On Sep 4, 2010, at 1:22 PM, Doug Franklin wrote: > On 2010-09-03 21:07, David Mann wrote: >> Another update: the power is back on at our house. Now I can use my own >> computer with its dodgy battery... > > Now /that's/ freakin' amazing, after a quake of that magnitude.
Yes I'm as amazed as you are. It's a real testament to the quality of the infrastructure here. The scariest moment of the quake was when the power went out. I think the reports said that electricity was cut to about 75% of the city. The street across the river from us was still on. The sewer system is still offline and I know that's fairly antiquated so it'll be interesting to see how long it takes to get that sorted out. A small section of the road is a bit weird outside our house, it makes a scrunchy sound when you walk on it and it feels quite soft so I suspect the ground underneath is a bit soft. I don't know if there was subsidence, liquefaction or maybe it's related to the leaking water pipe just up the street. > Glad you're OK and the damage appears to be (comparatively) slight. I'd hate > to think what Atlanta would look like after a 7.0 quake. I'm guessing it'd > mostly resemble the seven hills of Rome, or something like that. :-) Our building codes have been very good for quite a long time for this very reason. It looks like the major damage is limited only to older buildings that predate the standards. I think most of the buildings in Rome would predate European settlement in this country! Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
