I was in the San Jose 2007 5.6 quake and they made a big deal about that one too.
. On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Sandra Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > Having been through some major West Coast Earthquakes, (Sylmar in 71 and > Northridge in 94). I'm more amused by this one than anything else. While > it might have been stronger near the epicenter, by the time it rolled > through here, it wasn't very much at all. > > What I am finding amusing is the news coverage, which is about on par with > the Northridge and Sylmar quakes (minus pictures of major damage). Heck, > they even had Lucy Jones (the official USGS voice of earthquakes) on > television. It's pretty surreal, because as I told my sister, "If I was in > bed, I would have just drawn the covers over my head, wasn't worth getting > out of bed". > > They not only evacuated the campus buildings where I work (NIST), they > eventually sent everyone home with a caveat to call the status line tomorrow > before coming in. > > Welcome to the East Coast. Small quakes, big reaction. I have no idea how > anyone would survive one of the magnitude of Northridge (6.6) or Sylmar > (6.6) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:341887 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
