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    Harry's 1st Quake?

    Did you guys feel the earth quake? Heres a copy of an e-mail my sister sent me. She lives in Concord New Hampshire.

    Hi!
    >
    > Did you guys feel this thing? Here's a link to a CNN
    > report:
    >
    http://
    http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/04/20/new...ors/index.html
    >
    > It woke me up at 7am this morning and scared me! My
    > bed felt like a boat in
    > choppy water, and the closet doors were shaking and
    > banging. At first, I
    > thought it was a gust of wind, but it lasted for a
    > good 30 seconds. I still
    > have a stomach ache. One of the cats, Vera, was in
    > the basement already, but
    > Spanky was sleeping on the pillow next to me. He
    > watched me bolt upright in
    > bed, then he got scared as the closet doors got
    > louder. He didn't have time
    > to run and hide because it ended. Then, he went back
    > to purring.
    >
    > Of course I can't purr, and I wasn't sure what to do
    > -- run outside? stop,
    > drop, and roll? No, that's if you catch on fire.
    > Boil water? I thought I
    > would run outside, but I decided to brush my teeth
    > first -- just in case I
    > ran into any neighbors. I looked outside, and no one
    > else was there. Well,
    > one of my neighbors was doing yard work. Then, I
    > looked for huge cracks in
    > the middle of road. Isn't that what the news tells
    > you? Roads split apart
    > during earthquakes, right?
    >
    > There were no cracks in sight, so I decided to call
    > a co-worker who lived in
    > CA for most of his life. Of course, he was half
    > asleep, and he mumbled
    > something like, "Yeah. That was an earthquake. You
    > know the rolling kind.
    > Cool." Then, he woke up. "Hey! We live in New
    > Hampshire! That was an
    > earthquake!"
    >
    > Finally, at 7:30, the news confirmed that most of
    > New England felt it.
    >
    > It's 2 1/2 hours later, and all is quiet, and the
    > house is intact. I don't
    > think I'd like to experience another one of those.
    >
    > Am I the first in the family to experience an
    > earthquake? Craig, did you
    > ever experience one?
    >
    >

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    I didn't feel a thing!!

    I didn't feel a thing! I'm somewhat disappointed because if I had, it would have been the first I've felt. I didn't feel the one that happened in Maine a couple of years back either.

    Although it is not widely known, the East Coast sits on a fault just as tenuous (though not as active) as the San Andreas fault on the left coast.From time to time there are minor tremors but I've not ever felt them.Not sure I want to either!

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    I was in Albany, NY this weekend for a meeting and was on the 8th (top) floor of the hotel. When it first started I thought I was getting ready to pass out, then I thought something must have hit the building. Then I realized there was no explosion. Then lastly I thought maybe this is an earthquake! I had just gotten out of the shower and was stainding between the closet and the sink.

    The closet doors were bi-fold type and I had opened then and they were swaying side to side.

    It was kind of like a mild "crack the whip" with the building feeling.

    I have now been banned from Albany! First trip this year in January-20+ inches of snow overnight. This time earthquake. They told me there aren't many more natural disasters I can bring with me!

    I heard on CNN that in Plattsburgh they had pretty signifigant damage!

    Here are some local paper links:
    http://www.pressrepublican.com/Archi.../042220022.htm

    http://www.pressrepublican.com/Archi...042220022b.htm

    And this link from the earthquake experts:

    http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/neic_deam.html
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    Re: I didn't feel a thing!!

    hcjilson said:
    I didn't feel a thing! I'm somewhat disappointed because if I had, it would have been the first I've felt. I didn't feel the one that happened in Maine a couple of years back either.

    Although it is not widely known, the East Coast sits on a fault just as tenuous (though not as active) as the San Andreas fault on the left coast.From time to time there are minor tremors but I've not ever felt them.Not sure I want to either!

    Harry, solid as a rock, J.
    Same here and i hope it stays that way. :drop:

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