08-23-2011, 05:14 PM
It knocked down a bunch of my trees and an bridge on my layout that i never really glued down. Gonna need some HO construction crews. (serious by the way).
I was actually in Staten Island, NY, when it happened. I thought an animal had gotten caught in our building (Deer hide in our woods), but then I realized the sounds were repetitive and the floor was shaking, which struck me as odd since it was solid reinforced concrete right there at ground level. The building I work in is old, but it held, despite some frightening creaks and moans.
For NY people, i wonder what it was like on the bridges, like the Verrazano-Narrows bridge. I've been on that one on a windy day, i can't imagine what an earthquake would do to it.
The best part is, that apparently, calls about the earthquake actually outpaced the earthquake itself. It definitely made me laugh after reading this cartoon a few days ago. Oh the joys of modern technology!
![[Image: seismic_waves.png]](http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/seismic_waves.png)
I was actually in Staten Island, NY, when it happened. I thought an animal had gotten caught in our building (Deer hide in our woods), but then I realized the sounds were repetitive and the floor was shaking, which struck me as odd since it was solid reinforced concrete right there at ground level. The building I work in is old, but it held, despite some frightening creaks and moans.
For NY people, i wonder what it was like on the bridges, like the Verrazano-Narrows bridge. I've been on that one on a windy day, i can't imagine what an earthquake would do to it.
The best part is, that apparently, calls about the earthquake actually outpaced the earthquake itself. It definitely made me laugh after reading this cartoon a few days ago. Oh the joys of modern technology!
Modeling New Jersey Under the Wire 1978-1979.
![[Image: logosmall.png]](http://i543.photobucket.com/albums/gg445/CAB_IV/Model%20Trains%202013/logosmall.png)