It's amazing how little I have heard about all of this here. The pictures are amazing and horrifying. The railroad track shot really struck me for some reason. -----Original Message----- From: David Mann <d...@multisport.net.nz> Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 12:54:59 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List<pdml@pdml.net> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> Subject: Re: More quake photos
On Sep 8, 2010, at 12:16 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: > I live in an area that was last hit by a serious quake in 1812 -- a series of > three over the course of four months, estimated to be around 8.0 > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_Seismic_Zone). They've been saying > we're overdue for about 50 years now ... not the most comforting thought, > considering the area is not anywhere near as prepared -- building or > infrastructure-wise -- as Christchurch appears to be. We're "about due" for something in the 8+ region from the main alpine fault which cuts down through the length of the South Island. There was a 7.8 down in Fiordland last year but it's an unpopulated area and the nature of the quake meant the energy was released slowly and largely focussed offshore. The alpine fault is a bit further away from here and a quake centered there is likely to be a lot deeper so the shaking might not be much different from our 7.1, but it'd probably go on for a lot longer. 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.
