canada! .... Ha! Ha!
Printer-friendly view of this topic
