To: EggsAckley
I was WAYYY far away just southeast of Louisville, KY and I remember it because I was watching the World Series and wondering what the hell just happened to the signal when it went out. Hell of a shock to someone not used to earthquakes to see the pictures that later came out of the stricken area.
6 posted on
10/17/2002 8:01:11 AM PDT by
Severa
To: Severa
I was at the 'Stick on the first base line in the upper deck when the quake hit. The stadium acted like an oscillating bowl with two ends going up while the two sides went down and vise versa. Since I was half way between the two I only felt a rocking back and forth. From that location it only felt like a 4.1 or so. The people ten sections over in either direction almost became airborne and had to hope they wouldn't be struck by the falling chunks of the cement overhang that were coming down.
When the quake hit we were mostly focused on a guy who had climbed a 200 foot lightpole to unwrap a flag which had become tangled in the lights. Fortunately he was able to hold on and he wasn't flung into orbit.
11 posted on
10/17/2002 8:19:23 AM PDT by
ZGuy
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