Did you feel that?

ZenGum · 08-23-2011, 09:41 PM

Nothing here, but news services saying the pentagon was evacuated.

classicman · 08-23-2011, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

the pentagon was evacuated.

They should have locked the doors immediately. Perhaps we would have gotten lucky.

Griff · 08-24-2011, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by classicman

They should have locked the doors immediately. Perhaps we would have gotten lucky.

Amen to that.

Spexxvet · 08-24-2011, 07:46 AM

Didn't feel it, but in retrospect, a dog was howling, I thought I heard thunder, and a car alarm went of. December 21, 2112, here we come.

glatt · 08-24-2011, 10:23 AM

In hindsight, I'm really pretty damn pleased with how our house fared in the earthquake. Our house is unreinforced masonry construction. The absolute worst type of building to be in when there is an earthquake. This earthquake was the biggest one in this area in something like 150 years. I know you can't predict quakes, but there probably won't be another one this size in this area in my lifetime.

I've been slightly worried about our house in an earthquake ever since we bought the place, and we survived this one with flying colors. A couple hairline cracks in the interior plaster walls got a little more defined, and a couple hanging pictures were a little askew, but that's it. Oh, and one of the (many) squeaky floorboards got a little squeakier.

I was sure that a newly acquired family heirloom antique clock on the top shelf of one of our bookcases would be laying on the floor in pieces when we got home, but it hadn't budged.

I don't understand it. Maybe we are on a pocket of clay that dampens the vibrations or something. Who knows? But this POS house made it through the worst quake since it was built without any problems. Sweet.

Griff · 08-24-2011, 10:31 AM

They are not sure about aftershocks, is there a better place for the clock?

dmg1969 · 08-24-2011, 11:27 AM

We felt it in my office. It was a very weird feeling. I knew my office chair was rocking, but I could also sense that the building was moving. Figured pretty much immediately that it was an earthquake. At least 3 or 4 of us simultaneously said "what the f*ck was THAT?"

glatt · 08-24-2011, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

They are not sure about aftershocks, is there a better place for the clock?

Yeah, as soon as I came in the door, I took it down, and laid it on its back on the coffee table. It would have to be a very serious quake to hurt it there, and we'd have bigger problems then.

footfootfoot · 08-24-2011, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

In hindsight, I'm really pretty damn pleased with how our house fared in the earthquake. Our house is unreinforced masonry construction. The absolute worst type of building to be in when there is an earthquake. This earthquake was the biggest one in this area in something like 150 years. I know you can't predict quakes, but there probably won't be another one this size in this area in my lifetime.

I've been slightly worried about our house in an earthquake ever since we bought the place, and we survived this one with flying colors. A couple hairline cracks in the interior plaster walls got a little more defined, and a couple hanging pictures were a little askew, but that's it. Oh, and one of the (many) squeaky floorboards got a little squeakier.

I was sure that a newly acquired family heirloom antique clock on the top shelf of one of our bookcases would be laying on the floor in pieces when we got home, but it hadn't budged.

I don't understand it. Maybe we are on a pocket of clay that dampens the vibrations or something. Who knows? But this POS house made it through the worst quake since it was built without any problems. Sweet.

clay is dense so I think it would transmit vibrations, especially if wet. Not sure about sand and gravel.

Or Rock and Roll.

glatt · 08-24-2011, 04:49 PM

God, I hate that song. My roommate freshman year loved it. Played it all the time.

ZenGum · 08-24-2011, 09:55 PM

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clay is dense so I think it would transmit vibrations, especially if wet. Not sure about sand and gravel.

Any kind of sediment is bad; the waves will be bigger and the material will be more likely to break up or liquify. You want your foundations directly attached to solid bedrock.

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