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lbpesq
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Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 2535
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Friday, July 20, 2007 - 9:24 am:   Edit Post

Some of you may remember the shelf I built to store guitars. You can see it and the discussion about it here. (Scroll down 1/3 of the way). Well, it was tested last night. About 4:45 a.m., the family was awakened by one heckuva jolt. EARTHQUAKE! And not the usual 3.2 jobby either. I'm hearing 4.2 to 4.5 this morning, though reports are that it felt much stronger in the Montclair hills near the epicenter - right where I live! Surveying the damage, we were quite lucky. A few things knocked off the shelves, water sloshed out of the fish tank, pictures and paintings hanging helter skelter on the walls, a bit of dirt to clean up behind the big screen where the orchid fell. All guitars made it through with flying colors and my engineering skills have been affirmed - the guitar shelf held!
California - never a dull moment!

Bill, tgo
keavin
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Username: keavin

Post Number: 1257
Registered: 12-2002
Posted on Friday, July 20, 2007 - 9:39 am:   Edit Post

that's the main reasion why i moved away from the SF Bay area!
lbpesq
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Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 2536
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Friday, July 20, 2007 - 9:59 am:   Edit Post

Keavin:

As a person who grew up in the New York area and moved to California after High School, I would gladly deal with a 10 second earthquake every few years than shovel snow 3 months a year! lol

Bill, tgo
keith_h
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Username: keith_h

Post Number: 815
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Friday, July 20, 2007 - 10:11 am:   Edit Post

Glad to hear things turned out ok.

I was living in the Bay area for the Morgan Hill quake in 1984 and the Loma Prieta quake in 1989.
I have also gone through several hurricanes including Fran in 1996. While an earthquake is quite unnerving I think I would rather go through that than a decent size hurricane. With an earthquake it is over quickly so you can start to deal with it. With a hurricane it goes on and on. To me the wait for a hurricane to end is more stressful.

Keith
keavin
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Username: keavin

Post Number: 1260
Registered: 12-2002
Posted on Friday, July 20, 2007 - 10:39 am:   Edit Post

shovel snow or dive under a table.....what did i (we) do to piss mother nature off?......Hell i piss on trees just like animals do LOL LOL LOL!!!...................is she tired of all these 'Fender basses' carved from her loines????....
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 5334
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Friday, July 20, 2007 - 10:46 am:   Edit Post

I hope the area as a whole faired ok. I haven't seen news on this yet.
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 2538
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Friday, July 20, 2007 - 11:17 am:   Edit Post

Dave:

Thanks for the concern. The worst damage I've heard about so far is a Safeway supermarket in Berkeley that had a couple of large windows shatter and spray the checkout stands with broken glass. Fortunately, at 4:42 a.m., there was no one shopping or there would have been some injuries. 4.2 - 4.5 isn't all that big - the 1989 Loma Prieta (world series) quake was 7.2. However, in the Montclair hills, where I live over the Hayward fault, it was stronger than anywhere else in the Bay Area.

Bill, tgo
foth
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Username: foth

Post Number: 146
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Friday, July 20, 2007 - 1:09 pm:   Edit Post

Bill, glad everything is okay, and good job on the shelf! That's a good reason to keep your guitars in their cases when not being played. The epicenter was near Joaquin Miller-Hwy 13, about 2 miles from you. My parent's house is a mile closer, but they felt nothing and had nothing amiss inside. Go figure!
Paul
lbpesq
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Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 2540
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Friday, July 20, 2007 - 1:18 pm:   Edit Post

It is weird who felt it and who didn't. My buddy who lives just down the hill in Piedmont didn't feel a thing. My landlord, who lives on the island of Alameda in the Bay off of Oakland was awakened and called first thing this morning to check on the house.

Bill, tgo
alembic76407
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Username: alembic76407

Post Number: 532
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Friday, July 20, 2007 - 1:22 pm:   Edit Post

I'm glad everything is OK, Mother nature has a way of making you feel SMALL !!!
That F-5 Tornado that came through Moore Okla. back in 1999 missed me by 4 blocks, it had a wind speed of 318 MPH (Fastest wind speed ever recorded on earth)

David T
olieoliver
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Username: olieoliver

Post Number: 1476
Registered: 2-2006
Posted on Friday, July 20, 2007 - 1:24 pm:   Edit Post

I didn't feel it either Bill ;)
bsee
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Username: bsee

Post Number: 1709
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Friday, July 20, 2007 - 9:01 pm:   Edit Post

I've given some thought to where the least natural-disaster-ridden part of the country is and haven't really come up with an ideal spot. There's no place that's completely safe from mother nature as far as I can tell.
flaxattack
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Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 1614
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Saturday, July 21, 2007 - 7:02 am:   Edit Post

alameda?
isnt that where the nuclear wessels are?
bet tina wishes you could make the earth move like that on demand.....
glad all is well........
jalevinemd
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Username: jalevinemd

Post Number: 600
Registered: 12-2003
Posted on Saturday, July 21, 2007 - 8:15 am:   Edit Post

Bill,

Glad to hear you guys skated through another. Ever consider moving here to Chicago? The only time you feel the ground shake is if you're standing under the 'L' tracks.
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 2543
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Saturday, July 21, 2007 - 9:55 am:   Edit Post

Flax:

I can!

Bill, tgo
jacko
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Username: jacko

Post Number: 1282
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Saturday, August 11, 2007 - 2:00 am:   Edit Post

Manchester, Uk, yesterday survived a 3.1 quake. probably the most we ever get this side of the pond.

Graeme
jazzyvee
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Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 924
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Saturday, August 11, 2007 - 2:45 am:   Edit Post

Hi jacko I didn't even hear that mentioned on the news.
How you getting on with the MK?

Jazzyvee
jacko
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Username: jacko

Post Number: 1284
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Sunday, August 12, 2007 - 2:39 am:   Edit Post

Only 2.5 on the bbc website

The Mk is fantastic. All I could ever want in a bass (until I try a series of course). My Epic hasn't been out of it's case since I got the MK, maybe time to pass it on.

Graeme
kmh364
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Username: kmh364

Post Number: 2179
Registered: 9-2003
Posted on Monday, August 13, 2007 - 5:00 am:   Edit Post

Bill TGO,

Glad you (and yours) made it thru OK. I was in the Bay area for the 7/20 quake but didn't feel it.

Cheers,

Kevin

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