How is everyone from the Northwest? earthquake!

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Just heard about the big earthquake everyone please check in and let us know how you are!

-- renee oneill{md.} (oneillsr@home.com), February 28, 2001

Answers

I talked to family near the epicenter and they are okay, no damage found. Rolling earthquakes usually don't do too much damage. Dear Spouse called me from town, 80 miles away, and said it was awesome watching the lamposts swaying like trees in the wind.

Out in our neck of the woods on the prairie, we didn't feel a thing, but friends on the bottomlands described it as a freight train rumbling through their house.

I'll take earthquakes anytime over tornados or hurricanes.

-- Laura (gsend@hotmail.com), February 28, 2001.


I have good friends there too! Haven't heard from them yet. Earthquakes are scary to me, having never experienced one! On the plus side, I have experienced Despicable Bill and survived! Guess if I had a choice, I'd take the earthquake! GL!

-- Brad (homefixer@SacoRiver.net), February 28, 2001.

Could you all pray for my brother-in-law as my sister has not heard from him since the quake. His office is in a very old section of Seattle, and it was built in the eighteen hundreds. He is a professor at a Christian University. The ferries have been shut down and they live across the sound from Seattle, in Bremerton. My sister has no idea how he can make it home, as he takes the ferry to work.

Little Bit Farm

-- Little bit Farm (littlebit@calinet.com), February 28, 2001.


Hi. Miss you guys!

Most everything out here is okay. The news is reporting a few serious injuries, but so far no fatalities, which is amazing. The ferries shut down b/c they have to inspect the docks. Some of the walk-on areas are closed, and the passengers have to use the car decks to get on. The schedules are behind by a bit. Boeing Field airport was shut down, due to bad pavement problems on the runways. SeaTac was shut down because the windows in the control tower blew out. Some roads have been shut down because of holes, etc. Seattle schools kept the kids all day. Courthouses, public buildings (some) shut down. Lots of damage to Pioneer Square in downtown Seattle (old brick buildings...I'm sure they'll show on teevee) but nobody hurt. Lots of really trashed cars b/c of bricks crashing onto them (I mean tons!) Damage to Starbucks headquarters. Damage to the State Capitol...cracks and some separation of the pillars that hold up that huge dome (looks like the Whitehouse.)

This type of earthquake is typically less damaging than shallower ones. This one was rolling and not jarring up and down. I was in a building on piers, and all I can say is that it was very fluid! It was the Juan de Fuca plate colliding with the North American, I am told. If it had been a local plate, the damage would have been intensely worse!

I came home to work, and one of my lambs had been cast. I got her up and she was fine. The water tank (which I have always feared would topple) stayed upright. My canning jars stayed on the shelves in the garage.

We are supposed to stay off the phones, as you know. I did sneak a couple of emails out, as I know my relatives are worried. Nice thing about the 'net, is that it only takes a moment to send messages, versus phone calls to everyone that take a long time.

Good luck to all who went through this. This is probably my 6th big quake. They are all different and I am glad we made it without much more serious consequences.

-- sheepish (WA) (rborgo@gte.net), February 28, 2001.


So far I'm glad to hear everyone is well .Heres hoping it stays that way.

-- Patty {NY State} (fodfarms@slic.com), February 28, 2001.


It looks real bad on the news. Glad you are allright. We'll be saying prayers for everyone. At times like this, I always wonder about Mt. Shasta. I was in the big one in CA in the 70's.

-- Cindy in Ky (solidrockranch@hotmail.com), February 28, 2001.

A network of prayers to Little Bits family, and everyone!

-- Kathy (catfish201@hotmail.com), February 28, 2001.

Praise the Lord! My brother-in-law David arrived home awhile ago. The phones were down and the ferry delayed. His building is a little cracked and bookshelves were knocked over, but he is safe. One of the buildings at SPU where he is a professor was dmaged badly. Buckled floors and walls torn away from one another. He is unsure of injuries on campus. This quake could have been much worse, but for the grace of God.

Little Bit Farm

-- Little bit Farm (littlebit@calinet.com), February 28, 2001.


Are any of you down around Olympia? My sister and her family live there and I can't get through to them by phone. None of the family has heard from them yet. I am worried as I was here in the Bay Area of California when the big one hit in 1989 and I remember how much was damaged by it and how long it took for life to get back to normal. Wish I could get through to my family. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you. betty

-- betty modin (betty_m9@yahoo.com), February 28, 2001.

Will keep all of you and those of your relatives up there in our thoughts and prayers. Been there, done that, and I don't envy those who are there now. It is scary. I think every where we have lived there has been some type of natural disaster--Mt ST Helens, hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, earth quakes, etc. So far, we've been lucky. Keep us informed--Jan

-- Jan in CO (Janice12@aol.com), February 28, 2001.


The good news is that no deaths are reported, as of tonight at 10 pm in Montana. Hope this calms some worries. But several injuries, some serious. Tremors were felt in Montana on the Idaho border,,caused some shaking but no damage reported.*** Anyone in other states feel the tremors?,,,Patsy

-- Patsy (cozyhollow-gal@care2.com), March 01, 2001.

Just checkingin from the Nisqually Valley area of Olympia--we now have the distinction of being less than two miles from the quakes epicenter. The damage in downtown Olympia has mainly been the brick and plaster facades of the old buildings. There have also been a few sink holes and mud slides. WE have all been shaken-up pretty good. A lot of us with broken dishes and windows--but for a quake of this size not nearly the damage that could have been! Thank goodness! Tomorrow a lot of the schools and businesses are shut down for earthquake evaluation, but barring any more tremors everything is getting up and running again.

-- Lynn Royal (homesteadmama@att.net), March 01, 2001.

We did feel the quake here, we heard about 4.5. So far just report of cracks in the building at the college. They checked out the building and let the people back in. The newspaper was already printed for the day, so chould read more tomorrow. The power was off for a few hours. This is why I always wanted another way to heat, than using electric. Glad to hear people from the other side are fine. Were all thankful it wasn't worse. Joanne from central Washington

-- Joanne (ronandjo@sisna.com), March 01, 2001.

We definitely felt the quake here on the Olympic Peninsula. There was a slide on Hwy l0l near Shelton. Have not heard of any damage in the Sequim/Port Angeles area as far as structures go.

-- Duffy (hazelm@tenforward.com), March 01, 2001.

Little Bit, am very glad to know your brother-in-law is fine! Praise God! Am thankful it was not worse for everyone! Take Care.

-- Wendy@GraceAcres (wjl7@hotmail.com), March 01, 2001.


Thank the Lord you are all all right. What an experience, huh? Sheepish, it's good to "see" you and I hope you know you're missed!

The only one I haven't seen post that I know lives up there is Skip Walton...You're all in my prayers.

-- Doreen (animalwaitress@excite.com), March 01, 2001.


Doreen, I think Skip lives somewhere up here in the county past us, so hopefully he is okay. Snohomish County didn't suffer as much as Thurston, Pierce, and King (Olympia, Tacoma, and Seattle counties), at least as reported so far.

I miss you all, too, but with work off-farm now and spring here (robins singing this morning when I went out to feed)it's a busy time. I do check in and lurk once in a while. Glad to see you guys are all doing well!

-- sheepish (WA) (rborgo@grte.net), March 01, 2001.


It wasn't as bad up here in Oak Harbor but it was long enough where I was sure it was very serious somewhere. My mother-in-law works in Downtown Seattle where some of the damage was bad but she is fine- just took a long time to get home.

We were down in that area early this week and my daughter hurt her arm. We came home early because nothing was going as planned. I kept saying everything happens for a reason.

We were supposed to be coming home through some of that heavily damaged area when it hit. I am so glad I listened to that voice that said "Go Home".

We live near the water and it didn't occur to me until an hour or so later to think about a tsunami. Thank God none were forthcoming.

Amy

-- Amy Richards (amysgarden2@earthlink.net), March 01, 2001.


We hardly felt anything at all here in Vancouver. I've been up to my eyeballs working on the house from hell. Thanks for thinking about all of us here in Washington! Annette

-- annette (j_a_henry@yahoo.com), March 04, 2001.

Amy, I used to live down near the Long Beach Penninsula where tsunamis are the first concern of an earthquake. We were taught that we needed to be on high ground within 10 minutes of an earthquake, just in case. When we would feel the ground rumbling, we would grab the picnic basket, get in the car and go up Radar Mt. and listen to the car radio until the 'all clear' was given.

If you live near the water or in the lowlands, please think about a simple evacuation plan and use it.

-- Laura (gsend@hotmail.com), March 05, 2001.


My farm is located near Rochester, Wa. We felt the earth shake pretty good. My 100 year old barn held up just fine. The house is damage free. The critters got spooked. But everything is A okay here at Sundance Farm.

-- Tina Karlova (bkarlova@hotmail.com), March 07, 2001.

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