Earthquakes!

[Big Dan]

I sense a poll coming

Are you prepared for the big one or any major natural disater

1.Yes
2.No

[ynot slow]

Can remember driving to Gisbourne for NZstockcar champs in 1990,came down some huge bloody hills towing the car without trailer brakes in the guys pontiac with drum brakes allround,got to a couple of huge viaducts,massive building achievements back in the early 1930's.Mum said her dad was working on them when the Napier quake hit,they had to hold on for grim death,if you see the height of these,damn scare ya shitless.

Several years ago after soccer practice a large quake hit,think it was the one in which the rail lines in Edgecombe buckled and silos fell over,we were having a shower and although the floor was concrete,it felt like you were at sea the floor was wavering so much.

[Drum]

I don't know what you're worrying about.
The chances of you being injured, yet alone killed, by an earthquake are infinitesimal compared to the risk you take each time you get on your bike.

[oldrider]

I don't know what you're worrying about.
The chances of you being injured, yet alone killed, by an earthquake are infinitesimal compared to the risk you take each time you get on your bike.

Statistics might suggest that but you have an element of control on a bike.

Haven't ever felt any degree of control in an earthquake! John.

[klingon]

Statistics might suggest that but you have an element of control on a bike.

Haven't ever felt any degree of control in an earthquake! John.

Yeah, received wisdom says you should get under a doorway or something... have you ever tried to navigate your way to a safe spot during a major quake? Nothing you can do except hold on tight and hope for the best!

(I think I'll wear my helmet and armoured gear around the house from now on... just in case...)

[ynot slow]

Reason for fear in an earthquake is-unlike other weather you can't see,hear or tell when it will stop.Unlike rain,wind,hail,-can get out of it by shelter.Thunder and lightening-as a kid hide under blankets,but shakes you just don't know how long they last.

[TonyB]

Yeah, received wisdom says you should get under a doorway or something... have you ever tried to navigate your way to a safe spot during a major quake? Nothing you can do except hold on tight and hope for the best!

Yeah that always cracks me up "get under a desk" they say...have you ever seen the footage taken inside offices/shops during the Kobe earthquake? The fricken desk will be bouncing around, possibly smashing from one side of the room to the other, its more likely to kill you than save you. I'm sure I read somewhere an eyewitness account of the Napier quake where they described seeing the ground rolling in waves.

As for there being just one quake, earlier this year I read an account of the Wellington 'quake'- the one that created the basin reserve etc. The guy described violent earthquakes, pretty much every day over a period of months