Guest guest Posted November 3, 2002 Report Share Posted November 3, 2002 Gena Well when I signed in and saw on the Yahoo home page about the earthquake in Alaska I got scared for you and everyone who lives there. I am very glad you are okay!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2002 Report Share Posted November 3, 2002 , Thanks. Except for nerves being rattled we are just fine. Felt it really good but everything is fine. Gena :-) On Sunday, November 3, 2002, at 06:33 PM, tanyatanyaca wrote: > Gena > > Well when I signed in and saw on the Yahoo home page about the > earthquake in Alaska I got scared for you and everyone who lives > there. I am very glad you are okay!!! > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2002 Report Share Posted November 4, 2002 Dianne, The biggest quake ever recorded in North American history was in Alaska in 1964, Good Friday. It was 9.6 or 8.5, depending on which thing you look at. It killed over 150 people. The reason more aren't killed in ours is because we don't have near the population of other places. Anchorage is our biggest city and has under 300,000. Todays quake would have been catastrophic if it had been in San Francisco or Los Angelos. But fortunately it was centered on the edge of Denali state park which is huge. People don't realize Alaska is 1 1/2 times the size of Texas. It is huge! Jacy is probably about 700 miles south from me and the earthquake was about 260 miles north of me. But I felt it, oh boy did I feel it! The news is saying it lasted for about 30 seconds. Not so! It was almost 3 minutes! That is what scared me. It just kept going and going. The only major damage is a road was split and some mud slides. Amazing, I know. Thank goodness. yes, I think things are increasing but also the media plays a part in just making us more aware. Gena > Hi Gena, > > I just watched the news. They did say it was 7.9 in magnitude. I > don't know if I quite understand it all but they said you had one a > few years ago (I forgot now the magnitude of that one) and 150 were > killed. We had one - The Loma Prieta - forget the exact year but it > was only 6.5 and we had a major bridge collapse and 60 lives were > lost. I guess somehow they are saying that the magnitude does not > always mean the amount of damage? I also think the quake that just > happened in Alaska was in a remote area they say. Could be the > reason why you did not have many problems from that. Thank God for > that one. Anyway, I have been really questioning alot of things > going on in the world. Maybe it has always been like this, not sure > but it looks unusual to me. Anyone else agree? > > Dianne > > > > Hey buds, > > Oh boy!!! Just had the biggest scare I have ever had in the 13 yrs > > living in Alaska. We just had a 7.5 earthquake!!!!! It lasted 90 > > seconds and was south of Fairbanks which is about 280 miles north > of > > me. Everything is fine here but haven't heard how Fairbanks is yet. > I'm > > going to search profiles and IM anybody up there. I don't get local > > news so have to try and find somebody on line. Catch ya'll later. > > > > Gena > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2002 Report Share Posted November 4, 2002 Dianne, The biggest quake ever recorded in North American history was in Alaska in 1964, Good Friday. It was 9.6 or 8.5, depending on which thing you look at. It killed over 150 people. The reason more aren't killed in ours is because we don't have near the population of other places. Anchorage is our biggest city and has under 300,000. Todays quake would have been catastrophic if it had been in San Francisco or Los Angelos. But fortunately it was centered on the edge of Denali state park which is huge. People don't realize Alaska is 1 1/2 times the size of Texas. It is huge! Jacy is probably about 700 miles south from me and the earthquake was about 260 miles north of me. But I felt it, oh boy did I feel it! The news is saying it lasted for about 30 seconds. Not so! It was almost 3 minutes! That is what scared me. It just kept going and going. The only major damage is a road was split and some mud slides. Amazing, I know. Thank goodness. yes, I think things are increasing but also the media plays a part in just making us more aware. Gena > Hi Gena, > > I just watched the news. They did say it was 7.9 in magnitude. I > don't know if I quite understand it all but they said you had one a > few years ago (I forgot now the magnitude of that one) and 150 were > killed. We had one - The Loma Prieta - forget the exact year but it > was only 6.5 and we had a major bridge collapse and 60 lives were > lost. I guess somehow they are saying that the magnitude does not > always mean the amount of damage? I also think the quake that just > happened in Alaska was in a remote area they say. Could be the > reason why you did not have many problems from that. Thank God for > that one. Anyway, I have been really questioning alot of things > going on in the world. Maybe it has always been like this, not sure > but it looks unusual to me. Anyone else agree? > > Dianne > > > > Hey buds, > > Oh boy!!! Just had the biggest scare I have ever had in the 13 yrs > > living in Alaska. We just had a 7.5 earthquake!!!!! It lasted 90 > > seconds and was south of Fairbanks which is about 280 miles north > of > > me. Everything is fine here but haven't heard how Fairbanks is yet. > I'm > > going to search profiles and IM anybody up there. I don't get local > > news so have to try and find somebody on line. Catch ya'll later. > > > > Gena > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2002 Report Share Posted November 4, 2002 On 11/4/02 6:28 AM, " weightlossbuddies2 " <weightlossbuddies2 > wrote: > I guess somehow they are saying that the magnitude does not > always mean the amount of damage? I also think the quake that just > happened in Alaska was in a remote area they say. Could be the > reason why you did not have many problems from that. Thank God for > that one. I'm pretty sure the magnitude measures the intensity or power of the shaking. It doesn't measure the damage. When an earthquake occurs in an uninhabited or undeveloped area, there is little damage to people or buildings. When an earth quake of similar magnitude occurs in an inhabited area with lots of buildings, more damage occurs to people and buildings. The highest number of injuries occur when the buildings are not built according to survive earthquakes. The US tends to be pretty good about applying and enforcing earthquake building codes in earthquake prone areas. So, a 7.0 earthquake in the US often causes fewer injuries and damage than a similar earthquake in some other countries. Lucia -- See my weight loss results at: http://www.thedietdiary.com/diet/myProgress/Results2.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2002 Report Share Posted November 4, 2002 On 11/4/02 6:28 AM, " weightlossbuddies2 " <weightlossbuddies2 > wrote: > I guess somehow they are saying that the magnitude does not > always mean the amount of damage? I also think the quake that just > happened in Alaska was in a remote area they say. Could be the > reason why you did not have many problems from that. Thank God for > that one. I'm pretty sure the magnitude measures the intensity or power of the shaking. It doesn't measure the damage. When an earthquake occurs in an uninhabited or undeveloped area, there is little damage to people or buildings. When an earth quake of similar magnitude occurs in an inhabited area with lots of buildings, more damage occurs to people and buildings. The highest number of injuries occur when the buildings are not built according to survive earthquakes. The US tends to be pretty good about applying and enforcing earthquake building codes in earthquake prone areas. So, a 7.0 earthquake in the US often causes fewer injuries and damage than a similar earthquake in some other countries. Lucia -- See my weight loss results at: http://www.thedietdiary.com/diet/myProgress/Results2.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2002 Report Share Posted November 4, 2002 Lucia, Thanks for explaining that. Yes, it was a major quake! HUGE! In fact the paper says it is one of the top 10 ever recorded in Alaska and one thing I think on MSN said it was " the big one " and apparently we have already had several aftershocks. I have not felt any of them. It actually did cause alot of damage, just not to people. Only one injury reported, a 79 yr old woman broke her arm trying to get down some stairs. It was hard to walk. Felt like the whole house was swaying or like I was drunk, lol There are cracks in the roads, some are as much as 6 feet wide and several feet deep. There were rock and mud slides and the oil pipeline had some support beams break. It would have been catastrophic had it been in a more populated area! Thank God it didn't do more. A much calmer Gena :-) On Monday, November 4, 2002, at 04:19 AM, Lucia Liljegren wrote: > > I'm pretty sure the magnitude measures the intensity or power of the > shaking. It doesn't measure the damage. When an earthquake occurs in > an > uninhabited or undeveloped area, there is little damage to people or > buildings. When an earth quake of similar magnitude occurs in an > inhabited > area with lots of buildings, more damage occurs to people and > buildings. > The highest number of injuries occur when the buildings are not built > according to survive earthquakes. > > The US tends to be pretty good about applying and enforcing earthquake > building codes in earthquake prone areas. So, a 7.0 earthquake in the > US > often causes fewer injuries and damage than a similar earthquake in > some > other countries. > > Lucia > > -- > See my weight loss results at: > http://www.thedietdiary.com/diet/myProgress/Results2.html > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2002 Report Share Posted November 4, 2002 Hi Gena, I heard about the Alaska pipeline being effected. (not even sure what that is entirely) and I also read in my daily newspaper this morning that many roads had damage. I also heard this earthquake was felt as far as New Orleans, Louisiana and Washington State if anyone can believe that?? Sorry I can't get into more specifics right now, but I will see if I can perhaps alittle later. Dianne -- In weightlossbuddies2@y..., Gena Grunwald <auroragg@m...> wrote: > Dianne, > The biggest quake ever recorded in North American history was in Alaska > in 1964, Good Friday. It was 9.6 or 8.5, depending on which thing you > look at. It killed over 150 people. The reason more aren't killed in > ours is because we don't have near the population of other places. > Anchorage is our biggest city and has under 300,000. Todays quake would > have been catastrophic if it had been in San Francisco or Los Angelos. > But fortunately it was centered on the edge of Denali state park which > is huge. People don't realize Alaska is 1 1/2 times the size of Texas. > It is huge! Jacy is probably about 700 miles south from me and the > earthquake was about 260 miles north of me. But I felt it, oh boy did I > feel it! The news is saying it lasted for about 30 seconds. Not so! It > was almost 3 minutes! That is what scared me. It just kept going and > going. The only major damage is a road was split and some mud slides. > Amazing, I know. Thank goodness. yes, I think things are increasing but > also the media plays a part in just making us more aware. > Gena > > > > Hi Gena, > > > > I just watched the news. They did say it was 7.9 in magnitude. I > > don't know if I quite understand it all but they said you had one a > > few years ago (I forgot now the magnitude of that one) and 150 were > > killed. We had one - The Loma Prieta - forget the exact year but it > > was only 6.5 and we had a major bridge collapse and 60 lives were > > lost. I guess somehow they are saying that the magnitude does not > > always mean the amount of damage? I also think the quake that just > > happened in Alaska was in a remote area they say. Could be the > > reason why you did not have many problems from that. Thank God for > > that one. Anyway, I have been really questioning alot of things > > going on in the world. Maybe it has always been like this, not sure > > but it looks unusual to me. Anyone else agree? > > > > Dianne > > > > > > > Hey buds, > > > Oh boy!!! Just had the biggest scare I have ever had in the 13 yrs > > > living in Alaska. We just had a 7.5 earthquake!!!!! It lasted 90 > > > seconds and was south of Fairbanks which is about 280 miles north > > of > > > me. Everything is fine here but haven't heard how Fairbanks is yet. > > I'm > > > going to search profiles and IM anybody up there. I don't get local > > > news so have to try and find somebody on line. Catch ya'll later. > > > > > > Gena > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2002 Report Share Posted November 5, 2002 Dianne, The TransAlaskan pipeline runs crude oil from Prudhoe bay (far north Alaska) to the Valdez (it goes over 1200 miles) terminal where it is put on tankers and sent to be made into gas. Valdez is where the nations worst oil spill was on March 24/1989. Yes, I hear that it was felt as far down as New Orleans too, amazing! Yes, alot of roads and bridges were very severely damaged. Some of the cracks are as much as 6 feet wide and several feet deep. Some sections fell as much as 8-10 feet! If this had been in a more populated area I don't even want to think of how bad it would have been! Thank goodness it was in such a remote area. Gena > Hi Gena, > > I heard about the Alaska pipeline being effected. (not even sure > what that is entirely) and I also read in my daily newspaper this > morning that many roads had damage. I also heard this earthquake was > felt as far as New Orleans, Louisiana and Washington State if anyone > can believe that?? Sorry I can't get into more specifics right now, > but I will see if I can perhaps alittle later. > > Dianne > > > -- In weightlossbuddies2@y..., Gena Grunwald <auroragg@m...> wrote: > > Dianne, > > The biggest quake ever recorded in North American history was in > Alaska > > in 1964, Good Friday. It was 9.6 or 8.5, depending on which thing > you > > look at. It killed over 150 people. The reason more aren't killed > in > > ours is because we don't have near the population of other places. > > Anchorage is our biggest city and has under 300,000. Todays quake > would > > have been catastrophic if it had been in San Francisco or Los > Angelos. > > But fortunately it was centered on the edge of Denali state park > which > > is huge. People don't realize Alaska is 1 1/2 times the size of > Texas. > > It is huge! Jacy is probably about 700 miles south from me and the > > earthquake was about 260 miles north of me. But I felt it, oh boy > did I > > feel it! The news is saying it lasted for about 30 seconds. Not so! > It > > was almost 3 minutes! That is what scared me. It just kept going > and > > going. The only major damage is a road was split and some mud > slides. > > Amazing, I know. Thank goodness. yes, I think things are increasing > but > > also the media plays a part in just making us more aware. > > Gena > > > > > > > Hi Gena, > > > > > > I just watched the news. They did say it was 7.9 in magnitude. I > > > don't know if I quite understand it all but they said you had one > a > > > few years ago (I forgot now the magnitude of that one) and 150 > were > > > killed. We had one - The Loma Prieta - forget the exact year but > it > > > was only 6.5 and we had a major bridge collapse and 60 lives were > > > lost. I guess somehow they are saying that the magnitude does not > > > always mean the amount of damage? I also think the quake that > just > > > happened in Alaska was in a remote area they say. Could be the > > > reason why you did not have many problems from that. Thank God > for > > > that one. Anyway, I have been really questioning alot of things > > > going on in the world. Maybe it has always been like this, not > sure > > > but it looks unusual to me. Anyone else agree? > > > > > > Dianne > > > > > > > > > > Hey buds, > > > > Oh boy!!! Just had the biggest scare I have ever had in the 13 > yrs > > > > living in Alaska. We just had a 7.5 earthquake!!!!! It lasted 90 > > > > seconds and was south of Fairbanks which is about 280 miles > north > > > of > > > > me. Everything is fine here but haven't heard how Fairbanks is > yet. > > > I'm > > > > going to search profiles and IM anybody up there. I don't get > local > > > > news so have to try and find somebody on line. Catch ya'll > later. > > > > > > > > Gena > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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