Alaska Darin Posted August 25, 2004 Posted August 25, 2004 We just had another shaker in Anchorage. Not too bad as they generally go... Mother Nature likes to show off here.
DC Tom Posted August 25, 2004 Posted August 25, 2004 We just had another shaker in Anchorage. Not too bad as they generally go... Mother Nature likes to show off here. 6752[/snapback] I'm not sure how to respond to this. Do I say it's Bush's fault, Bledsoe's fault, or Troy Vincent's fault?
BILLS4LIFE Posted August 25, 2004 Posted August 25, 2004 We just had another shaker in Anchorage. Not too bad as they generally go... Mother Nature likes to show off here. 6752[/snapback] DANG! Hope everyones ok! Stay safe!
Campy Posted August 25, 2004 Posted August 25, 2004 I'm not sure how to respond to this. Do I say it's Bush's fault, Bledsoe's fault, or Troy Vincent's fault? 6760[/snapback] Hmm... Must be one of Kerry's flip-flops
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 25, 2004 Posted August 25, 2004 You mean there are two things up there that like to show off? Oh my! You do live around that "Ring of Fire". Don't cry if you fall into the Gulf of Alaska! Just kidding, hope all is safe!
DC Tom Posted August 25, 2004 Posted August 25, 2004 You do live around that "Ring of Fire". Don't cry if you fall into the Gulf of Alaska! 6775[/snapback] Bunch of old-timers are probably up there right now, sitting out on Main Street watching the moose wander by, saying to themselves "That wasn't an earthquake. Now, Good Friday, 1964...THAT was a quake..."
Chef Jim Posted August 25, 2004 Posted August 25, 2004 Bunch of old-timers are probably up there right now, sitting out on Main Street watching the moose wander by, saying to themselves "That wasn't an earthquake. Now, Good Friday, 1964...THAT was a quake..." 6781[/snapback] Yeah, can you imagine that, what was it an eight something? I've been in mid sixes that will scare the stevestojan out of you. I couldn't imagine one that big.
JoeF Posted August 25, 2004 Posted August 25, 2004 Stay safe AD.... Maybe prep for an aftershock by getting the martinis ready and letting mother nature do the shaking....
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 25, 2004 Posted August 25, 2004 Bunch of old-timers are probably up there right now, sitting out on Main Street watching the moose wander by, saying to themselves "That wasn't an earthquake. Now, Good Friday, 1964...THAT was a quake..." 6781[/snapback] I don't think nothing will get AD to move out of his 3rd floor, penthouse suite in downtown Anchorage... Afterall, why lose the view of Denali?
DC Tom Posted August 25, 2004 Posted August 25, 2004 Yeah, can you imagine that, what was it an eight something? I've been in mid sixes that will scare the stevestojan out of you. I couldn't imagine one that big. 6794[/snapback] 9.3-9.6 region. Second-biggest on record (there was one off the coast of Chile that was bigger). Of course, the Richter scale is exponential, so that range of 0.3 I gave represents a HUGE difference in the energy of the quake (a 9.6 is going to be about 3 times worse than a 9.3). And from what I understand, a 10.0 is theoretically impossible; when the quake energy gets that big, it basically ripping continental plates apart. Magnitude 6 earthquakes fall under that "Things I'd like to experience just once as long as I'm just visiting" category for me. Above 7...forget about it. I ain't stupid.
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 25, 2004 Posted August 25, 2004 9.3-9.6 region. Second-biggest on record (there was one off the coast of Chile that was bigger). Of course, the Richter scale is exponential, so that range of 0.3 I gave represents a HUGE difference in the energy of the quake (a 9.6 is going to be about 3 times worse than a 9.3). And from what I understand, a 10.0 is theoretically impossible; when the quake energy gets that big, it basically ripping continental plates apart. Magnitude 6 earthquakes fall under that "Things I'd like to experience just once as long as I'm just visiting" category for me. Above 7...forget about it. I ain't stupid. 6871[/snapback] Hay Tom, did you see where they are trying to surf 100 foot waves (of course using "tow-in" techniques that involve high speed jetskis)? The Billabong company has put out a "bounty" for anybody who gets footage surfing one of the monster waves. I guess there are people who monitor events and storms throughtout the world, then can mobilize on a days notice to get to the "hot spots". I guess when an event of great magnitude happens out at sea, the waves produced are big somewhere? Freaking crazy
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