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<blockquote data-quote="UPS Lifer" data-source="post: 329883" data-attributes="member: 9789"><p>The Northridge Quake in San Fernando Valley CA was one of the most powerful I had been in back in '71. It was M 6.7; I was on the lower level of our home. It lasted 1 minute which seems like 10! The same house went through the Whittier Quake which was M 5.9. The difference was that it was only a couple of miles from the epicenter. The house was knocked off the foundation by 6 inches and all the cabinets emptied onto the floor. Quite a mess. My mom never slept upstairs again! They sold the house within a year!!!</p><p>But a year ago last October, I flew to Maui to be in a big one! That was scary. We were on the top floor of the hotel and you could feel the floor swaying. I got up out of bed to hold the tv on the counter to keep it from falling! I immediately thought of a Tsunami and stayed put. We didn't get one but we were without power for 3 hours. Maui and Oahu lost their generators and there were landslides that cut off parts of the islands. </p><p>We were on vacation so we still had a good time....just more to talk about!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UPS Lifer, post: 329883, member: 9789"] The Northridge Quake in San Fernando Valley CA was one of the most powerful I had been in back in '71. It was M 6.7; I was on the lower level of our home. It lasted 1 minute which seems like 10! The same house went through the Whittier Quake which was M 5.9. The difference was that it was only a couple of miles from the epicenter. The house was knocked off the foundation by 6 inches and all the cabinets emptied onto the floor. Quite a mess. My mom never slept upstairs again! They sold the house within a year!!! But a year ago last October, I flew to Maui to be in a big one! That was scary. We were on the top floor of the hotel and you could feel the floor swaying. I got up out of bed to hold the tv on the counter to keep it from falling! I immediately thought of a Tsunami and stayed put. We didn't get one but we were without power for 3 hours. Maui and Oahu lost their generators and there were landslides that cut off parts of the islands. We were on vacation so we still had a good time....just more to talk about! [/QUOTE]
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