They don't last as long as the fires. Kevin1
--- In ercoupe-flyin@yahoogroups.com, ght <gh...@...> wrote: > > To those of you who inquired about our Saturday earthquake, thank you. > It was pretty good sized, as shakers go at 6.5, and it lasted more than 15 > seconds. That is a long time when everything around you is violently shaking. > We lost power for several hours and we were asked to leave for awhile because > of a gas leak. > > We were able to get back into our house in the early evening and the power > came back on about 8pm. I'm surprised it didn't do a lot more damage for as > hard and long as it shook. > > I thought I would mention that the media always way over-exaggerates the > damage and chaos of our earthquakes. The cameramen search all over town until > they find the very few obvious instances of damage and then zoom way in on > it. I think they also go searching for the most hysterical, grandstanders to > interview too. > > Most of the building damage that was done happened to buildings that have > been neglected terribly. They are buildings that are on the edge anyway. Even > at that, I'm not talking about building falling down. I'm talking about > patches of plaster falling off and a few, not many, windows breaking. > > Earthquakes, even when they are big ones are over in a short length of time. > What scares me is what many of you deal with: tornadoes and hurricanes. It > seems like those forces of nature go on for hours and hours. No thanks. I > prefer our earthquakes and tsunamis here on the west coast. > > Spook > > --- On Sat, 1/9/10, ca...@... <ca...@...> wrote: > > > From: ca...@... <ca...@...> > > Subject: Harry Francis - re: Earthquake > > To: gh...@... > > Date: Saturday, January 9, 2010, 7:22 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Georgia, > > > > > > I Hope you survived the earthquake, today. I bet > > it was scary. > > > > We are thinking about you and the folks in > > Eureka. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Harry Francis > > >
