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Wolfgang June 28th, 2004 02:33 PM

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woke me at shortly after one o'clock this morning.
"Hm........earthquake," thinks I. I went back to sleep.

Wolfgang
who, having now lived through one, still doesn't understand what all
the fuss is about.



D. Fry June 28th, 2004 02:46 PM

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"Wolfgang"

still doesn't understand what all the fuss is about.

Some details Wolfgang, 4.5 magnitude isn't that strong of a earthquake.
Here's some data you may already have but I'll post it anyway it's
interesting:

-JUN-2004
time was 06:10:51
latitude and longitude. 44 -88.95
magnitude 4.5 depth 5.0
location ILLINOIS

Deep




Tim J. June 28th, 2004 03:06 PM

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"Wolfgang" wrote in message
...
woke me at shortly after one o'clock this morning.
"Hm........earthquake," thinks I. I went back to sleep.


Having an earthquake in the Midwest puts an entirely different perspective on
things. Will everything west of Milwaukee slide into the Pacific, or will
Milwaukee have beach front property on the Atlantic? Hmmm. . .
--
TL,
Tim
------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj



Russell June 28th, 2004 03:19 PM

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Tim J. wrote:

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
...

woke me at shortly after one o'clock this morning.
"Hm........earthquake," thinks I. I went back to sleep.



Having an earthquake in the Midwest puts an entirely different perspective on
things. Will everything west of Milwaukee slide into the Pacific, or will
Milwaukee have beach front property on the Atlantic? Hmmm. . .


Well, I know I'm rootin' for the later.

Russell
It's that survival instinct, I think.

rw June 28th, 2004 03:54 PM

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Tim J. wrote:

Having an earthquake in the Midwest puts an entirely different perspective on
things. Will everything west of Milwaukee slide into the Pacific, or will
Milwaukee have beach front property on the Atlantic? Hmmm. . .


"Most people think that destructive earthquakes only occur in the
western United States. To the contrary, St. Louis is located in the most
active seismic zone east of the Rocky Mountains. In the winter of
1811-1812 the Central Mississippi Valley was struck by three of the most
powerful earthquakes in U.S. history. The Great New Madrid Earthquake
was actually a series of over 2000 shocks in five months, five of which
were 8.0 or more in magnitude. Eighteen of these rang church bells on
the Eastern seaboard. The very land itself was destroyed in the Missouri
Bootheel, making it unfit for farming for many years. It was the largest
burst of seismic energy east of the Rocky Mountains in the history of
the U.S. and was several times larger than the San Francisco quake of 1905."

http://stlouis.about.com/cs/maps/a/newmadrid.htm

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

Wolfgang June 28th, 2004 04:08 PM

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"Russell" wrote in message
...
Tim J. wrote:

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
...

woke me at shortly after one o'clock this morning.
"Hm........earthquake," thinks I. I went back to sleep.



Having an earthquake in the Midwest puts an entirely different

perspective on
things. Will everything west of Milwaukee slide into the Pacific,

or will
Milwaukee have beach front property on the Atlantic? Hmmm. . .


Well, I know I'm rootin' for the later.

Russell
It's that survival instinct, I think.


Tough call. I mean, the surfing is better on the left coast (or so I
hear, anyway), but the right has better Atlantic salmon fishing.
Personally, I guess I can't see any real problem with living on an
isthmus. :)

Wolfgang
a man, a plan, a canal....oconomowoc.......hm........that needs some
work, i think.



Tim J. June 28th, 2004 04:14 PM

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"rw" wrote...
Tim J. wrote:

Having an earthquake in the Midwest puts an entirely different perspective

on
things. Will everything west of Milwaukee slide into the Pacific, or will
Milwaukee have beach front property on the Atlantic? Hmmm. . .


"Most people think that destructive earthquakes only occur in the
western United States. To the contrary,

snip

Yeah, I know. However, they don't talk about the "doom" factor like they do when
quakes hit the west coast. Having grown up in Calif., it became a bit of a joke
when the quakes would hit and the soothsayers would predict us sliding out to
sea.

If you're from Southern California and haven't seen the Steve Martin movie "L.A.
Story", which satirizes the SoCal lifestyle, there is a thirty-second scene
worth watching where Martin and friends are dining at a fancy coffee shop when a
quake starts shaking. The group acts as if nothing is happening - a fairly
genuine reaction to anything under about a 5.5 in CA. :)
--
TL,
Tim
------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj



Wolfgang June 28th, 2004 04:20 PM

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"Tim J." wrote in message
...

"rw" wrote...
Tim J. wrote:

Having an earthquake in the Midwest puts an entirely different

perspective
on
things. Will everything west of Milwaukee slide into the

Pacific, or will
Milwaukee have beach front property on the Atlantic? Hmmm. . .


"Most people think that destructive earthquakes only occur in the
western United States. To the contrary,

snip

Yeah, I know. However, they don't talk about the "doom" factor like

they do when
quakes hit the west coast. Having grown up in Calif., it became a

bit of a joke
when the quakes would hit and the soothsayers would predict us

sliding out to
sea.

If you're from Southern California and haven't seen the Steve Martin

movie "L.A.
Story", which satirizes the SoCal lifestyle, there is a

thirty-second scene
worth watching where Martin and friends are dining at a fancy coffee

shop when a
quake starts shaking. The group acts as if nothing is happening - a

fairly
genuine reaction to anything under about a 5.5 in CA. :)


As is so often the case, there seems to be a systematic error in the
media coverage of last night's event. It has been widely reported as
a magnitude 4.5 quake. In fact, it was a 45.

Wolfgang
who will now probably spend the rest of his life waiting for "the big
one". :(



Frank Reid June 28th, 2004 04:40 PM

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Milwaukee have beach front property on the Atlantic? Hmmm. . .

Awe, the "New Atlantic City" boardwalk. Wall to wall bowling alleys,
casserole resteraunts (and take-away), strolling along eating deep-fried
cheddar on a stick and pasties. Mmmm good.
--
Frank Reid
Reverse Email to reply


Tim J. June 28th, 2004 04:47 PM

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"Wolfgang" wrote...
"Russell" wrote...
Tim J. wrote:
"Wolfgang" wrote...

woke me at shortly after one o'clock this morning.
"Hm........earthquake," thinks I. I went back to sleep.

Having an earthquake in the Midwest puts an entirely different

perspective on
things. Will everything west of Milwaukee slide into the Pacific,

or will
Milwaukee have beach front property on the Atlantic? Hmmm. . .


Well, I know I'm rootin' for the later.

Russell
It's that survival instinct, I think.


Tough call. I mean, the surfing is better on the left coast (or so I
hear, anyway), but the right has better Atlantic salmon fishing.
Personally, I guess I can't see any real problem with living on an
isthmus. :)


Based on purely scientific data, this appears to be the outcome of the "big one"
centered in the Midwest:
http://css.sbcma.com/timj/pics/earthquake.gif
--
HTH,
Tim
------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj



Allen Epps June 28th, 2004 05:04 PM

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In article , Wolfgang
wrote:

"Russell" wrote in message
snipped



Tough call. I mean, the surfing is better on the left coast (or so I
hear, anyway), but the right has better Atlantic salmon fishing.
Personally, I guess I can't see any real problem with living on an
isthmus. :)

Wolfgang
a man, a plan, a canal....oconomowoc.......hm........that needs some
work, i think.

I guess it would make sense that the Atlantic Salmon fishing is better
near the Atlantic vice the Pacific ocean but then Ihave caught
Landlocked Atlantics in Pass Lake less than a 1/4 mile from the Pacific
(well, Puget Sound) . Guess there's less sense in a name than ever
before.

Allen

Danl June 28th, 2004 06:08 PM

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"Tim J." wrote in message
...

Based on purely scientific data, this appears to be the outcome of the

"big one"
centered in the Midwest:
http://css.sbcma.com/timj/pics/earthquake.gif
--
HTH,
Tim
------------------------



Thanks for sparing us, Tim. But could we trade Texas,Mississippi, and
Louisiana for Montana, Wyoming and Colorado? Just for the fishing, y'know.
BTW, I see you've appropriately renamed Florida.

Danl



BJ Conner June 28th, 2004 07:27 PM

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"Wolfgang" wrote in message ...
woke me at shortly after one o'clock this morning.
"Hm........earthquake," thinks I. I went back to sleep.

Wolfgang
who, having now lived through one, still doesn't understand what all
the fuss is about.


They can be a lot of fun.
I was on the 32 floor of a building in downtown San Francisco when
there was a "mild" one ( can't remeber the Richter #s ). The guy in
the next office said " Don't worry, if it's bad, at least for 30
seconds you get the best view in the world."
When I was a kid earthquake would shake the cans and jars off the
shelves at Safeway. The jars would break and all the labels would
come off the cans. Safeway would sell the cans twenty for a dollar.
It made for some interesting meals. Thats how we discovered gorbonzo
beans, gooseberrys, and other interesting things.

Willi June 29th, 2004 01:47 AM

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Allen Epps wrote:



I guess it would make sense that the Atlantic Salmon fishing is better
near the Atlantic vice the Pacific ocean but then Ihave caught
Landlocked Atlantics in Pass Lake less than a 1/4 mile from the Pacific
(well, Puget Sound) . Guess there's less sense in a name than ever
before.



They're farming Atlantics on the West coast. The last I heard, there
have been escapees that have attempted to spawn in some streams.

Willi




Wolfgang June 29th, 2004 01:57 AM

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"Willi" wrote in message
...


Allen Epps wrote:



I guess it would make sense that the Atlantic Salmon fishing is better
near the Atlantic vice the Pacific ocean but then Ihave caught
Landlocked Atlantics in Pass Lake less than a 1/4 mile from the Pacific
(well, Puget Sound) . Guess there's less sense in a name than ever
before.



They're farming Atlantics on the West coast. The last I heard, there
have been escapees that have attempted to spawn in some streams.


Hell, they've been farming Europeans all over North America for five
centuries. Escapees have spawned successfully literally everywhere on the
planet.......um........presumably, a few have done so outside the Earth's
atmosphere as well.

Wolfgang
gonna have to get up pretty early in the day to hijack MY thread! :(



[email protected] June 29th, 2004 07:58 AM

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On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 10:06:09 -0400, "Tim J."
wrote:


"Wolfgang" wrote in message
...
woke me at shortly after one o'clock this morning.
"Hm........earthquake," thinks I. I went back to sleep.


Having an earthquake in the Midwest puts an entirely different perspective on
things. Will everything west of Milwaukee slide into the Pacific, or will
Milwaukee have beach front property on the Atlantic? Hmmm. . .



I've been wondering what a really good one would do to some of the
Great Lakes and the rivers near them? What if Lake Michigan decides
to flow down to meet the 'Sippi? What if Lake Superior cracks just a
bit and starts to empty down the St. Croix river?

And the cities? Eeek! The Midwest has never built with earthquakes
in mind. Chicago would be, uh, twisted and shattered. And they
thought that when Nachez Under the Hill (the local slum, I gather)
became a literal name it was a disaster. It'd be a worse one in these
days.

Up here in St. Paul my daughter noticed the one that happened in
Columbia in South America. I didn't because I was sleeping and
because our house was built on the kind of ground that shook when kids
ran through the yard for a short cut. Another one on the New Madrid
could be more interesting than rattling all the stuff in the
cupboards.

Somewhere on the Web is a site showing all the faults in the middle of
the country. To no one's surprize, it concentrates in the Mississippi
River valley and some of its tributaries. Hmm. Think that's how it
got to be the Mississippi River Valley? Some of us might not wind up
with ocean front, but there might be a very much wider river in the
end. Once it settled down from bursting through all the dams and
levees that'd be at least strained by a good 'quake.
--

rbc:vixen,Minnow Goddess,Willow Watcher,and all that sort of thing.
Often taunted by trout.
Only a fool would refuse to believe in luck. Only a damn fool would rely on it.

http://www.visi.com/~cyli

riverman June 29th, 2004 08:31 AM

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wrote in message
...
On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 10:06:09 -0400, "Tim J."
wrote:


"Wolfgang" wrote in message
...
woke me at shortly after one o'clock this morning.
"Hm........earthquake," thinks I. I went back to sleep.


Having an earthquake in the Midwest puts an entirely different

perspective on
things. Will everything west of Milwaukee slide into the Pacific, or will
Milwaukee have beach front property on the Atlantic? Hmmm. . .



I've been wondering what a really good one would do to some of the
Great Lakes and the rivers near them? What if Lake Michigan decides
to flow down to meet the 'Sippi? What if Lake Superior cracks just a
bit and starts to empty down the St. Croix river?

And the cities? Eeek! The Midwest has never built with earthquakes
in mind. Chicago would be, uh, twisted and shattered. And they
thought that when Nachez Under the Hill (the local slum, I gather)
became a literal name it was a disaster. It'd be a worse one in these
days.

Up here in St. Paul my daughter noticed the one that happened in
Columbia in South America. I didn't because I was sleeping and
because our house was built on the kind of ground that shook when kids
ran through the yard for a short cut. Another one on the New Madrid
could be more interesting than rattling all the stuff in the
cupboards.

Somewhere on the Web is a site showing all the faults in the middle of
the country. To no one's surprize, it concentrates in the Mississippi
River valley and some of its tributaries. Hmm. Think that's how it
got to be the Mississippi River Valley? Some of us might not wind up
with ocean front, but there might be a very much wider river in the
end. Once it settled down from bursting through all the dams and
levees that'd be at least strained by a good 'quake.
--


Well, to put things in perspective, when the New Madrid quake(s) occurred in
1811, 1812, they were accompanied with in excess of 1800 quakes of the
magnitude of the Great Milwaukee Temblor of 2004. I think there's no reason
to fear the visit of St. Paul anytime soon.

--riverman



Wolfgang June 29th, 2004 01:38 PM

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"riverman" wrote in message
...

Well, to put things in perspective, when the New Madrid quake(s)

occurred in
1811, 1812, they were accompanied with in excess of 1800 quakes of

the
magnitude of the Great Milwaukee Temblor of 2004. I think there's no

reason
to fear the visit of St. Paul anytime soon.


Sure, it's easy to be dismissive when you're enjoying the good life in
some safe place. You don't know what it's like out here in the danger
zone. :(

Wolfgang



slenon June 29th, 2004 03:18 PM

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Cyli:
Some of us might not wind up
with ocean front, but there might be a very much wider river in the
end. Once it settled down from bursting through all the dams and
levees that'd be at least strained by a good 'quake.


Growing up I read Allan Danzig's short story, the Great Nebraska Sea. It
has always been more of a warning than amusement to me. Now its also fodder
for folksingers. Lyrics are linked below

Living in MO, the New Madrid fault was all too real and made its presence
known with more or less subtle reminders that the quakes of 1811 were
tremendous in scope. In 1976, a 4.2 quake centered near Blytheville AR,
at town that currently sits 9 feet below the Mississippi River as a result
of subsidance in 1811, caused the elevator I was in at a hospital in St.
Louis to sway and its breakers to trip. The radial distance was about 250
miles. In 1990, there was a quake guru who predicted a major event on the
New Madrid fault. Every hospital in MO was directed to take precautions to
quake proof as far as possible. We bought every inch of velcro available in
town to strap all of our lab equipment to the benches. When I left that
facility, it was still untested.

When I answered the wrong ad and wound up living in Blytheville AR for a
time, there was one other fault related item that amused me. A
fundamentalist group from S. California had picked up and moved en masse
from CA to Caruthersville MO. According to their leader, God had promised
to destroy CA by earthquake and had directed them to Caruthersville MO for
safety. Cartuthersvilles sits sqaurely astride the New Madrid Fault.

http://www.efn.org/~bch/songs/nebraskasealyr.html

--
Stev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69
Drowning flies to Dark Star

http://web.tampabay.rr.com/stevglo/i...age92kword.htm




Particle Salad June 29th, 2004 06:20 PM

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Well, maybe when you experience one where, say, people actually DIE you
might change your mind.

Wolfgang
who, having now lived through one, still doesn't understand what all
the fuss is about.





Wolfgang June 29th, 2004 07:32 PM

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"Particle Salad" wrote in message
. com...
Well, maybe when you experience one where, say, people actually DIE

you
might change your mind.


A quick check of local news sources confirms what I already suspected;
several people have died in Milwaukee since the quake on Monday.

Wolfgang
who, as far as he can tell, hasn't changed his mind.



Conan The Librarian June 30th, 2004 02:45 PM

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"slenon" wrote in message m...

When I answered the wrong ad and wound up living in Blytheville AR for a
time, there was one other fault related item that amused me. A
fundamentalist group from S. California had picked up and moved en masse
from CA to Caruthersville MO. According to their leader, God had promised
to destroy CA by earthquake and had directed them to Caruthersville MO for
safety. Cartuthersvilles sits sqaurely astride the New Madrid Fault.


That reminds me of a semi-tongue-in-cheek song of Mickey Newbury's
called "Earthquake":

-----------------------------------------------------------------

On his mountain, lord, there sits a long, gray, bearded, ancient
hermit
Sadly staring at the caption in the San Mateo Times.
It reads today the prophets all agreed that California,
Was to be swallowed up in the twinkling of an eye.

He goes thumbing through his growing stack of half-unfinished rhymes,
Till he finds the one he'd once submitted, to the New York Times.
They just laughed at him and said you senile, wino, drunk old fool
Get out of here, you must have lost your mind.

So he went back to his mountain, where he began to pray.
He prayed for those in ignorance, that would treat a man that way.
For the truth will fall, like his mountain, lord, on those that have
grown deaf,
The day the world is swallowed up ...
And California's left.

----------------------------------------------------------------

I was in an earthquake in Ixtapa, Mexico in 1999, and happened to
be on a 10th floor balcony enjoying a beer and smoke when it occurred.
I crawled back inside on hands-and-knees. (I'm not fond of heights,
and when the building itself starts to shake ...)

This earthquake was centered around Puebla (near Mexico City), but
was strong enough to be felt as far away as Ixtapa (roughly 400 miles
away).


Chuck Vance

riverman June 30th, 2004 08:43 PM

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"slenon" wrote in message
. ..
I was in an earthquake in Ixtapa, Mexico in 1999, and happened to
be on a 10th floor balcony enjoying a beer and smoke when it occurred.
I crawled back inside on hands-and-knees. (I'm not fond of heights,
and when the building itself starts to shake ...)


Chuck Vance


Fun little lyric. Thanks for posting it. I'd have been really worried
about being in a ten story building in Mexico during a quake of any size.
I've never been around anything bigger than a 4.5 on the New Madrid.
That'll do for me, having been within a mile of an arclight strike. I've
been convinced that the earth can move under us in frightening and

dangerous
manners.


You'd rather be in a 10 story building than a 5 or 6 story one. Look up
about harmonic frequencies and earthquake vibrations' effects on buildings.

--riverman



slenon June 30th, 2004 09:23 PM

The Great Milwaukee Earthquake of 2004
 
I was in an earthquake in Ixtapa, Mexico in 1999, and happened to
be on a 10th floor balcony enjoying a beer and smoke when it occurred.
I crawled back inside on hands-and-knees. (I'm not fond of heights,
and when the building itself starts to shake ...)


Chuck Vance


Fun little lyric. Thanks for posting it. I'd have been really worried
about being in a ten story building in Mexico during a quake of any size.
I've never been around anything bigger than a 4.5 on the New Madrid.
That'll do for me, having been within a mile of an arclight strike. I've
been convinced that the earth can move under us in frightening and dangerous
manners.
--
Stev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69
Drowning flies to Dark Star

http://web.tampabay.rr.com/stevglo/i...age92kword.htm




slenon June 30th, 2004 09:54 PM

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You'd rather be in a 10 story building than a 5 or 6 story one. Look up
about harmonic frequencies and earthquake vibrations' effects on buildings.
--riverman


I don't have reason to doubt that. Perhaps I should have said that what I
have seen about Mexican construction and code compliance with respect to
subsequent building failures during earthquakes concerns me. I could also
make that same statement about many buildings in regions of the U.S.

--
Stev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69
Drowning flies to Dark Star

http://web.tampabay.rr.com/stevglo/i...age92kword.htm




riverman June 30th, 2004 10:32 PM

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"slenon" wrote in message
. ..
You'd rather be in a 10 story building than a 5 or 6 story one. Look up
about harmonic frequencies and earthquake vibrations' effects on

buildings.
--riverman


I don't have reason to doubt that. Perhaps I should have said that what I
have seen about Mexican construction and code compliance with respect to
subsequent building failures during earthquakes concerns me. I could also
make that same statement about many buildings in regions of the U.S.


Yes, you could have make those statements. But then I couldn't post a clever
post showing my extensive knowledge of earthquakes and harmonic frequencies
of buildings. So I'm glad you didn't.

--riverman
(who cannot understand why his girlfriend keeps telling him that he thinks
its always about HIM.)



Wolfgang July 1st, 2004 01:49 AM

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"slenon" wrote in message
. ..
...I've
been convinced that the earth can move under us in frightening and

dangerous
manners.


That's just gas. Punch a hole in the abdomen, and another in the thorax,
and they get nice and docile again.

Wolfgang
who'd have thought the boy would know that by now.



Wolfgang July 1st, 2004 01:59 AM

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"riverman" wrote in message
...

"slenon" wrote in message
. ..
You'd rather be in a 10 story building than a 5 or 6 story one. Look up
about harmonic frequencies and earthquake vibrations' effects on

buildings.
--riverman


I don't have reason to doubt that. Perhaps I should have said that what

I
have seen about Mexican construction and code compliance with respect to
subsequent building failures during earthquakes concerns me. I could

also
make that same statement about many buildings in regions of the U.S.


Yes, you could have make those statements. But then I couldn't post a

clever
post showing my extensive knowledge of earthquakes and harmonic

frequencies
of buildings. So I'm glad you didn't.

--riverman
(who cannot understand why his girlfriend keeps telling him that he thinks
its always about HIM.)


Perhaps she knows a bit more about S waves, P waves, Rayleigh waves, Love
waves, spheroidal S modes, T modes, transverse SH and SV motions, P wave
trains, etc., and their various interactions than she lets on?

Wolfgang
yeah, it's a guess.



slenon July 1st, 2004 03:34 AM

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Yes, you could have make those statements. But then I couldn't post a
clever
post showing my extensive knowledge of earthquakes and harmonic frequencies
of buildings. So I'm glad you didn't.
--riverman


Happy to offer you the springboard and the straight line.

--
Stev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69
Drowning flies to Dark Star

http://web.tampabay.rr.com/stevglo/i...age92kword.htm




slenon July 1st, 2004 03:37 AM

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That's just gas. Punch a hole in the abdomen, and another in the thorax,
and they get nice and docile again.
Wolfgang



'Very good,' said the Djinn. 'I'll humph him if you will kindly wait a
minute.'

--
Stev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69
Quite content to serve and eat Kippled herring.



riverman July 1st, 2004 09:01 AM

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"Wolfgang" wrote in message
...

"riverman" wrote in message
...

"slenon" wrote in message
. ..
You'd rather be in a 10 story building than a 5 or 6 story one. Look

up
about harmonic frequencies and earthquake vibrations' effects on

buildings.
--riverman

I don't have reason to doubt that. Perhaps I should have said that

what
I
have seen about Mexican construction and code compliance with respect

to
subsequent building failures during earthquakes concerns me. I could

also
make that same statement about many buildings in regions of the U.S.


Yes, you could have make those statements. But then I couldn't post a

clever
post showing my extensive knowledge of earthquakes and harmonic

frequencies
of buildings. So I'm glad you didn't.

--riverman
(who cannot understand why his girlfriend keeps telling him that he

thinks
its always about HIM.)


Perhaps she knows a bit more about S waves, P waves, Rayleigh waves, Love
waves, spheroidal S modes, T modes, transverse SH and SV motions, P wave
trains, etc., and their various interactions than she lets on?

Wolfgang
yeah, it's a guess.


Well, after 8 years with me, she sure does!

--riverman
(especially those Looooovve waves...) :-)




Particle Salad July 1st, 2004 11:57 PM

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A quick check of local news sources confirms what I already suspected;
several people have died in Milwaukee since the quake on Monday.

Wolfgang
who, as far as he can tell, hasn't changed his mind.


Oh, I get it. It has to be personal for you to pay attention. The "BIG
DEAL" is many people have died in earthquakes, and many more will too. It's
no "big deal" until your ceiling comes crashing in on you, yea, it's all fun
and games until then. Yee haw, boy howdy.




Wolfgang July 2nd, 2004 02:14 AM

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"Particle Salad" wrote in message
...
A quick check of local news sources confirms what I already suspected;
several people have died in Milwaukee since the quake on Monday.

Wolfgang
who, as far as he can tell, hasn't changed his mind.


Oh, I get it.


You haven't shown any sign of it yet. Let's see what happens.......

It has to be personal for you to pay attention.


Well, it's beginning to look that way........personal, that is.

The "BIG
DEAL" is many people have died in earthquakes, and many more will too.


See, I never would have guessed that. Why wasn't I informed?

It's
no "big deal" until your ceiling comes crashing in on you, yea, it's all

fun
and games until then. Yee haw, boy howdy.


Sometimes.....mind you, I'm not saying ALWAYS, but sometimes.....when you
step in something it's a good idea to stop and sort of assess the
situation......maybe figure out what it is you've stepped in.

Wolfgang
hoo boy.



Particle Salad July 2nd, 2004 05:17 PM

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Sometimes.....mind you, I'm not saying ALWAYS, but sometimes.....when you
step in something it's a good idea to stop and sort of assess the
situation......maybe figure out what it is you've stepped in.


.... sometimes, a moron is just a moron.

It's amazing reading your posts how much you get off on yourself. Please
note: you are not very clever. Occasionally you come up with something
notable, but it's pretty rare. Please adjust overblown sense of self worth
accordingly. Thanks.



Wolfgang July 2nd, 2004 05:58 PM

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"Particle Salad" wrote in message
m...
Sometimes.....mind you, I'm not saying ALWAYS, but

sometimes.....when you
step in something it's a good idea to stop and sort of assess the
situation......maybe figure out what it is you've stepped in.


... sometimes, a moron is just a moron.


Stung a bit , did it? There IS a way to avoid that.

It's amazing reading your posts how much you get off on yourself.


You cannot possibly imagine what an unrelieved thrill it is to be me.

Please note: you are not very clever.


True. And yet......just look at what you do to yourself every time we
come into contact.

Occasionally you come up with something
notable,


Very generous of you.

but it's pretty rare.


And yet, well done......paradox surrounds us.

Please adjust overblown sense of self worth
accordingly.


O.k., I'll get right on that. You are VERY persuasive.

Thanks.


Die.

Wolfgang



Particle Salad July 2nd, 2004 06:14 PM

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Die.

Wolfgang


I told you, but you didn't listen. Tsk tsk.



Wolfgang July 2nd, 2004 06:34 PM

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"Particle Salad" wrote in message
m...
Die.

Wolfgang


I told you, but you didn't listen. Tsk tsk.


I'm not at all sure what you mean by this. Please explain.

Wolfgang




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