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To: An American in Turkiye
"When it hit, it was just soft at first, and it just kept getting bigger," Veldstra said. "It was one of those moments where you didn't know if it was going to get worse or if it was going to calm down."

Like that here in Anchorage. It just kept going and going and going. Some things fell off shelves, a clock fell off the wall, and a few drawers opened, but no damage inside that I could find. Will check outside after the sun comes up later, but expect none.

32 posted on 01/24/2016 9:19:13 AM PST by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: Kathy in Alaska

The difference between a 7.1 and a 7.9 is with the bigger shaker chests of drawers, tvs, china closets, tables are all flipped over & upside down; 3 foot of everything all over the floor. Woodstoves slide 15 feet across the floor. Houses slide off their foundations and you have 5 foot deep trenches in front yard; slides sideways. Then of course you have more shakers every half hour for at least a month. IF they had a 7.9 in Anchorage, it would be total destruction.


33 posted on 01/24/2016 9:56:45 AM PST by Eska
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