Earthquakes and Storms

[moyer777]

Hey everyone.

I was picking up the paper at work down at the mailbox when a huge explosion sound hit and the groudn shook for about a split second.   I found out it was an Earthquake from ALASKA!  WOW, it took a full 30 minutes to reach us.

Crazy!

No tsunami expected from Alaska quake

 

A moderately strong earthquake occurred in Alaskan ocean waters at 10:22 a.m. today Hawai'i time, according to the United States Geographic Survey.
While destructive tsunamis generated by earthquakes in Alaska have reached Hawai'i shores in the past, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in 'Ewa Beach issued an advisory shortly after today's quake saying no widespread tsunami threat exists based on historical earthquake and tsunami data.

The quake's epicenter was approximately 13.2 miles beneath the ocean's surface and nearly 100 miles south-southwest of Adak, Alaska, and about 1,300 miles west-southwest of Anchorage, according to the center.

The USGS assigned a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 to the temblor.


Darkmolerman, you ok?  I saw Hawaii in the news being hit by a tropical storm??

Rick

[Jen]

Wow Rick...glad you're OK! I've only felt one earthquake. It was a tiny, itty-bitty one. We don't get many of those down here thank God.

I've been thinking of Warren too. How's the situation in Hawaii DMM?
We have a tropical depression hitting our coast right now. The weathermen say to  expect flooding.Tornadoes are a possibility too...but so far the area I live in is just rainy. Not good for business, but it cooled things down from the 100's.

[Geekyfanboy]

Earthquakes don't scare me.. maybe it's because I was born and raised in So Cal and have been in many Earthquakes in my 36 years. I do know I would take Earthquakes any day to Tornadoes and Hurricanes. I mean we have Earthquakes every few years and very rarely super large ones.. but tornadoes and hurricanes happen all the time.

[Darth Gaos]

Earthquakes don't scare me.. maybe it's because I was born and raised in So Cal and have been in many Earthquakes in my 36 years. I do know I would take Earthquakes any day to Tornadoes and Hurricanes. I mean we have Earthquakes every few years and very rarely super large ones.. but tornadoes and hurricanes happen all the time.

LOL....It's funny Kenny, I feel exactly the OPPOSITE as you.  I lived in California twice and Japan twice in my life (for a total of 10 years put together) and I absolutely HATE earthquakes.  My reasoning is about the same as yours just backwards.  My thought is you can take cover and/or evacuate when hurricanes and tornadoes hit.....Earthquakes, well, the FREAKIN EARTH IS MOVIN!!!!  Yeah I could get in a doorway or under a table but did I mention the FREAKIN EARTH IS MOVIN? so the options seem limited to me.  All I know is gimme a good ole fashioned hurricane, blizzard, tornado, severe thunderstorm etc over an earthquake any day and twice on Sunday.....why?  Because I can't stress this enough.....THE FREAKIN EARTH IS MOVING!!!!

Anyway, I just thought it was funny in an ironic way that we feel exactly the same but completely the opposite.....if that makes any sense whatsoever.

[Jen]

Well...that really depends on the size of the tornado or the hurricane. Several of my family members lost their houses in a tornado that Hurricane Gilbert created, back in 1989. It narrowly missed my house, but I heard it go by. In fact it woke me up.

My aunt and uncle took cover during that storm, but it ripped off their roof. My grandfather lived across the road from them. It flipped the double wide he lived in. He was OK but he lost his house. Everything he owned was spread for miles. My other grandparents lived about a mile away. The same tornado ripped up a 1000+ year-old oak and tossed it on their back porch.

Then there were the scavengers. There were lots of nice people who came to help that my family didn't know. My folks were thankful for their kindness...but I also remember the on-lookers who drove miles to just stare and camera crews coming to film the destruction. They were like buzzards who came to pick at what was left of my family's composure. Those jerks were bad enough, then came the folks who sifted through what was left and toss it their vehicles. Ah, humanity.  :-[

Mother nature can be pretty mean...whether it's a tornado, hurricane or Earthquake. But sometimes I think people are meaner.

[Geekyfanboy]

Yeah I'm right there with you Jen.. The real world is hard to live in sometime.. I think that is why I love sci fi and fantasy so much..

[davekill]

Ditto.
Sci fi, the last bastion of society - or pop culture anyway

[Chief]

I am terribly scared of earthquakes. Back in 1985 we had a quake that killed 60,000 people here and believe me, if earth moves, you need to move out to the open fast.

And about weather related stuff, Mexico City is pretty nice because the mountains that surround us dissipate hurricanes and tornadoes.

[Jen]

Today on my way to work, I saw the endless convoys of Nation Guard and Reservists coming back from the Texas coast on I-35. Since the Cat 5 hurricane Dean is no longer expected to hit Texas, they're all going home.
How's the situation in Mexico Chief? I heard Dean was going through some mostly uninhabited regions of your country. I truly hope the path takes it away from the small villages there.