Earthquake (O/T)

[Lawrence C Leung]

Glad all on the list near Seattle are allright. Hope you all don't mind,
but I'm planning to use your quotes in my Earth Science classes (names
clipped for privacy). 

LL - NY

On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 12:41:46 -0800 (PST) Tessie McMillan
<tessmc at drizzle.com> writes:
>Yup! We had one! Audi content: everything in the parking lot survived 
>--
>and I'm parked pretty close to a 3-series Beamer...
>
>Go to www.geophys.washington.edu/SEIS/EQ_Special/lasteq.html for
>information on the earthquake. You can submit your findings and it 
>helps
>the seismologists to map it out. The seismology lab is still calling 
>it a
>6.2 but I've heard news reports that it might be a 7.0. It lasted 
>about 30
>seconds, and was one of the strongest earthquakes I've been in (I've
>lived in Seattle all my life). Luckily, I was with my work teammates 
>when
>it struck. I dove under my desk and yelled to one of my teammates 
>"DAIL!
>Are you under your desk?"  ....
>
>To which he replied, "HELL YES!"  &:-)
>
>Adrenalin is still rushing, so it's pretty hard to concentrate.
>
>Tess
>in Seattle
>
>