EARTHQUAKE!!!!

“We had a 5.2 quake here in the Bay Area about 10:00 pm. I was watching the Sharks/Avalanche game when the announcers stated that the Compaq Center was a shakin'. I waited a couple seconds and sure enough, it came up where I live. The quake was centered near Gilroy and I live about 80 miles to the north in Walnut Creek.

This is the same way I braced myself for the '89 quake... watching the A's/Giants in the world series. Man, I dig quakes. Wish they happened more often!”

“I was in a small one when I visited LA and I do not dig it! Scary!”

“Hey...as long as it didn't spill your beer...and/or cut the power to g-string divas..then I'm sure you'll be fine...”

“Also...Bildo...What's up with your e-mail skills? You been slackin lately..I drop you a note..and nada..zip zilch zero..Plus I checked your webpage..it needs some new updates...maybe an article about trail sex...or hiking with religious zealots..somein juicy”

“Hey PC, the quake must have messed up the game, the Avs scored in OT to send the series back to Colorado...Bummer!”

“newgirl - Which quake did you feel in LA? When were you here?”

“We didn't have an earthquake here in Montreal...but the Canadiens got creamed 8 - 2 by the Hurricanes. What a humiliating defeat for the last game of the season...on home ice, no less.”

“Steve, whatja talkin' 'bout? I invited you to Yolla Bolly Wilderness but never heard from ya. Check your hotmail account... and yes, I'm slackin on the web page stuff. Hope all is swell with you cupcake.”

“Earthquakes and sky high rent, the only 2 things I don't miss about living in California.”

“Amen skully. And I lived there back in the late 70's

Sorry bout the quake to all you Californians.”

“I was watchin' the game too. The announcers thought that the fans were rockin' the announcers booth. Then they came on and said it was an earthquake.

GO AVALANCHE!!!!! Av's won in OT”

“Being a Native Son of the Golden West I can say that I much preferred the quakes to the tornadoes I now have to put up with!”

“Phil, I actually stayed in Costa Mesa around X-mas time in 1997. The quake was like a 4.0 and in the early morning. I stayed w/ my Dutch bf and his Dutch buddies. I woke up to hear a bunch of Dutch men cheering. They apparently loved the things. I, on the other hand, called my mom to warn her of my impending death.”

“4.0? Shucks, girl, that'd hardly rattle the dishes!”

“In my neck of the woods the earth does not generally do any rattling, so I was quite upset over the whole thing. The bed shook a little and I could see the picture frames sway. It was enough to convince that the BIG one was on it's way. The Dutch guys decided it was a good time to go get some beer. I was unimpressed.”

“Last night was the first one I have ever felt...and the first significant one since I moved out to SF in October of 2000.

My girlfriend and I were sitting on the couch watching the news and all of the sudden things started shaking. We both look at each other like "what have you been eating?" and then realized that it wasn't just the couch that was shaking.

It was just a little tremble, but since I live in a very "earthquake prone" part of SF, we got probably more nervous than we needed to.

Pretty funny stuff.”

“Newgirl, You didn't like that earthquake?
My daughter was camping out about 2 miles from the epicenter of that one. Try to imagine that.”

“Yeah, it shook pretty good where I live. I had enough time to think, "Hey, an earthquake - cool. Hey, this is kinda going on a while. Uh-oh, better get under a doorway." Cat didn't like it - usually doesn't care. Lots of shaking because it was shallow - only about 5 miles underground - usually they're more like 20-30. Several aftershocks, too, including one 3.2. You can go to the USGS's web site to get more info (like coords to plot using your TOPO program, if you're a map nut like me. . . .). URL is: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/Quakes/nc40133364.htm

newgirl - you do have quakes up in MT, just not too often. The most famous (infamous!) was the one that killed a bunch of campers and formed Earthquake Lake in, what was it, 1959??”

“It was no big deal. We were watching TV, started to feel it, I said "4 point something", and we kept watching TV. Then we got a stronger shock, and I said "okay, maybe 5". Watched the news for a few minutes, but nothing about the quake--not even a crawl.

Bongofreek, are you in the Marina? That whole fill area is probably the worst--as witness the damage from the Loma Prieta.”

“Dammitall I missed another!!! I'm in the Fairfield/Vacaville area and didn't feel a thang. I've been here about 9 months without feeling a thang yet. My grandmother gets here for a visit last week and a few days ago she feels the 3.2 from Rio Vista just E of Travis AFB. It shook the fridge and some plates a bit. I, standing with a neib out in the street gabbing, felt zilch. I don't wanna live here without having some shakerattle'nroll! At least a tadbit.”

“Martyb, you are right. Quake Lake is pretty cool too. My Grandma told me that she knew when she saw my mom's crib start shaking. But, to my knowledge there hasn't been much activity since that one, which was long, long before my time.”

“Saw a program on Discover channel about Mega Volcanoes. Yellowstone apparently is one. Yellowstone Lake is shifting slightly south due to magma bulging up north of the lake. The caldera has supposedly erupted every 6000 to 8000 years. It has been approximately 6000 years since it last blew. That will be a big shaker! BTW, I didn't feel last night's little shaker in the Central Valley. I have been in 2 big ones, Loma Prieta and the 1972 Sylmar quake. 5 miles from the epicenter of the latter.”

“I live 15 miles north of Gilroy (the quake's epicenter). It shook a little, we heard it more than felt it. I don't get too excited about the little ones after being through several in 6 range and the 7.2 Loma Prieta quake. During the Loma Prieta quake, I was on the freeway and you could actually see the road rising and falling like waves on the ocean.”

“I know about that too Keema. There are some MTers who are very concerned about it. I'll just wait and see what happens.”

“Wow. For more info on the '59 'quake, go here:

http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eqlists/USA/1959_08_18_pics_1.html

and here:

http://www.seis.utah.edu/NEHRP_HTM/1959hebg/1959he1.htm

The latter has an incredible quantity of photos, newspaper articles, personal accounts - really interesting stuff.”

“Thanks Marty. It has been a long time since I was up there.”

“Hey keema, I saw that program too, only I thought it was every 600,000 to 800,000 years. Supposedly the last one occurred about 600,000 years ago, so it could either be tomorrow, or sometime in the next 200,000 years.

I'm not too worried, but I live in Alabama....”

“i live in a place where earthquakes are common...i worry if i dont feel one ever couple of months or so”

“I've been living in the Bay Area and Sac area for over 20 years and have never felt one including the one in '89. So, naked ape, don't hold your breath. As far as the chances of feeling one in Vacaville, I work in Vacaville and when they built the plant, Earthquakes were a major consideration, I believe the ground is pretty stable otherwise they would've built elsewhere.”

“DOH! You're right bitpusher. Hey I'm only off by a factor of 100 though!! :) I'm not going to give numbers (you've seen how I mess those up), but the area around the Three Sisters in Oregon has been bulging too!”

“tehipite-

yep, I am in the Marina...i guess living on landfill is what I get for being yuppie scum.

The earthquake has been the major point of discussion at work today...colleagues from SF and the penninsula all felt it, the ones on the coast (Half Moon Bay) didn't feel a thing.”

“you know why ya'll had the quake eh?...The Sharks....doing this good?...HAHAHA..next thing you'll know the ChiCubs will have won the series!”

“cool”

“Ya whats up with the sharks????\

I am stumped!!!!!!

And the cubs just flat out suck!

8)”

“Tomorrow night will settle all


GO AVALANCHE!!!!!!!!

At home.

GO DARIUS KASPARAITUS!!!!!!!!!


Fillet those dogfish sharks!”

“Opie, what ya talkin' about, the sharks have been a playoff team since '94 with the exception of 96-97. This is the 4th year they've gotten into the 2nd round. In '94 they knocked off the Wings in the 1st round as an 8 seed. For a relatively new team they have a decent playoff history.”

“Just a little note tango, Sharks and Avs have played 5 games in Denver this year, Sharks have won 4. They have played 5 games in San Jose and Avs won 4 of those. I say it looks good for the Sharks!!!!”

“No problem keema, what's two orders of magnitude between friends?

lol....


Glad to be living in a relatively geologically quiet area....”

“You all want to feel earthquakes, come to northern NJ. I've felt two in fifteen years. They don't seem to cause any damage that I know of, though. Not like some of the California ones in the last fifteen years.”

“5.2? That's not an earthquake. That was a bus rumbling by.”

“keema, 2 hours and counting! We shall soon see. Hope it's the Av's. Game 7s are tough come on Patrick Roy!! Come on Darius!”

“I just don't understand how Patrick Roy got everybody to pronounce his name wrong. WAHHHHHH!”

“He's from Canada. They do things different up there, eh?”

“What a first period!! The hitting is just amazing!!!

0-0 first intermission”

“I can't believe Teemu missed that shot in the 1st period. This series rox!”

“How did that not go in.

I can't believe the 2nd period was even better!

WOW”

“I can't believe Selanee slashed Forsberg's wrist...it could've been a career ending injury. Everybody plays a little dirty during the playoffs...but I didn't expect a good player to do that sort of thing.”

“And I suppose Forsberg didn't take a cheap shot on Owen Nolan's knee near the end of the 1st period?
Your own line "...it could've been a career ending injury. Everybody plays a little dirty during th playoffs...but I didn't expect a good player to do that sort of thing."
Congratulations to the Avs from a Sharks fan.”

“Keema, what I meant was that this is only a game...cripple someone so you can win the cup. Nutz.”

“stanlee, Gotcha! I agree. That is is why I was as upset over both of the incidents. Just play hard and have fun. Hoping to enjoy the rest of the playoffs.”