Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 11:26:58 -0600 From: Porter <ocean@ecenet.com> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: We survived the earthquake Message-ID: <3A9FD7E1.AA2C80B7@ecenet.com> References: <bulk.95600.20010302041925@hub.freebsd.org>
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> Wow, and I thought we had it bad here in Minnesota. We just got dumped on about a week ago with about a foot and a half of snow. Drifts are three feet deep or more. I actually got my snowmobile stuck in a three foot drift. Do you know how much it sucks trying to get a two hundred pound++ snowmobile out snow three foot deep? I had to push with all my might for about twenty feet, it took about a half hour. Any way, I'm glad the 'quake wasn't too bad compared to other disasters. People say that I'm crazy to live in frigid Minnesota, but at least the gates of hell don't open up and try to swallow me!! :) Michael Porter ocean@ecenet.com > > > Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 05:16:32 -0700 > From: Joe Warner <rootman@xmission.com> > Subject: Re: We survived the earthquake > > On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Chip Wiegand wrote: > > Well, my family and I survived the earthquake today. And none of my > > computers or printers fell on the floor, though a few of my wifes > > things did, nothing damaged though. My cat must've been going crazy. > > Anybody else on this list live in the Puget Sound region? How'd you > > do? > > At work everyone just headed out to the parking lot, where we could > > feel the ground rolling in waves, quite unnerving. The lot next to > > ours is under construction and there's one of those tall spindly > > cranes over there, probable a couple hundred feet high. The guy up > > at the top was out of the control room and standing out on the arm > > of the crane waving his arms around. Man, he must've been rattled > > to the bones! He didn't go back into the control room for about 20 > > minutes after that, just standing out on the arm of the crane, > > probably getting himself back together. > > > > Anyway, just thought I'd pass along a few thoughts in the aftermath > > of the quake. I live about 15 miles north of Seattle, there were no > > damaged buildings up here, but Seattle has quite a mess to clean up. > > > > Regards, > > -- > > Chip Wiegand > > I'm glad to hear you're all right. I heard about it first while I was at work > yesterday. The news was all over the web. First they said the quake > was a 6.4 and then upgraded it to a 7.0. I live in Salt Lake City, Utah and > when I got home, the local media was interviewing people at the Salt > Lake International Airport who were on a flight that left Seattle minutes > before the quake struck. They were notified of the quake minutes before > landing in Salt Lake and most were scrambling for the phones to contact > loved ones to make sure they were all right. > > Earthquakes in Seattle are probably as rare as tornados in Salt Lake but > they do happen. We had an F2 tornado come through downtown Salt Lake > in the early part of 2000 and it nearly tore the roof off the Delta Center > before moving up into the avenues and trashing a few houses and lots > of trees. > > It's good to hear most people are all right. It could have been a lot > worse. > > Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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