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alembic76407
Advanced Member
Username: alembic76407

Post Number: 331
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 10:50 am:   Edit Post

Mica or Val
I just heard a Earthquake mag 6 just hit around S.F, did you feel it, is everything Ok at Alembic?

David T
kenbass4
Intermediate Member
Username: kenbass4

Post Number: 123
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 11:14 am:   Edit Post

Hey, All!!

I'm in the SF bay area, and I didn't feel anything, but people in the building I was in felt some movement. I think the actual quake was a couple of hundred miles south, in Parkfield. I doubt Alembic is affected, and the area isn't densely populated. (mostly ranches and open space)

Back to your regularly scheduled discussion...

Ken (TEO)
mica
Moderator
Username: mica

Post Number: 1952
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 11:25 am:   Edit Post

Didn't feel it at all up here. Parkfield is the earthquake capital of California. They get a 6.0 every 20 years or so. Good thing the population is below 40 people.
kenbass4
Intermediate Member
Username: kenbass4

Post Number: 124
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 12:03 pm:   Edit Post

Actually, if you're going to have an earthquake, Parkfield is definately the place. The USGS has all kinds of monitoring devices set up there for seismic study. The lab folks are probably crowded around their monitors as we speak watching the data roll in...

Ken (TEO)
kmh364
Senior Member
Username: kmh364

Post Number: 526
Registered: 9-2003
Posted on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 12:23 pm:   Edit Post

That wasn't a natural earthquake: that was just Ron the Wizard calibrating Barry's Dark Custom on the Test Bench in Santa Rosa...he just got a little carried away with the volume is all, LOL!
flaxattack
Intermediate Member
Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 151
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 2:48 pm:   Edit Post

just spoke to alembic- all that wood they have dampened the effect of the earthquake on a 25 mile radius
lol
ron is now figuring out how to add the rumble to his electronics
wideload
Member
Username: wideload

Post Number: 52
Registered: 6-2003
Posted on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 3:12 pm:   Edit Post

I want that sound!!!

Larry
kenbass4
Intermediate Member
Username: kenbass4

Post Number: 125
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 3:34 pm:   Edit Post

Sounds of an earthquake:

1.Lean against a bookshelf or dresser, facing the bookshelf with your hands level with your shoulders and feet at shoulder width.

2.Quickly push and release above object against the wall as hard as you can.

(Bonus points for books/objects/plaster falling around you)

3. Repeat at random intervals.

That should be pretty close to the sound of an earthquake. The sound is more the structure moving than the earth.

Ken (TEO)

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