Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:01:03 -0800
Reply-To: Al Knoll <anasasi@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Al Knoll <anasasi@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: tsunami
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Indeed. I was at Ft. Greely AK with the USAATB/CWMS thats a fair piece up
the pike from Valdez. I had just had a fine can of herring from my swedish
grammas care package and stood up and felt really queasy. Dammit, that
stuff hits fast that, botulinium critter, then I noticed my footlocker
making a break for the door. There were ripples in the parking lot, the
SM1-A reactor scrammed in 8 seconds (turned itself off) and the powerpoles
danced.
Not good stuff. Be afraid, be very afraid, we have finally overreached
Mom's ability to put up with us befouling the nest she's tired of cleanin up
after us and may be kicking us out. Natures bats last and Nature bats
last. Top of the ninth. Better get to makin up with Mom.
(Our local bat, the Mexican Freetail can live to 30 years and eats 1.5 her
weight in evil bugs, keeping our food almost affordable)
More later on that stuff.
Pensionerd
USAATC 63-64 USARAL Ft Greely AK
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 5:37 PM, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote:
> On Good Friday, March 27, 1964, the largest earthquake ever to hit
> North America struck Alaska.
> The magnitude of this quake measured 8.4 - 8.6 on the Richter Scale and
> was reported as a 9.2 Moment Magnitude (Mw). The epicenter of this
> awesome quake was a mere 45 miles west of Valdez and 14 miles under the
> earth's crust.
>
> Not to be lost in this is the fact that Valdez, AK was nestled at the
> head of a long Fijord which was to become the Alaska Pipeline Terminus
> in the future. The wave generated by the quake drove up through that
> narrow channel into the town, rising higher and higher as the channel
> narrowed. It virtually wiped out the town.
>
> It should be noted that along the mountains in Southeast Alaska is tidal
> wave evidence as high as 2,000 feet up the sides of the mountains,
> mountains that rise almost directly out of the ocean, with a very narrow
> little strip of relatively flat land between mountain and water's edge.
>
> Another note - Memphis, Tennessee sits ove a big fault line where in the
> 1800's one of the biggest earthquakes ever in North America took place.
> It caused the Mississippi river to run backwards, and created the
> Reelfoot Lake area which is now a major fishing and wildlife refuge.
>
> There is no such thing as over reaction for earthquakes and tidal waves
> (tsunami's).
>
> John
>
> John Rodgers
> Clayartist and Moldmaker
> 88'GL VW Bus Driver
> Chelsea, AL
> Http://www.moldhaus.com <http://www.moldhaus.com/>
>
>
>
> On 3/11/2011 1:27 PM, Michael Hart wrote:
>
>> Not to trivialise the impact of the tsunami on Japan, but a bit of an
>> over-reaction perhaps here on the left coast??
>> - Driving over Highway 17 from Silicon Valley to Santa Cruz early this
>> morning,
>> hundreds of cars parked at the summit - people escaping the coastal areas.
>> Definitely in a safe location here at 2000 ft elevation..... Vanagon
>> content:
>> heading to Santa Cruz to pick up my Westy after routine servicing& big
>> brake
>> install - the usual premium treatment from Peter& the staff at Volkscafe
>> (& no
>> more deep rattle in the rear suspension - hoorah!)
>> Mike
>> '87 Westy
>>
>>
>>
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