> I assume that when you start seeing chunks of building tumble down, its time > to leave.
....it may be too late at that point. :-\ My first earthquake of consequence was the Nisqually quake in February 2001 (ref: http://www.pnsn.org/SEIS/EQ_Special/WEBDIR_01022818543p/welcome.html) 6.8 and it was 30 miles deep. it knocked chunks off of buildings in downtown Seattle and the Alaskan Way viaduct was seriously affected. Seattle was ~35 miles north of the quake epicenter. Tacoma and Olympia didn't do so hot either (the capital dome is still not sitting properly IIRC) I was sitting in my office in Kirkland at the time (directly east of Seattle and about the same distance north of the epicenter), and I must say, it was tough walking to the door so I could stand in it. I watched the parking lot outside (and two floors down) undulate like waves on water. every time one of those "waves" went under the building it slammed up and down. scary as shit, surfing a building... :-o had the quake been closer to the surface the damage would have been far worse. -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:264922 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
