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, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Harry Francis - re: Earthquake > To: [email protected] > 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 >
