As someone that was in both the Loma Prieta quake and the recent quake centered between Tacoma and Olympia. The recent quake didn't seem as intense. The period of really intense shaking wasn't as long or quite as intense. PNW quakes seem to have a different quality, there is usually a much longer duration gentle rolling quality to the last part of the quake. You also don't notice a lot of the smaller PNW quakes, it needs to be at least a 5.+ to even get any notice. No noticable aftershocks to the PNW quake yet, while for the Loma Prieta quake, there were a lot of aftershocks. A neighbor was on vacation, and there were enough aftershocks that his car alarm was almost continually getting re-triggered until someone disconnected his battery (to save his battery and everyone elses nerves). Also not as wide spread power failures with the PNW quake. Maybe I've just become more relaxed about natural disasters. Worse case, dig out the camping gear and camp out at or near your house. At least having a spare bed, lighting, and stove... Anyone with a knowledge of the different types of plates between the two areas care to comment (off list) about how the nature of the faults is different? Getting far from paddle oriented stuff... Some of the paddles and gear in the garage fell over, still going around and picking stuff up. I haven't closely checked the kayaks that were resting in the rafters of the barn yet, A quick check in there didn't show them on the floor. Suspension from the rafters is probably a good storage location during a quake, perhaps with a bow and stern line to prevent a kayak from turning into a mini battering ram and punching a hole in a wall... Hmm, earthquake lashing for gear in storage (it was just leaned against the wall). Is it overkill? Maybe we a really expensive, lightweight carbon fiber paddle, I might make sure its more secure in storage, yeah, if I had such a paddle... dave John Fereira wrote: > > I've been following the reports about the PNW quake somewhat because > I'm noticing several difference between this one and the Loma Prieta > quake in 1989 even though the magnitude was nearly the same. The > depth on the Loma Prieta quake was 11 miles and that seems to have > made a big difference. I lived 10 miles from it's epicenter and > felt a *lot* of aftershocks, a couple of which in the 5.0 range. > The scariest time was after the 7.1 quake just waiting for the > next aftershock, and more specifically wondering when they were > actually going to stop. The waiting lasted for several weeks. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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