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Re: [OM] Anchorage Earthquakes

Subject: Re: [OM] Anchorage Earthquakes
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2018 09:39:19 +0000
I can imagine that it was traumatic for Karen, Ken :-(

I’ve refreshed my memory about the Ring of Fire.  Of course Alaska is 
vulnerable, very vulnerable, and I can’t think how I forgot it.

Chris

> On 2 Dec 18, at 02:42, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> The RMS may be lower, but the peak amplitude is still there on a couple of
> those. The low level movement is pretty consistent, but we'll get a good
> hard jolt that rattles everything. The stronger ones will cause things to
> slide around a little bit.
> 
> We are almost through with the laundry room and kitchen. Probably another
> two hours and we'll be done with that. One more bedroom to set back up, all
> closets to restore and then the camera area to attack. Our basement storage
> area is impassable. Everything went flying.
> 
> Karen got one small cut above. her eye. She was in the kitchen when it
> happened and just about every cupboard and counter top emptied out.  Glass
> flew everywhere.
> 
> She's really shaken up. The lights went out when it started getting really
> rough and she couldn't see the stuff flying.  She is also sore as she stood
> and hung onto the countertop. At some point she got under the dining room
> table.
> 
> AG IS

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