[Coco] to Chester: Hope you're fine...

[paulh96636 at aol.com]

Back in the '60s I was living in Las Vegas, about 80 miles from the Nevada Nuclear test site.? A scheduled underground 1 megaton test was announced and residents were warned that some shockwaves would reach town.
I had a ground level apartment, and was not in a high rise hotel where the effects would be more noticeable, but did
see two hanging lamps begin to sway like a pendulum (about a 1 foot arc) when the expected shockwave arrived.?
I don't recall any report about the Richter reading.?? -ph


-----Original Message-----
From: Fedor Steeman <petrander at gmail.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 5:25 am
Subject: Re: [Coco] to Chester: Hope you're fine...



A few weeks ago we had the worst earthquake in Denmark in over a century! It
measured 4 on the Richter scale... :-)
I believe the only reported casualties were a housecat and a tortoise.

A group of people immediately designed and started selling t-shirts with the
text "Copenhagen Earthquake Survivor '08":
http://www.riisjensen.dk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=279:jordskaelvs-overlever&catid=1:humor&Itemid=15#content

Also, some disgruntled people who slept through the earthquake started a
facebook group called "Group for earthquakes when we are awake!" (
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=39892733471)

I was actually awake myself at that time, eating breakfast. I never
experienced an earthquake before and it took me a few minutes to conclude
that it was just that! I remember being bent over my cereals half awake and
suddenly the chair, table and floor felt like jelly pudding. A looked around
to see whether I was dreaming, but noticed that the christmas tree
decorations were still dangling after the shake, so it was real enough!

Pretty cool...

Cheers,
Fedor

2009/1/13 Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net>

> On Tuesday 13 January 2009, Chester Patterson wrote:
> >Those folks got off easy! It felt a lot worse than it looks in that video.
> >No damage on the home front. We build for this kind of thing.
> >Thicker glass, lots or steel rod (vertical & horizontal), building blocks
> >(walls) filled with concrete, flexible junctions on all water, gas and
> >electric ducting, the works.
> >
> >We had another one this morning 01:08AM 4.2 I slept through that one. My
> >wife and daughter (13) jumped up and openned all the doors.
> >
> >Looks like it may be a lively 2009!
> >
> >My ramshackle stack of Coco hardware did not fall off the top shelf in the
> >closet.
> >The Chivas will be missed. Have to pop the cork on the Nicaraguan rum
> then!
> >
> That's terrible, what a comedown. :)
>
> >/Chester
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Gene Heskett [mailto:gene.heskett at verizon.net]
> >Sent: Monday, 
January 12, 2009 3:09 PM
> >Subject: Re: [Coco] to Chester: Hope you're fine...
> >
> >On Monday 12 January 2009, Torsten Dittel wrote:
> >>Good to here you're fine. Sounds scary, like that one:
> >>
> >>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=28f_1231628033
> >
> >That does look like a decent shake.  I'm glad you are ok, Chester.
> >Any damage to your residence?
> >
> >>Regards,
> >>Torsten
> >
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