In San Francisco, a Sinking Skyscraper and a Deepening Dispute

Re:In San Francisco, a Sinking Skyscraper and a Deepening Di... by ScottBurson on Sunday September 25, 2016 @02:32AM (#12574264)

I was asleep on about the 20th floor of a hotel in LA in 1992 when the 7.3 Landers and 6.5 Big Bear earthquakes hit [0]. The building (which I believe was on rollers) was rocking quite noticeably.

I wasn't afraid for myself, though by the large, low-frequency motion I could tell it was a very large earthquake whose epicenter was a good distance away. I hoped it hadn't just taken out San Diego.

Though I'll admit, to go back to sleep and then be wakened by a second large quake (Big Bear hit about 3 hours later; it is considered a separate quake rather than an aftershock) was starting to get a bit freaky.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Landers_earthquake

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Big_Bear_earthquake

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Re:In San Francisco, a Sinking Skyscraper and a Deepening Di... by cgriswald on Sunday September 25, 2016 @10:53AM (#12575583)

I can't even imagine.

My daughter was born the day a 4.0 quake hit Piedmont, CA. I was in the fourth floor of a hospital in SF. The hospital beds were rolling around and I could feel the building moving. Very humbling for a guy from Minnesota who had only experienced minor quakes that didn't do much more than make it feel like a semi-truck was passing by outside. I don't know how I looked, but the mother of my child looked over at me and was like, "that was nothing."

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Re:In San Francisco, a Sinking Skyscraper and a Deepening Di... by fibonachos on Sunday September 25, 2016 @01:12PM (#12576197)

I was in the shower on the second floor of a house in Orange County during the second quake. That was a wild ride.

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