FRIEND:
Hi: How was the
quake? all circuits busy .. can't call up there
BARDSQUILL:
right under my
butt, was pretty scary
FRIEND:
how big?
BARDSQUILL:
saying 6.2, but
dunno, was STRONG!
FRIEND:
wow, I didn't hear
it was THAT big... wow. saw on CNN people were running out of buildings
FRIEND:
I tried calling
Lee Chin... and all circuits busy
BARDSQUILL:
hope it ain't a
precursor
FRIEND:
no kidding.
BARDSQUILL:
things shook hard
for about a minute, then the ground rocked back and forth for long time.
FRIEND:
wow ... we had
one in San Jose a couple days ago, but was only a 4.9
BARDSQUILL:
felt like a 7.0
to me, USGS often under reports
FRIEND:
yes ... I wouldn't
know how to tell how big it is... never felt one yet
FRIEND:
news is saying
6.2 still
BARDSQUILL:
felt like puny
lil bug
FRIEND:
sorry I missed
it... any local reports of damage?
BARDSQUILL:
seeing scattered
damage on tv
FRIEND:
I would think so
... hope nobody hurt
FRIEND:
sounds like it
would have been right under Lee Chin. wow... TV is showing an auditorium
with pandemonium inside
FRIEND:
wow, saying they
felt it as far east as Salt Lake City
BARDSQUILL:
28Feb2001 18:54:31.0
47.0N 124.0W 10 mb=6.7 A*LED NEAR COAST OF WASHINGTON 1918
FRIEND:
6.7? incredible
FRIEND:
can't get through
to the washington/oregon seismo
FRIEND:
what time was teh
quake? not showing on the list yet
FRIEND:
never mind... this
list is just CA
FRIEND:
Pacific
Northwest Seismograph Network - Recent Event Catalog shows other
Seattle area quakes recently also
BARDSQUILL:
Seismologist at
U of Wa saying 7.0
FRIEND:
cripes ... getting
bigger
FRIEND:
showing one 18.2
km NE of Olympia 4.7 ... was there more than one quake?
FRIEND:
MOST
RECENT NOTABLE EARTHQUAKE
FRIEND:
also one last night
near Lake Chelan
FRIEND:
that was a 3.2
BARDSQUILL:
wondering about
Mt. Rainier
FRIEND:
I hope the schools
in the valley are ready to evacuate at a moments notice. I heard that
they were
BARDSQUILL:
checked Brian's
school
BARDSQUILL:
getting injury
reports now
FRIEND:
what are they saying?
BARDSQUILL:
Harbor View Hospital
had damage
FRIEND:
oh oh
FRIEND:
going to try calling
Lee again... hang on
FRIEND:
nope. all
circuits busy
BARDSQUILL:
sure is hard to
get into earthquake sites
FRIEND:
yes, can't get
into UW at all
FRIEND:
http://dailynews.netscape.com/mynsnews/story.tmpl?table=n&cat=50100&id=200102281503000260305
BARDSQUILL:
thnx