I survived the 8.2 Earthquake...
Added 2018-01-23 20:35:17 +0000 UTC... And didn't even get a lousy T-shirt. :)
For those people asking, thank you, the shaker was exciting for a few moments there. Probably the strongest 'quake I've ever sat through, even if they did downgrade it to a 7.9 from the preliminary magnitude 8.
But I suffered no damage, nothing fell off the walls or shelves, the cat was largely nonplussed. A floating NOAA bouy out in the ocean a few miles north of the epicenter DID, however, supposedly record a "ten meter" spike in water height, which caused a Tsunami Warning and the coastal cities of Kodiak, Homer and Seward to be partially (voluntarily) evacuated.
The evacuations apparently went fairly smoothly, and there have been no reported incidents or injuries because of it. The warning was cancelled a few hours later and it seems everyone went home.
It IS, of course, better to be safe than sorry, as the '09 Indonesian and '11 Japanese tsunamis weren't all that long ago, and were certainly still fresh in people's minds.
Technically, if we had a monster wave like Indonesia got, I'm technically close enough to the shore that I might have gotten some minor flooding, but I think the underwater geography would have been entirely wrong for that.
Well, exciting for a little while, but then, there's a reason they call this the Ring of Fire. :)
Doc.
Comments
Clearly we need to try harder. Not sure if we need to move you closer to the epicenter or increase the power. Both?
2018-01-24 07:13:48 +0000 UTCSo shaken not stirred?
Lord Chaos
2018-01-23 23:30:09 +0000 UTCWhat size T-shirt do you wear?, I'll see what I can do.
Michael Marcoccio
2018-01-23 22:35:13 +0000 UTCDoc, don't trust the height to help you; Japan's tsunami caused chunks of land near shore to drop several feet, making everything worse... And tossed/pushed a boat onto a ledge 20 feet or so above the wave. Don't die to a boat.
2018-01-23 21:47:58 +0000 UTCDidn't get a t-shirt? I would imagine you are pretty close, now, to the capability of making your own, and possibly selling a few to neighbors!
2018-01-23 21:38:55 +0000 UTCSo... this earthquake... it wasn't anything to do with you was it? .... Are you sure?
Sturzkampf
2018-01-23 21:21:10 +0000 UTCgood news!
2018-01-23 20:59:30 +0000 UTCIf you have the Ring of Fire, shouldn't you talk to a doctor, or at least get some Prepration H? ;-)
Trygve Henriksen
2018-01-23 20:58:44 +0000 UTCGood to hear your cat and yourself are undamaged :-) Any of your machinery sufficiently sensitive to the shakes that they need recalibration or levelling or whatever?
2018-01-23 20:46:10 +0000 UTCI am really RELIEVED that you are okay at least.
Karmakat
2018-01-23 20:43:32 +0000 UTC
