Posted on 11/30/2018 1:40:10 PM PST by Red Badger
This is what happened on the 6th floor of the Nesbett Courthouse during the Anchorage #earthquake. Both attorneys jumped under their desks. Evacuated the building after the shaking stopped.
Wow! That looks like the ultimate in fear! You have NO idea where it’s safe and where it isn’t.
WOW and it lasted a long time!
Damn thing went on for over a minute!
I have a friend who lives in McGrath, AK, deep in the interior. Wonder if they got hit.
Might have felt a little, but McGrath’s a good distance and a couple of mountain ranges away from Anchorage.
This was along the coast.............
It did. You could see the female swaying back and forth on the floor under the desk. Terrifying.
I know. It’s quite a ways. Just wonder if they felt any of it.
He was recently in Anchorage. Not sure if he’s back home yet.
She's cute and cool under pressure.
I have a cousin who was in Alaska during the good Friday earthquake. He and his wife were in a store and tried to get to a column that was only 4 feet away. They couldnt get there no matter how hard they tried.
I think this side of the pacific rim is now going ultra active. Best to keep a close eye at the plate off the coast of Ore and Washington. If that one pops, we will all know it west of the Rockies, and many east of the Rockies will feel it also.
I have a friend who was there in elementary school at the time. Not literally, but that’s how old he was.
Said he and his family were evac’ed by helicopter, so it was ‘fun’ for him being a 9 year old kid..................
Yipes! Nearly made me seasick to watch it. I read that the quake lasted almost a full minute.
Obama’s fault. He is trying to take credit for everything else.
Several artesian wells dried up in the area and some that didnt, ran milky white.
And they were on the 6th floor of a tall building!................
Triangle of Life Method
Short duration shaking - time between one “end” of the motion to the next motion. That would tend to indicate that it was fairly close to the epicenter.
Long duration shaking tends to indicate further away as the shock waves spread out further from the epicenter.
See video at link.
The bigger the Quake, the longer they last. (Can’t say always)
They can go on for several minutes.
Some folks having not ridden one out, may not realize this.
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