#Shaken, not stirred…
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Hey Greg! (And others generally around LA)
Are you guys all ok? Man, you all really did something to tick off the Man
upstairs this last few months, eh? Fire, earthquake — what's next?
I heard on NPR some correspondant who lived in Santa Monica saying she had no
power and all her pictures and stuff were just glass and debris on the floor.
Actually, my REAL guess is that one of you had some horrible deadline to get
some animation rendered out, and since you made sure that NOTHING ELSE could go
wrong, this earthquake business was the only thing fate had left to throw at
you!
Am I close?<g>
Dave
(seriously, I hope you're all ok!)
Dave:
>> Fire, earthquake — what's next?
Don't forget the riots, too! Bad things happen in threes, I hope that's it!
Greg Pyros
You really know how to make parties. If things continue that way, I
will probably move to California (but will be back to Miami at
August— I want to be here for the next Andrew!) All kidding. Glad
to hear that you are ok.
Greg,
So why didn't you TELL anyone you were working on an EARTHQUAKE ipas?? <g>
'Hope you're all o.k.
John
John:
>> So why didn't you TELL anyone you were working on an EARTHQUAKE ipas??
Boy, these new KXP routines are POWERFUL!
Greg Pyros
Glad to hear you're OK. I was checking your location out on the map
this AM and looking for pictures on CNN but most of the coverage was
north of you, near Burbank area. The fact that you have access to
CIS makes me feel a little better about the damage in your area. Is
Alan near you? Haven't heard from him today.
Don:
AlanI is OK, in fact, he called to find out how I was when I didn't get on the
forum for my 7:00am call! He is further south, near San Diego, away from the
epicenter or the 'quake.
Thanks for the concern!
Greg Pyros
Greg:
I heard that Tanya Harding paid someone off to cause the earthquake this
morning just to get herself off the front page for a change.
David
David,
Hee, Hee, Hee. (Another one of those laughing outloud moments!)
Chuck
Yeah, Don, like Greg said, thanks for the concern. We really seem to
squeak by and stay relatively unscathed down here in San Diego
County. I hope that doesn't mean someone is getting a "big one" ready
for us!
Actually, I believe that the major faults take a big turn inland
farther south, and the bigger quakes down here should be centered in
the desert. If this sounds like wishfull thinking, then you're
right!<g>.
All I can tell ya is I'm buying a *single* story home, and it's *not*
on stilts!
LA (especially the San Fernando Valley) is a real mess, however.
Perhaps one of the scariest things is that this quake was *not*
caused by the San Andreas fault (the one predicted to slip big-time
and cause the Big One), and close-by tremblors like this are said to
weaken said fault and make said slippage all the more likely! Ooof!
Take care,
Ain't California great? Glad to hear you're ok. Didn't think you guys got
anything down there in San Diego.
John Tissavary (La Luna cie)
Nope. Just woke us up at 4:30 AM like the Landers one did. This one
came from the same general direction with the same general strength
which made me say: "Oh-oh, Better turn on channel 5 and see what the
hell happened up there!".
Ah, shucks! I forgot just how far south you and Martin and Rachel
actually are! And here, I was concerned about you all! (Martin: Can
you convince Andrea that there aren't any earthquakes in
Austrailia?<g>)
Glad you guys (and our other LA forum members) are all apparently ok.
Dave
The thing that worries me is that the seismologists say that this was
not the "BIG ONE". They predict the San Andreas is due for a major
thrust by the end of the century with a predicted 8.7 magnitude. If
that happens the death and destruction will be enormous.
My wife's family's houses have received extensive damage, and my
sister in-law's parent's house is supposedly destroyed. They don't
have water or electricity. And this wasn't the big one. Hmmm….maybe
Australia is looking more appealing. Actually, I'm just trying to
line up some solid work and I'll be American history <g>. Hope you
enjoyed the CD's.
Martin,
Come to Kansas with Dave and I, as "You can dodge them there twisters!" <BG>
Chuck
Chuck,
Kansas? Where's that? Is it near Alice Springs? Actually, I think a carload of
us (me and some other British students) drove through Kansas and I was asleep.
I asked the driver to wake me if he saw anything interesting. He never did <g,d
& r>.
3 vital ingredients for an area I am happy to live in:
1) Warm weather
2) High Moutains
3) Ocean within short drive
Southern California does well on all 3 counts. To it's detriment it has 3 major
strikes against it:
1) Severe, violent crime
2) Earthquakes
3) Pollution
Oh well, you can't have everything….next stop Australia.
>> 1) Warm weather
>> 2) High Moutains
>> 3) Ocean within short drive
Yo, Martin,
That sounds like New Zealand, not Australia! Lot's of sheep too! Oh well,
you're married…
<g>
Gus,
if I lived in Australia and needed to go skiing or moutain backpacking then I'd
fly to New Zealand. It's fairly inexpensive from there. I don't know if New
Zealand is warm enough for me, though.
Martin,
>>3 vital ingredients for an area I am happy to live in:
>>1) Warm weather >>2) High Moutains >>3) Ocean within short drive
Strike one, strike two, strike three!!!!
Chuck
PS Have some friends drom Sidney, and they want us to go back with them this
summer!
>> PS Have some friends drom Sidney, and they want us to go back with
them this summer! << Go for a vacation. Me and the Mrs just got back
from a 2-week Australian visit and it just made me hungry for more.
Martin,
Travel and tourism tips?????
Chuck
Chuck,
>> Travel and tourism tips????? <<
Are you asking me for them, or are you surpised I'm giving them?
Yeah, the CD's were great, thanks. Since you didn't say, I'll assume
(hopefully) that apart from property devistation, your relatives are okay (as
can be expected, anyway). Now, in Aussieland, all you have to worry about is a
dingo stealing the wife in the middle of the night!<g>
David,
I think the most harm done to my relatives was psychological. One family of
relatives won't go back in the house and have fled the area. They are in shock
more than anything else.
OZ has it's own hazards and many of them are from animals: poison snakes,
spiders, crocs, dingos, sharks, psychopathic 'roos etc. Actually, earthquakes
are probably quite low on the life-threatening scale in the bigger scheme of
things. I'd heard that more people were killed in the Mid-West from the
deep-freeze than were in our tremblor.
Martin,
Here's one for the trivia books. The DAM at Tuttle Creek resevoir (the State's
largest) is built on a known (but in-active! <G>) fault line! Let's hear it
for the Army Corps of Engineers!
Oh, I'm looking for travel tips!
Chuck
Chuck,
>> Oh, I'm looking for travel tips! <<
try to fly with only carry-on luggage. That way you'll be out of airports much
quicker.<g>.
Actually, when I went to Australia I had 2 carry-on bags only. Sped things up
quite a bit since I flew up and down Australia's east coast quite a bit. If you
go to Australia, Cairns is a must see. It's the "gateway" to the barrier reef
and we spent 4 days up there: 2 on the Barrier Reef on a diving boat, 1
exploring up the coast, 1 exploring the town. Avoid their typhoon season which
is the December through February, I think. Melbourne on the south coast is
well-worth a visit since it's a very culturally, interesting city and it has a
really good tram system – I walked mostly. Ask about backpacker's airfares
since you can save quite a bit with them. Sidney and Brisbane are certainly
worth visiting for a few days or more each. I didn't have enough time to fully
check out the Gold Coast and Surfer's Paradise, near Brisbane. It's probably
like Miami Beach, only subtract the shootings and add a casino and waves. I
liked Sydney's city centre and some of the pub's were excellent – it's very
reminiscent of London.
Next episode: tips on Western Europe (if anybody requests).
Martin – you forgot bush fires. They almost lost Sydney!!
Dave
Dave,
they almost lost Sydney, huh? Hmm. The news has been full of US disasters so I
haven't really heard much about foreign stuff. I'll take bush fires over
earthquakes, though, since you usually get a little more warning and a chance
to escape.
>> Now, in Aussieland, all you have to worry about is a dingo stealing
>> the wife in the middle of the night!<g>
Is a dingo two legged, or four legged? Just wondering. 🙂
Dennis
Hah! I imagine that there are probably both two AND four legged dingos – and
not just in Austrailia!
Dave
>> (Martin: Can you convince Andrea that there aren't any earthquakes
>> in Austrailia?<g>)
How bout 20 feet long white sharks?