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Old 01-31-2009, 01:27 PM   #26
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Thats been something EVERYONE has said for the last 10 years
It's been know for the past few decades that the West Coast will have a big Earthquake.

It's not like it's a brand spanking new thing that just popped out of nowhere.

There's a big chance we'll get a 9.0 earthquake tommorow as we will 50 years from now.
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Old 01-31-2009, 03:25 PM   #27
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i believe anything over 7.5 Richeter and the lowermainland is fucked.

All the buildings here are built out of wood...only some public buildings like elementary schools and hospitals can take the hit since they're more sesmic-proof.

I guess at the sme time you wont be crushed by a chunk of concrete either
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Old 02-01-2009, 11:56 AM   #28
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i actually felt it cause i was sleeping on the floor that night woke me up.
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Old 02-01-2009, 11:59 AM   #29
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i believe anything over 7.5 Richeter and the lowermainland is fucked.

All the buildings here are built out of wood...only some public buildings like elementary schools and hospitals can take the hit since they're more sesmic-proof.

I guess at the sme time you wont be crushed by a chunk of concrete either
wood is more flexible than concrete. it's the older cement buildings that are more prone to semis damage.
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Keep in mind that each "number" for earthquakes are 10 times more or less potent than the next number.

ie:

a 5.0 is ten times stronger than a 4.0

a 7.0 is one hundred times stronger than a 5.0

So really, when you think about the giant earthquake that caused the tsunami and flooding in thailand (9.3) a 4.6 is almost five orders of magnitude (10x10^4, or 100,000 times) weaker.


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Old 02-01-2009, 12:04 PM   #31
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there was an earthquake?
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The big one is coming! probably will be 10.0
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Old 02-01-2009, 01:43 PM   #33
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Didn't feel this one at all. Not like the 6.8 that was in Seattle/Tacoma in 2001. That one I really felt. You could feel the floor shift around. I talked to one of my coworkers that was coming back from a site visit and he said he couldn't drive on the road cause of the shifting.
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Old 02-02-2009, 02:20 PM   #34
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