Nikki Stone1
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Wed Jan-13-10 12:55 PM
Response to Reply #19 |
| 20. What's odd is that even the Presidential Palace was not retrofitted enough to withstand this quake |
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I know in LA they keep telling us that we are ready for an 8, but I have my doubts.
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| -I remember the 7.0 earthquake in Northridge, the destruction, and we had excellent building codes |
Nikki Stone1 |
Jan-13-10 12:23 PM |
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My city, Salt Lake City, is like 50 years behind California in its building codes. |
Drunken Irishman |
Jan-13-10 12:26 PM |
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Wow. I knew CA was ahead of the curve on this, but I didn't realize that |
Nikki Stone1 |
Jan-13-10 12:38 PM |
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The city only started really planning for the big one in the 90s. |
Drunken Irishman |
Jan-13-10 12:44 PM |
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Brick homes--Lordy! BTW, your local RC is collection donations |
Nikki Stone1 |
Jan-13-10 12:47 PM |
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If you think that's bad, you better hope the New Madrid fault never moves again.. |
ddeclue |
Jan-13-10 02:10 PM |
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What are the chances of that? |
Nikki Stone1 |
Jan-13-10 05:53 PM |
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I know two families that had moved from San Diego to LA, and moved back after that one |
slackmaster |
Jan-13-10 12:28 PM |
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There were so many red-tagged structures and condemned homes. |
Nikki Stone1 |
Jan-13-10 12:48 PM |
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we were redtagged and the place was condemned |
Donnachaidh |
Jan-13-10 01:01 PM |
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FEMA did what? |
Nikki Stone1 |
Jan-13-10 01:05 PM |
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yup. Sure did. |
Donnachaidh |
Jan-13-10 01:11 PM |
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They gave your grief for $2400? |
Nikki Stone1 |
Jan-13-10 01:26 PM |
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turns out the former landlord was calling in ALL his favors to keep from sinking HUGE amounts of |
Donnachaidh |
Jan-13-10 02:07 PM |
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The schmuck, as you call him, was a criminal |
Nikki Stone1 |
Jan-13-10 02:24 PM |
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I don't believe it for a second |
slackmaster |
Jan-13-10 01:15 PM |
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Oh stop. |
Nikki Stone1 |
Jan-13-10 01:25 PM |
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Haiti |
enid602 |
Jan-13-10 12:28 PM |
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Haiti is right on a fault line. |
Brickbat |
Jan-13-10 12:46 PM |
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Stay away from the edges of those plates |
Baclava |
Jan-13-10 12:59 PM |
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The entire Carribean is a known earthquake zone. |
Xithras |
Jan-13-10 12:52 PM |
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What's odd is that even the Presidential Palace was not retrofitted enough to withstand this quake |
Nikki Stone1 |
Jan-13-10 12:55 PM |
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There was a good thread discussing the real strength of this |
malaise |
Jan-13-10 01:23 PM |
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I'd love to see a link to that discussion on depth. |
Nikki Stone1 |
Jan-13-10 01:26 PM |
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Here |
malaise |
Jan-13-10 02:27 PM |
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Thank you. |
Nikki Stone1 |
Jan-13-10 05:55 PM |
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You have to understand just how poor Haiti is. |
ddeclue |
Jan-13-10 02:11 PM |
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But even poverty stricken nations can have rich leaders with up-to-date palaces |
Nikki Stone1 |
Jan-13-10 05:54 PM |
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Was '94 really a 7.0? |
Bicoastal |
Jan-13-10 12:29 PM |
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It was a 6.7. |
Drunken Irishman |
Jan-13-10 12:29 PM |
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It was initially reported as 6.8 or 6.9, but was later lowered |
Donnachaidh |
Jan-13-10 12:32 PM |
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It was originally reported on the LA news as a 7.0. |
Nikki Stone1 |
Jan-13-10 12:40 PM |
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In my neighborhood it was a 7.8. It was lowered by officials for accountability reasons, iirc. |
blm |
Jan-13-10 12:38 PM |
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we lived a block south of CS Northridge and just north of the hospital |
Donnachaidh |
Jan-13-10 12:31 PM |
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I was nearby in North Hills....the violence of that quake was indescribable. |
blm |
Jan-13-10 12:43 PM |
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It did look like a bomb hit it. |
Nikki Stone1 |
Jan-13-10 12:46 PM |
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Exactly. I was living in the Valley at the time, and it was STRONG |
Nikki Stone1 |
Jan-13-10 12:46 PM |
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The Tahachepee - I can't spell it - in South Cal was also in that range, wasn't it? |
Captain Hilts |
Jan-13-10 12:34 PM |
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The California earthquake was much deeper |
malaise |
Jan-13-10 01:01 PM |
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The death toll is just going to be shocking. |
Nikki Stone1 |
Jan-13-10 01:06 PM |
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Last night I warned DUers that we were looking at a minimum 100,000 |
malaise |
Jan-13-10 01:14 PM |
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Oh dear God. |
Nikki Stone1 |
Jan-13-10 01:20 PM |
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I survived the Kobe quake in 95 |
ShamelessHussy |
Jan-13-10 01:13 PM |
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I forgot about Kobe. |
Nikki Stone1 |
Jan-13-10 01:21 PM |
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Exactly one year after Northridge. Weird stuff. nt |
Javaman |
Jan-13-10 01:31 PM |
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TO be quite honest Cali standards have never |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jan-13-10 01:20 PM |
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What geologic reasons are there for your SD apartment being worse than MC? |
Nikki Stone1 |
Jan-13-10 01:28 PM |
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Actually as bad as Northridge was Santa Monica was a heck of a lot worse. |
Javaman |
Jan-13-10 01:33 PM |
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Were you in Santa Monica? |
Nikki Stone1 |
Jan-13-10 02:25 PM |
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back in the day: I used to work down there a lot with several production companies. |
Javaman |
Jan-13-10 03:30 PM |
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Wow. I didn't realize SM had gotten so badly hit. |
Nikki Stone1 |
Jan-13-10 05:53 PM |
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I'm on a river bank, |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jan-13-10 01:33 PM |
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Yikes. I didn't think about the sand. |
Nikki Stone1 |
Jan-13-10 02:23 PM |
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Yes and Colonia Reforma in Mexico City |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jan-13-10 02:31 PM |
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My home was condemned..we lost everything..watching this has been very difficult for me.. |
flyarm |
Jan-13-10 06:39 PM |
#54 |
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