RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: From a friend in New Zealand
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of turquoiseb Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 11:02 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: From a friend in New Zealand Wow. That's arguably the most real post ever made to FFL. Thanks for passing it along, Rick. My best wishes to them. Being in a big earthquake shakes your belief in terra firma forever. I was in Agadir, Morocco almost exactly 51 years ago. Only a 5.3 quake, but over 10,000 died. Barbara is the ex-wife of my friend Bruce Brown, whom some here may know. He's in Australia these days. (They're still friends.)
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: From a friend in New Zealand
On 02/23/2011 09:01 AM, turquoiseb wrote: Wow. That's arguably the most real post ever made to FFL. Thanks for passing it along, Rick. My best wishes to them. Being in a big earthquake shakes your belief in terra firma forever. I was in Agadir, Morocco almost exactly 51 years ago. Only a 5.3 quake, but over 10,000 died. The New Madrid fault has also been showing some activity. The last big one I think was in the early 1800s and the Mississippi flowed backwards. Homes and buildings along that fault line aren't set up for earthquakes either. Sal may be right that the Mayans were a year off.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: From a friend in New Zealand
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bhairitu Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 11:53 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: From a friend in New Zealand The New Madrid fault has also been showing some activity. The last big one I think was in the early 1800s and the Mississippi flowed backwards. Homes and buildings along that fault line aren't set up for earthquakes either. The fault is in Missouri, for those who don't know. Church bells rang in Boston from the shaking, when that one happened. Lots of little quakes in nearby Arkansas these days.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: From a friend in New Zealand
On 02/23/2011 10:13 AM, Rick Archer wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bhairitu Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 11:53 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: From a friend in New Zealand The New Madrid fault has also been showing some activity. The last big one I think was in the early 1800s and the Mississippi flowed backwards. Homes and buildings along that fault line aren't set up for earthquakes either. The fault is in Missouri, for those who don't know. Church bells rang in Boston from the shaking, when that one happened. Lots of little quakes in nearby Arkansas these days. All buildings in this country or any country for that matter need to be earthquake tolerant. Locally they're condemning those that are not. One popular Chinese restaurant was going to move out of town because their building was made of unreinforced masonry but the landlord also owned a vacated restaurant that had been remodeled after a fire and gave them a deal on it. The strongest earthquake I've felt since I've lived here was a couple years ago and it was a fault a mile from me they didn't know existed. It was like a train was going through the living room. It didn't do any damage though it knocked goods off the shelves at the grocery at the top of the hill. I pay $1200 a year for earthquake insurance which really isn't worth much and that is $500 over what I pay for home insurance. My point is any area might have unknown fault lines though usually places near the sea or rivers are more earthquake prone.
