Earthquake
Kris Hasson-Jones
It seemed to last about 20 seconds and the USGS is reporting that
it was a 4.7 Richter scale, centered south of Seattle.
I had time to shut down my computer and stand in a doorway, chat
with cow-orkers and observe the crane across the street, which
is taller than our building, shake. I am on the 16th floor (top)
of our building, and the shaking was quite visible. We didn't
have any breakage, and nothing fell off shelves as far as we can
tell.
But boy did it make my vertigo worse; I was experiencing almost no
vertigo this morning, and now half an hour after the earthquake I'm
almost bad enough to go lie down.
Everybody else okay?
--
Kris Hasson Jones sni...@pacifier.com
P Nielsen Hayden
Kris Hasson-Jones <sni...@pacifier.com> wrote:
>It seemed to last about 20 seconds and the USGS is reporting that
>it was a 4.7 Richter scale, centered south of Seattle.
As I just remarked in the other thread, the USGS has upgraded it to
7.0.
--
Patrick Nielsen Hayden : p...@panix.com : http://www.panix.com/~pnh
Loren Joseph MacGregor
>On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 11:05:12 -0800,
> Kris Hasson-Jones <sni...@pacifier.com> wrote:
>>It seemed to last about 20 seconds and the USGS is reporting that
>>it was a 4.7 Richter scale, centered south of Seattle.
>As I just remarked in the other thread, the USGS has upgraded it to
>7.0.
That's it. I'm calling my family.
-- LJM
P Nielsen Hayden
The UW is disputing the 7.0 estimate, calling it 6.4 to 6.6. We'll
see.
Loren Joseph MacGregor
>On 28 Feb 2001 20:03:28 GMT,
> Loren Joseph MacGregor <lmac...@efn.org> wrote:
>>In rec.arts.sf.fandom, P Nielsen Hayden <p...@panix.com> wrote:
>>>On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 11:05:12 -0800,
>>> Kris Hasson-Jones <sni...@pacifier.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>It seemed to last about 20 seconds and the USGS is reporting that
>>>>it was a 4.7 Richter scale, centered south of Seattle.
>>
>>>As I just remarked in the other thread, the USGS has upgraded it to
>>>7.0.
>>
>>That's it. I'm calling my family.
>The UW is disputing the 7.0 estimate, calling it 6.4 to 6.6. We'll
>see.
See the report from Andi Schecter elsewhere in these threads.
My sister reports a lot of rocking and rolling in northern Seattle
near Innes Arden.
My other sister, who is at work and not reachable yet, has a house that
(if I'm reading the maps correctly) is pretty much right on the
epicenter.
I know some of our phone lines at work, which route through Seattle,
are currently down. (This circuit is not on that cluster.)
-- LJM
Avram Grumer
> On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 11:05:12 -0800,
> Kris Hasson-Jones <sni...@pacifier.com> wrote:
>
> >It seemed to last about 20 seconds and the USGS is reporting
> >that it was a 4.7 Richter scale, centered south of Seattle.
>
> As I just remarked in the other thread, the USGS has upgraded
> it to 7.0.
"Seattle Shaken By Catastrophic Zero Release. 'Wait For 7.1 Bugfix Before
Upgrading' Advises Mayor Schell."
--
Avram Grumer | av...@grumer.org | http://www.PigsAndFishes.org
"Soon everyone will be playing with a wireless device in their pocket."
-- from Unplugged Games business plan
Evelyn C. Leeper
Avram Grumer <av...@grumer.org> wrote:
> In article <slrn99qlo...@pnh-1.dsl.speakeasy.net>, p...@panix.com wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 11:05:12 -0800,
> > Kris Hasson-Jones <sni...@pacifier.com> wrote:
> >
> > >It seemed to last about 20 seconds and the USGS is reporting
> > >that it was a 4.7 Richter scale, centered south of Seattle.
> >
> > As I just remarked in the other thread, the USGS has upgraded
> > it to 7.0.
>
> "Seattle Shaken By Catastrophic Zero Release. 'Wait For 7.1 Bugfix Before
> Upgrading' Advises Mayor Schell."
See
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/4656/lyrics/30quidnuncs.htm
for the lyrics to "The Richter Scale" by the Quidnuncs.
--
Evelyn C. Leeper, http://www.geocities.com/evelynleeper
I'm coming to the conclusion that the past really *is* another
country, one that sends invading armies into this one. --Avram Grumer
Ed Dravecky III
> p...@panix.com wrote:
> > Kris Hasson-Jones <sni...@pacifier.com> wrote:
> > > It seemed to last about 20 seconds and the USGS is reporting
> > > that it was a 4.7 Richter scale, centered south of Seattle.
> >
> > As I just remarked in the other thread, the USGS has upgraded
> > it to 7.0.
>
> "Seattle Shaken By Catastrophic Zero Release. 'Wait For 7.1
> Bugfix Before Upgrading' Advises Mayor Schell."
RASFF Award with strong possibility of RASFF Gold Star aftershocks.
--
Ed Dravecky III
ed3 at panix dot com
Kate Nepveu
> Well, we've just had an earthquake in the Pacific Northwest.
I hope everyone is okay.
I just wanted to comment what an amazing thing Usenet is sometimes; as
soon as I saw this post, I checked the Washington Post's website to see
if they had more details, and they hadn't posted anything yet.
_Really_ instant news.
Kate
--
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"I wouldn't be satisfied with a life lived solely on the barricades. I
reserve my right to be frivolous." --Betty Friedan
Timothy A. McDaniel
Which is why phone circuits often get so damned clogged after a
disaster, and people in the area have trouble getting true emergency
calls thru. "Tragedy of the commons", innit? I don't suppose I can
convince you to leave the circuits available for a day or two for
people who need to call out, and for emergencies inward? You're
obviously concerned, but (assuming you're not within driving distance)
you can't do anything to help at the moment.
--
Tim McDaniel is tm...@jump.net; if that fail,
tm...@us.ibm.com is my work account.
"To join the Clueless Club, send a followup to this message quoting everything
up to and including this sig!" -- Jukka....@hut.fi (Jukka Korpela)
Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey
> On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 11:05:12 -0800,
> Kris Hasson-Jones <sni...@pacifier.com> wrote:
>
> >It seemed to last about 20 seconds and the USGS is reporting that
> >it was a 4.7 Richter scale, centered south of Seattle.
>
> As I just remarked in the other thread, the USGS has upgraded it to
> 7.0.
Maybe the U.S. Government is not the only party attempting to
break up Microsoft.
--
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Fermilab | than ever before in its history
Internet: | but more literate than it will ever be again.
hig...@fnal.gov | --Richard Mitchell, February 1978
Patrick Connors
: Patrick Nielsen Hayden p...@panix.com wrote:
: > On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 11:05:12 -0800,
: > Kris Hasson-Jones <sni...@pacifier.com> wrote:
: >
: > >It seemed to last about 20 seconds and the USGS is reporting
: > >that it was a 4.7 Richter scale, centered south of Seattle.
: >
: > As I just remarked in the other thread, the USGS has upgraded
: > it to 7.0.
: "Seattle Shaken By Catastrophic Zero Release. 'Wait For 7.1 Bugfix Before
: Upgrading' Advises Mayor Schell."
And here I thought it was a response to Mary Kay's bombshell elsewhere.
She says she'll be house hunting in Seattle soon - well, there may be a
delay, now - and that means Jordin's Garage Is Relocating.
Or being Cleaned Out.
Hope everyones okay - If you need anything, call.
It's not just all knowledge in fandom y'know.
--
Patrick Connors |
| Smile! The fresh air's good for your teeth.
| -- Jack Bogut, KDKA Radio, 1970s
|
Loren Joseph MacGregor
>In article <97jlig$890$2...@news.efn.org>,
>Loren Joseph MacGregor <lmac...@efn.org> wrote:
>>In rec.arts.sf.fandom, P Nielsen Hayden <p...@panix.com> wrote:
>>>On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 11:05:12 -0800,
>>> Kris Hasson-Jones <sni...@pacifier.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>It seemed to last about 20 seconds and the USGS is reporting that
>>>>it was a 4.7 Richter scale, centered south of Seattle.
>>
>>>As I just remarked in the other thread, the USGS has upgraded it to
>>>7.0.
>>
>>That's it. I'm calling my family.
>Which is why phone circuits often get so damned clogged after a
>disaster, and people in the area have trouble getting true emergency
>calls thru. "Tragedy of the commons", innit? I don't suppose I can
>convince you to leave the circuits available for a day or two for
>people who need to call out, and for emergencies inward? You're
>obviously concerned, but (assuming you're not within driving distance)
>you can't do anything to help at the moment.
No, you can't. You see, that's why we set up the phone tree.
You might want to stop and ask, by the way, whether or not I might
have some experience with disaster recovery.
-- LJM
Andi Shechter & Stu Shiffman
I think the adrenaline has finally drained out of me, leaving me very
shaky indeed. Stu and I are fine, as are Janice Murray, Alan Rosenthal,
Suzle Tompkins and Jerry Kaufman. I do NOT recommend this as a way to
wake up from a nap. The bed was moving so much that even though I wanted
to get to the doorway, I couldn't get out of bed. Waaaa, Mommy!
Andi
Andi Shechter & Stu Shiffman
for the "riot control" garbage over the last few days of MArdi Gras
stuff so he arranged this... me, paranoid????
Andi "not a fan of Paul Schell" Shechter
P Nielsen Hayden
Andi Shechter & Stu Shiffman <@drizzle.com> wrote:
>Ok, what REALLY happened was that Mayor Schell wanted the heat off him
>for the "riot control" garbage over the last few days of MArdi Gras
>stuff so he arranged this... me, paranoid????
Yes, I was stunned to read in this morning's papers (pre-earthquake)
that Fat Tuesday celebrations were orderly and pleasant -- in New
Orleans. And violent and out-of-control -- in Philadelphia and
Seattle.
What's up with that?
Patrick Connors
: >Ok, what REALLY happened was that Mayor Schell wanted the heat off him
: >for the "riot control" garbage over the last few days of MArdi Gras
: >stuff so he arranged this... me, paranoid????
: Yes, I was stunned to read in this morning's papers (pre-earthquake)
: that Fat Tuesday celebrations were orderly and pleasant -- in New
: Orleans. And violent and out-of-control -- in Philadelphia and
: Seattle.
: What's up with that?
New Orleans has -lots- more practice with Mardi Gras than those other
places. And they roll up the sidewalks precisely at midnight, with
practiced efficiency and a Whole Lot of police, spread the width of
Bourbon Street, in riot gear and bullhorns, announcing "The Party's
Over. Clear the streets". And the streets clear.
I've never been there, but I've seen the video (on Cops, IIRC)
of the streets being cleared.
Loren Joseph MacGregor
>On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 13:48:43 -0800,
> Andi Shechter & Stu Shiffman <@drizzle.com> wrote:
>>Ok, what REALLY happened was that Mayor Schell wanted the heat off him
>>for the "riot control" garbage over the last few days of MArdi Gras
>>stuff so he arranged this... me, paranoid????
>Yes, I was stunned to read in this morning's papers (pre-earthquake)
>that Fat Tuesday celebrations were orderly and pleasant -- in New
>Orleans. And violent and out-of-control -- in Philadelphia and
>Seattle.
>What's up with that?
The Monday Seattle Times was ... interesting vis-a-vis the Mardi Gras
and all. I was downtown Saturday and Sunday, and saw no sign that
people expected to go hog-wild. Maybe the police in riot gear
stimulated them, driving them mad with desire.
I found the wholesale fabric and notions show at the Seattle Center
quite demure. But, gosh, there were a lot of -really cool- fabrics
there. And I want the cloissone (or however that's spelled) Rosie
the Riveter buttons.
-- LJM
Alison Hopkins
Loren Joseph MacGregor wrote in message <97jqv4$aj9$1...@news.efn.org>...
My LA friend's phone tree involves us; when she got hit by the Northridge
quake, I was the only one who could get her, from 6,000 miles away. I was
able to call her folks and friends in Northern CA and reassure them. Phone
trees are a good way of doing this sorta thing.
Ali
Andi Shechter & Stu Shiffman
P Nielsen Hayden wrote:
>
> On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 13:48:43 -0800,
> Andi Shechter & Stu Shiffman <@drizzle.com> wrote:
> >Ok, what REALLY happened was that Mayor Schell wanted the heat off him
> >for the "riot control" garbage over the last few days of MArdi Gras
> >stuff so he arranged this... me, paranoid????
>
> Yes, I was stunned to read in this morning's papers (pre-earthquake)
> that Fat Tuesday celebrations were orderly and pleasant -- in New
> Orleans. And violent and out-of-control -- in Philadelphia and
> Seattle.
>
> What's up with that?
Ok, what's up with that? We have an overbearing mayor who appears to
respond to ANY gathering of people as a new WTO "riot" and sends out the
cops with riot gear. We've had FT celebrations here for years; alas,
some folks do get drunk and act like idiots.
A
Kip Williams
fine, anyway. Anybody know how Kirkland fared in this? I've never
been there, so I don't know how the geography is. Or was. Or is
becoming.
--
--Kip (Williams)
amusing the world at http://members.home.net/kipw/
Kate Schaefer
news:3A9D886D...@home.com...
> I tried calling my sister in Kirkland. Her answering machine sounds
> fine, anyway. Anybody know how Kirkland fared in this? I've never
> been there, so I don't know how the geography is. Or was. Or is
> becoming.
Kirkland is slightly farther away from the epicenter than Seattle, and its
buildings are newer and shorter than Seattle's buildings. It should be
fine, except for very expensive houses with dramatic waterfront views, which
will be in danger of landslides.
The worst stuff is south of here, Tacoma, Puyallup, Olympia, Lacey,
Tumwater, Shelton. Smaller towns and cities, not obvious to national news
the way Seattle is. The worst stuff, even there, is nothing, nothing for an
earthquake of this magnitude.
I thank the mostly honest builders who've built the houses around here. I
thank them several times.
Dorothy J Heydt
Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey <hig...@fnal.gov> wrote:
>
>Maybe the U.S. Government is not the only party attempting to
>break up Microsoft.
If so, it didn't work. I've been playing Asheron's Call all
morning (a MSN game, with the servers are all located in Redmond)
and nary a hiccup.
Dorothy J. Heydt
Albany, California
djh...@kithrup.com
http://www.kithrup.com/~djheydt
Lucy Kemnitzer
<"roscoe"@drizzle. com> wrote:
>By now, we're hearing 7.0. It sucked, frankly. It's been 2.75 hours and
>I think the adrenaline has finally drained out of me, leaving me very
>shaky indeed. Stu and I are fine, as are Janice Murray, Alan Rosenthal,
>Suzle Tompkins and Jerry Kaufman. I do NOT recommend this as a way to
>wake up from a nap. The bed was moving so much that even though I wanted
>to get to the doorway, I couldn't get out of bed. Waaaa, Mommy!
You know all this, right? Not to use the gas or light a match
till you know for sure the pipes in your neighborhood are intact?
To be careful with water use starting right now, in case those
pipes are compromised? To keep tuning in to the designated radio
station to check on roads and stuff? If you have the time to
offer, you go in person to the Red Cross and volunteer, you don't
call on the phone?
Also, if you have serious damage to your house, you get started
immediately with the FEMA loans, but you take your time getting it
right -- you have the time. And not to be bullied by FEMA into
bulldozing your house right away? They'll offer to do it for free
within 90 days and scare you into doing it without finding out if
the house is really salvageable. They'll do it to public
buildings, too. Keeping old buildings because they are good
buildings is not one of the thigns they comprehend.
Lucy Kemnitzer
Dave Slusher
Kate Nepveu <kate....@yale.edu> wrote:
> Kris Hasson-Jones <sni...@pacifier.com> wrote:
>
> > Well, we've just had an earthquake in the Pacific Northwest.
>
> I hope everyone is okay.
>
> I just wanted to comment what an amazing thing Usenet is sometimes; as
> soon as I saw this post, I checked the Washington Post's website to see
> if they had more details, and they hadn't posted anything yet.
>
> _Really_ instant news.
I telecommute from a Portland based company, and I was on Instant
Messenger with a coworker when he suddenly typed "Oh shit, the building
is moving."
d
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Dave Slusher
Patrick Connors <p...@primenet.com> wrote:
> New Orleans has -lots- more practice with Mardi Gras than those other
> places. And they roll up the sidewalks precisely at midnight, with
> practiced efficiency and a Whole Lot of police, spread the width of
> Bourbon Street, in riot gear and bullhorns, announcing "The Party's
> Over. Clear the streets". And the streets clear.
I've never celebrated Mardis Gras in NO, although I spent 3 in the
relatively quite and decidedly more Cajun confines of Lafayette. If I
were to go to New Orleans this is the part I want to see. I'd like to
grab me a good balcony seat and watch mounted cops push the party all
the way down Bourbon Street, into Canal.
Mary Kay Kare
Dave Slusher <dave_s...@sff.net> wrote:
> In article <6ppq9tchlspl9d3ue...@4ax.com>,
> Kate Nepveu <kate....@yale.edu> wrote:
>
> > Kris Hasson-Jones <sni...@pacifier.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Well, we've just had an earthquake in the Pacific Northwest.
> >
> > I hope everyone is okay.
> >
> > I just wanted to comment what an amazing thing Usenet is sometimes; as
> > soon as I saw this post, I checked the Washington Post's website to see
> > if they had more details, and they hadn't posted anything yet.
> >
> > _Really_ instant news.
>
> I telecommute from a Portland based company, and I was on Instant
> Messenger with a coworker when he suddenly typed "Oh shit, the building
> is moving."
>
I had a doctor's appointment this morning and so left the house about
11am. My car radio is almost always tuned to KCBS which is an all news
station and I heard the news before I was a mile away from the house.
They were saying at that time that it was a 6.2 which appeared to be
centered 30 miles south of Seattle. Jordin was at Boeing in Tukwila,
about 30 miles south of Seattle. Yipes. I had the cell phone out and
dialing immediately. He can't take his cell phone into the building so I
paged him, including our urgent, call now, symbol. About 8 minutes later,
just as I was really getting scared, he called on my cell phone. He was
surprised that it was already on the news as they had only just got back
into their building. He was ok, as was everyone around him, but the power
was off and he was heading back to his hotel as soon as he got off the
phone. (The phones were working.)
I talked to him again mid-afternoon. He said that he sat in the Boeing
parking lot for a long time before leaving because the traffic was
hideous. The power was gradually coming back on and was on at his hotel.
The tv was now saying the earthquake was 7.0.
When I left the hospital at 5pm to come home, they were saying it was
6.8. And at that time the airport was open again on a limited basis.
There was a phone call on the answering machine from his mother, so I
called him again on his cell phone--this time I had to dial 3 times before
I got through as all circuits were busy. But I did get through. He
expects to go in to Boeing tomorrow and will probably be coming back to
the Bay ARea Thursday night (Consonance and Contact start Friday and he's
going on the tour of NASA Ames on Friday). He has reservations on both
Alaska and Southwest and will see how it looks before deciding which to
cancel. (For reasons too convoluted to go into, he had these 2
reservations *before* the earthquake hit.) But he does expect to get home
tomorrow night.
Just about 2 weeks ago I informed him I was tired of having a husband 2
days/week and it was going to stop, one way or another. We've decided to
put our house here on the market as soon as we get a couple of litle
repairs done and to start looking in Seattle the end of this month. I
wonder how much this will affect things, if any.
Does anyone have any reliable damage reports? What's a good web page to
go look at for maps of where things happened?
MKK
--
"Books you've bought and shelved but not yet read emit a gentle, beneficial
radiation, and when you finally do read them they're almost old friends."
--Teresa Nielsen Hayden on RASFF
Janet Kegg
>
> Does anyone have any reliable damage reports? What's a good web page to
> go look at for maps of where things happened?
Best map I've found is on the NEIC page:
http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/010228185431.HTML
The Earthquake Information Network provides a collection of links to
news
and other info about the quake here:
http://128.205.131.100:591/archives/Seattle.html
The University of Washington Geophysics Web site also has a special
quake page with links to maps:
http://www.geophys.washington.edu/SEIS/EQ_Special/WEBDIR_01022818543p/
-- Janet
Dorothy J Heydt
Mary Kay Kare <ka...@sirius.com> wrote:
>
>Just about 2 weeks ago I informed him I was tired of having a husband 2
>days/week
I hear you. Hal spent about nine months spending the week in LA
and the weekens here. Fortunately the assignment ended (or
rather, changed to an assignment in Sacramento, same people, but
commutable) before I had to deliver any ultimata.
and it was going to stop, one way or another. We've decided to
>put our house here on the market as soon as we get a couple of litle
>repairs done and to start looking in Seattle the end of this month. I
>wonder how much this will affect things, if any.
Guesstimate: the number of people who want to sell up and move
out Right Now will be balanced by the number who want to stay
but need a new house, leaving the number of houses available to
you about what it was before--whatever that was. Good hunting.
Mary Kay Kare
Andi Shechter & Stu Shiffman
CAlling _in_ is a problem, but if you want to email me, I can call _out_
okay and ask her to call you (Andi at ros...@drizzle.com). My mother
could not reach me at all, but I had no trouble calling out.
I heard there was damage in Kirkland, but no more or less than anyplace
else - I know that doesn't help, but I did not hear of any major
problems there.
Andi
Andi Shechter & Stu Shiffman
all. We have not heard any requirements for shelters opening and last i
checked, the word was not to bother turning off gas unless you suspected
a problem. There was no word of any water problems except in one area
where they warned of turbidity. Our water, some 10 hours later, is as
clear as always. No reports of homes damaged so far from any fans I've
talked with.
Andi
churn...@home.com
(ka...@oz.net) wrote:
> The worst stuff is south of here, Tacoma, Puyallup, Olympia, Lacey,
> Tumwater, Shelton. Smaller towns and cities, not obvious to national news
> the way Seattle is. The worst stuff, even there, is nothing, nothing for an
> earthquake of this magnitude.
When I saw the map, it appeared that the epicentre was placed squarely
on top of my sister's neighborhood south of Tacoma ... and I haven't
been able to get a call through. When I tried just a moment ago, the
message was, "Due to the earthquake in the area you are calling, your
call cannot be completed at this time." Our phone tree seems to have
broken down in that the family member I was relying on to call others,
and to let me know their status, was apparently so shaken by the
circumstance that she is only answering the phone and not calling.
This is not helpful.
> I thank the mostly honest builders who've built the houses around here. I
> thank them several times.
Amen.
-- LJM
Kip Williams
>
> Kip,
> CAlling _in_ is a problem, but if you want to email me, I can call _out_
> okay and ask her to call you (Andi at ros...@drizzle.com). My mother
> could not reach me at all, but I had no trouble calling out.
>
> I heard there was damage in Kirkland, but no more or less than anyplace
> else - I know that doesn't help, but I did not hear of any major
> problems there.
Thanks so much, Andi! I'm glad to say it's not necessary now, as she
called me back last night. After which, I called around and
reassured the relevant relatives.
She seems to have been enjoying the quake, which is okay as long as
it didn't do anything bad to her.