Touring the San Andreas Fault with Seismologists (page 2)

zagor

Thank you Leolaia, that was very insightful

Went through the earthquake today on Maui. It was really shaking the house hard and seemed to go on and on, but no real damage just shook pictures off center and knocked over some books and pictures, Big Island had it much harder. I was scared and we did leave the house for higher ground as we are in the Tsunami Zone but returned once we realized it was safe. Power out most of the day and then on and off but seems stable now.

Did get one family member on the mainland saying this was again sign of the times being more and more earthquakes in the last ten years, so your comment on that data being wrong interesting, if any threads on this subject, please post.

I never felt it was the Big A but I am sure the groups out in service will take full advantage of bring this to everyone's minds. I figure it is just the forces of nature. Would not want to feel it again but it could have been worse.

Peace,

Sheri

mariposa

Wow. That would have beem a very cool tour! Thanks for sharing. And thanks for asking if earthquakes are speeding up letting us know about the big A. It's good to see the answer from someone respected in the field.

I remember that earthquake there in 1992ish. The one where the freeways collapsed on top of each other. I had nighmares about that. Did they rebuild those?

Leolaia

Sheri....Yeah, interesting that was a fairly strong quake in Hawaii just the next day! Some Hawaiian websites are still down, I suppose from the power outages. I'm glad there was no loss of life. It's curious how some JWs would immediately jump to the "is this it?" mentality after any major earthquake, tsunami, hurricane, volcanic eruption, war, etc. as if these things haven't been happening from time immemorial. The best discussion of the Watchtower's earthquake pseudoscience can be found in Jonsson & Herbst's Sign of the Last Days -- When?

http://www.amazon.com/Sign-Last-When-Carl-Jonsson/dp/0914675095

AlanF has a pretty good article discussing some of these points:

http://www.watchtowerinformationservice.org/index.php/dates/the-watchtower-society-backpedals-on-earthquakes/

mariposa....They pretty much rebuilt everything from the '89 quake, including the freeway that collapsed. Presently they are building a replacement for the section of the Oakland Bay Bridge that had a collapsed deck in the quake....it took years of political what-nots to settle on a design. I remember as recent as '98 there were buildings closed due to earthquake damage.

Leolaia

Now you can go on the tour.

I uploaded my video from the San Andreas excursion to Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWz9iZo5iqI (Part 1)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jkiruILvFY (Part 2)

Please rate my video and leave comments if you like it!

TD

Thanks so much Leolaia... Next best thing to taking the tour!

anewme

I found the comments of the seismologist very interesting about how certain buildings do better in a quake.
Can they predict how an older home or building will do in a quake based on its construction?
Are simple cement slab homes safer?
Is the San Francisco City Hall the only building with shock absorbers? Have they been proven to be useful?

Many two story buildings here in California now have skeletons of steel and not wood. I have watched several buildings going up and they look indestructable. However homes continue to be built of plywood, chicken wire and cement.
One person told me the skin of many buildings is a form of styrofoam over the steel. Huh.

I guess alot is learned after an earthquake and many changes are made to the laws regarding building.
Our town was devastated in the California '89 quake. Streets ripped up. Houses off their foundations.
Pools emptied of all their water onto the neighbors house below. Bridges collapsed. I lived in fear of earthquakes for years after that big one. I lost dishes out of a hutch, thats all. I lived in a flat roof slab home at the time and we fared very well aside from the scary 10 second ride the quake gave us. We could not easily get to a door frame or safe spot due to the swaying of the ground. My husband said the extensive termite damage was probably a factor in the house's survival.

All the neighbors sat outside on their door steps stunned that afternoon in October experiencing aftershock upon aftershock.

I have been an emergency water and food storer ever since.

Thankyou Leolaia for that very interesting report.

jstalin

Thanks Leolaia for the awesome report. Very interesting. How did you get to go on this tour in the first place?

bebu

Thanks for linking this to your earthquake post, and sharing so much interesting info! It's fascinating stuff. I can't believe that any builder would ever have built upon the fault line... what were they thinking???

bebu

mrsjones5

what were they thinking???

About the money to be made.

Thanks Leolaia for bringing that back. It was like going home. I grew up on the San Francisco peninsula and the San Andreas was just east of my house across the 280 freeway. So earthquakes were a part of my growing up years.

Josie

Touring the San Andreas Fault with Seismologists

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