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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2016 16:32:53 GMT
Just had one, I spilled my bloody vodka.
A 6.1 in case you're interested, so not really very big. But still, spilled vodka!
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Post by Humph on Nov 4, 2016 16:49:54 GMT
Friday lunchtime there isn't it? Weekend started early? 😉
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Post by Rob on Nov 4, 2016 19:05:18 GMT
What mixer was in the vodka? Do we need to figure out what might remove stains from said mixer? Was it a bloody vodka so tomato juice?
Seriously... 6.1 is not small either.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2016 19:08:46 GMT
Could just be winding down from last weekend rather than gearing up for this weekend with the vodka.
Only experienced a few light tremors when in LA a few years ago, never experienced a real earthquake. Can imagine they'd be pretty terrifying if surrounded by old masonry like the Italians have suffered.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2016 19:33:46 GMT
Earthquakes are fundamentally terrifying. I honestly believe that anybody who says they are not is either lying or has a screw loose.
Some points about being in one;
Everything moves. Everything. You have no points of reference. Not the ground, the mountains, the buildings, the trees, nothing. Everything moves. Also, everything moves at different speeds, in different directions, and at different times. It messes with the air and the ground, your normal balance circuits lose the plot.
You fall over, not because you are thrown from your feet, although that can happen, but because you lose your balance.
It is very very noisy. Even the ground makes a noise. A house sounds like a giant has picked it up and is shaking it to see what it has in it.
It may kill you, it may not. It will decide. You cannot run, you cannot hide, you cannot do anything to help yourself.
When it starts you do not know if it is a strong one, they increase as they go. You do not know if it will be a long one, they go till they stop. So the beginning of a 4.0 is as terrifying as the beginning of an 8.0, And I have been in both.
Chile has so many earthquakes that all the old stuff that could fall down already has. All the newer stuff has mostly been through a biggie. Anything less than 18months old is a concern. It hasn't been tested.
Building designs in Chile are the most advanced in the world, able to withstand earthquakes that would decimate other cities. Sadly, they are then built by Chilean 'crafts'men.
The earthquake that wrecked San Francisco in 1989 was a 6.8 (I was there) - I have been in at least 6 earthquakes stronger than that since then.
I was in bed on the 25th floor of the Intercontinetal in Las Condes in 1997 when we had a 7.4, My bed moved sideways around 12ft, it threw me out.
The earthquake we had last year was an 8.4
There have been 15 Earthquakes stronger than the San Francisco one since I have live here.
In the end you drink, joke, laugh and act brave. What else can you do?
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Post by bromptonaut on Nov 4, 2016 21:06:57 GMT
In the end you drink, joke, laugh and act brave. What else can you do? That's an apt description of 'The Blitz Spirit'. |
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