Hi,

Seems to be we are getting off topic with scoring to such a degree that we're losing valuable time working on or learning about earthquakes. The northwest had a hum dinger yesterday and what's the topic here? Scoring.

Why don't we table the scoring efforts for awhile and when nothings going on, we can dredge it up, run it up the flag pole and then shoot it.

I like to think that we are all good team mates in a sense and I don't think anyone or anything should be so important to pull all of us apart. So, could we possibly take a deep breath, act like this is just another wave rolling through and get back to work?

I know there are other places to post, but they aren't quite the same as here. This group is considerably more focused, way more educated and much more dedicated. So why let go of something that has a quality that is not found elsewhere?

Did you know the quake in Olympia lasted for 45 seconds? That's 3 times as long as Loma Prieta. No wonder it was felt as such distances. I can't get over high rise buildings in San Francisco swaying to such a degree that people got motion sickness? I find that interesting.

How about retracing some steps here. We there any precurors to this quake? Maybe there is something that can be gleamed out of this yet and give us some knowledge about the differences in precursors to subduction zone events to strike slip or thrusting type earthquakes.

I heard it just a few hours before it hit and it had a sound quality different from anything I've ever heard. So now I know what it sounds like. Dennis, you said your instruments were showing some changes. Did anything happen at Martin's location up in BC? See, we are losing time sweating the small stuff.

It takes a minimum of 2 gallons per person, per day for 3 days to be ready for the next one, or another kind of disaster.

Petra