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--- On Fri, 9/3/10, Tom C <caka...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Tom C <caka...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Fairly large earthquake > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Friday, September 3, 2010, 11:16 AM > Pentax SR only works up to magnitude > 5.0 quakes, after that > performance deteriorates considerably. Everyone knows > Nikon and Canon > are way ahead of Pentax in this area, boasting SR up to 7.8 > magnitude. > > Tom C. > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Steven Desjardins <drd1...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Glad you're OK. Those things really scare me. Did > you get a chance to > > test Pentax SR? > > > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 2:02 PM, paul stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> > wrote: > >> That's a major earthquake. Good to hear you're > okay. I'm sure it will make international news reports. Good > luck with the electricity and water. How long it takes > probably depends on the extent of the damage. > >> Paul > >> > >> > >> On Sep 3, 2010, at 1:47 PM, David Mann wrote: > >> > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> Not sure if we'll make worldwide news but > we've had a 7.4 earthquake > >>> here. It struck during the night and was > pretty effective at waking > >>> me up. It was close and shallow, 30km away > and 33km deep. > >>> > >>> http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/3366146g.html > >>> > >>> We're OK, only minor damage. A couple of > bits of broken glassware > >>> inside, and we lost the top of one of our > chimneys which broke a few > >>> tiles on its way down. > >>> > >>> Most of the city has lost power and a water > main burst here so there's > >>> no water either. I expect that'll be sorted > out before too long. I'm > >>> sending this from one of our laptops (with the > good battery) and a > >>> cellular USB modem. Handy things to have. > But I might not be > >>> checking my email often for a few days. > >>> > >>> We're getting small aftershocks every couple > of minutes (some less > >>> small than others!). I'm still shaking a bit > myself! > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> Dave > >>> > >>> -- > >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>> PDML@pdml.net > >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > link directly above and follow the directions. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> PDML@pdml.net > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > link directly above and follow the directions. > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Steve Desjardins > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.