On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, Christian Fandt wrote:
> case. If a moderately Big One ever occurred out here, we would be in great
> trouble as the earth deep down is quite solid and even small local quakes
> would hurt us more. That Madrid Fault in the Midwest is being watched with
Actually, the more solid your local earth the better chances you have of
coming away with little or no structural damage. Its the houses that are
built on unsettled or sandy soil that suffer the worst damage in a big
quake.
> a wary eye by some earthquake specialists at the Eathquake Center at the
> University of Buffalo. Jamestown is sitting on the same tectonic plate. We
> even feel a jiggle from 3.5 quakes that hit 400 or more miles away out east
> of here. I know what a 3.6 is as I sat in the dinning room of my best
> friend and her husband's house up in Orinda, California when one hit in
> August, '87 centered about 10 or 20 miles away. I really hope and pray that
> you folks on the Left Coast are not hurt by any nasty quakes that occur.
Ehh. You learn to live with them. They're not so bad. Some can actually
be fun if you can maintain your senses when one starts to hit. I try to
perform odd experiments like lying on the floorto feel the waves and
stuff. Haven't been in a real one since the Landers quake in '93 or so.
As Roger said, I'd rather have a really horrible earthquake every so many
decades than a tornado or hurricane like clockwork every year.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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