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Offline colmbo

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In other news.....
« on: January 23, 2018, 11:29:21 AM »
Last night just after midnight my wife and I got to evacuate Valdez, AK due to a Tsunami warning.  Luckily it was only a 6 hour drive home through sub-zero temps, very slick roads and blowing snow. :)  Oh yeah, turned out there wasn't a tsunami after all.
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Re: In other news.....
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2018, 02:08:18 PM »
Interesting coincidence. I am currently reading a book on the Alaskan earthquake.

At least wasn't an ICBM warning!
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« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2018, 02:44:20 PM »
My lady friend back home in Anchorage said the quake lasted over a minute. Pretty scary stuff. I was surprised but relieved to hear there was no significant tsunami afterwords, although I heard rumor that a NOAA buoy registered a 36 foot wave at some point afterwords.

Pretty crazy, but I'm immensely grateful that there was no significant damage.
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Offline Zimme83

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Re: In other news.....
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2018, 02:45:03 PM »
I assume you mean this one:
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Re: In other news.....
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2018, 02:50:36 PM »
An albatross must have picked it up and dropped it. :)
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Re: In other news.....
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2018, 05:06:56 PM »
Quote from: EskimoJoe on January 23, 2018, 02:44:20 PM
My lady friend back home in Anchorage said the quake lasted over a minute. Pretty scary stuff. I was surprised but relieved to hear there was no significant tsunami afterwords, although I heard rumor that a NOAA buoy registered a 36 foot wave at some point afterwords.

Pretty crazy, but I'm immensely grateful that there was no significant damage.

In Valdez we didn't feel much movement, just some very light shaking...but it did last for a very, very long time.
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Re: In other news.....
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2018, 05:36:24 PM »
Quote from: Skuzzy on January 23, 2018, 02:50:36 PM
An albatross must have picked it up and dropped it. :)

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Re: In other news.....
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2018, 07:22:52 PM »
Glad you and the Mrs are OK.
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« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2018, 11:48:38 PM »
Albatross!
« Last Edit: January 23, 2018, 11:50:09 PM by Becinhu »
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Re: In other news.....
« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2018, 05:58:18 AM »
Quote from: colmbo on January 23, 2018, 11:29:21 AM
. . . Oh yeah, turned out there wasn't a tsunami after all.
 

The news is always filled with interviews of people saying how stupid they were to stay after being told to evacuate.  The greatest risk seems to come after an evacuation that turned out to be unnecessary. People just do not want to do it again for nothing.
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Offline zack1234

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Re: In other news.....
« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2018, 07:32:06 AM »
Why would you live in a earthquake zone?
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« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2018, 07:59:57 AM »
Quote from: zack1234 on January 24, 2018, 07:32:06 AM
Why would you live in a earthquake zone?

The earth is an earthquake zone
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Offline Zimme83

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Re: In other news.....
« Reply #12 on: January 25, 2018, 10:04:52 AM »
Quote from: Randy1 on January 24, 2018, 05:58:18 AM
 

The news is always filled with interviews of people saying how stupid they were to stay after being told to evacuate.  The greatest risk seems to come after an evacuation that turned out to be unnecessary. People just do not want to do it again for nothing.

Thays the people that refuse to evacuate the building when the fire alarm sounds unless they can see the fire. Most fire alarms are also false but it still stupid to ignore it because the next might be a real one..
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Offline icepac

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« Reply #13 on: January 27, 2018, 09:24:49 AM »
I remember those types after hurricane andrew.

They were the ones whining on CNN that the government let them down.
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« Reply #14 on: January 27, 2018, 09:39:52 AM »
Quote from: Skuzzy on January 23, 2018, 02:50:36 PM
An albatross must have picked it up and dropped it. :)

Lol.  Or pooped on it like an ASOS machine to make it IFR/IMC.
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