Well, I'm basically sitting on top of the fault line in a big concrete box, so not surprising that we felt it. It was just one swift thump.
Yes. Lucky for you, people may be in danger.
Buffy ,'Him'
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Sparky1 - Dec 16, 2005 8:40:18 am PST #186 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
§ ita § - Dec 16, 2005 8:40:54 am PST #187 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I guess no tsunami watch for SoCal then. That was fun, that one time.
Betsy HP - Dec 16, 2005 8:41:23 am PST #188 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I'm basically sitting on top of the fault line in a big concrete box,
That should so be a carnival ride.
SuziQ - Dec 16, 2005 8:51:18 am PST #189 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Didn't feel a thing in Oakland. Hrumph. I feel like I missed out.
DavidS - Dec 16, 2005 8:52:22 am PST #190 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Nothing in downtown SF either.
Connie Neil - Dec 16, 2005 8:52:32 am PST #191 of 10001
brillig
I once worked in a big concrete box that bounced so much they had to keep repositioning the window panes in the fancy steel grid facade. The builders had figured the rubber seals would be sufficient to keep the panes of glass in place (you'd think). But Utah gets so many micro (and not so micro) shocks that the constant vibration shimmied the windows out of position.
The joys of living on primordial lake bottom on top of multiple faultlines.
Sparky1 - Dec 16, 2005 8:58:31 am PST #192 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
I always tell the new students if earthquakes worry them, study in the newer part of the building. The old reading room windows are not safety glass (they didn't have to be, apparently, in 1950 when the place was built) and the cost to replace them is something like 10-15K/window. Since there are a dozen of them, this is not going to happen before the big one hits.
Betsy HP - Dec 16, 2005 9:00:49 am PST #193 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I feel like I missed out.
Yup. I feel like an authentic Californian should be able to say "Yup, that was about a 3.2." The Master could.
Volans - Dec 16, 2005 9:05:18 am PST #194 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Just driving by - hope everyone is well, that babies are eating, and that cow-orkers are sucking less today than usual.
Toddson - Dec 16, 2005 9:10:40 am PST #195 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"