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#301,481
Engle said:
It will be a colour for sure!
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TBird1958 said:
Lots of evidence of Tsunamis here in Washington, even in the far reaches of Puget Sound, there are fault lines running thru downtown Seattle , it'll happen again. Some Native America villages on the coast are being moved inland by their Tribes as precaution to being overwhelmed by a Tsunami
I remember this one very well as I was 7 at the time.
1965 Puget Sound earthquake - Wikipedia

I was around for this one too.........
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2001 Nisqually earthquake - Wikipedia

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I was in Ohio in 1965 and blissfully unaware of much of anything beyond barns and cows and fields and the yard. Making sure not to step on thistles and yellowjackets was the main concern. Being a rural 5 year old has its benefits.

I understand that there are stands of old growth timber standing at the bottom of Lake Washington. Considering some of the landslides we get, I think those probably got there by sliding, not by getting put there by an earthquake.

I was managing a construction project at the south end of Lake Washington on what is essentially a mud flat when the Nisqually quake hit. We had a guy up in a tower crane at the time. The crane was on pilings, so it didn't go anywhere, but it sure rocked back and forth. The whole crew was laughing at the crane driver because they had never seen such a big guy move so fast before.

Our balloon frame house was built in 1906. It's been through the '49, '65, and Nisqually quakes. We bolted it down and epoxied up the cracks in the foundation about 10 years ago, so I'm feeling fairly confident that it will be there for as long as anything. The building I work in was built in 1904, I believe. It's brick and concrete. It was upgraded in the 1980s or 1990s. I'm less confident that it will survive.
 
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Stealth57 said:
Other than a plain strap for the JC (don't want to mess with changing buttons on a hollow body) and a narrow one for the plastic pegs on the Dano, all the others have the locks. Though, I am tempted to try the Rok Lok.
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I could be an endorser of Strap-Lok's - they are on all my basses other than a few vintage basses where I don't want to change vintage pegs.
 
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Ringhammer said:
My only concern about a BIG quake is that I live near the bay, on what equates to mush and rubble, in a house with a slab foundation, which is already taking liberties with the word “level”, AND a mere couple of miles up the creek that is a block away from me is the Crystal Springs dam, on lower “San Andreas” Reservoir. I mean, it’s in the name, right?

If that dam goes, oh boy…
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It took the Army Corps of Engineers years to reasech and fix the auxiliary dam at Lake Isabella. As a result the lake was at 40% capacity for about 15 years. It’s finally full again. And yeah, it’s built on a fault.
 
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Gaolee said:
I was in Ohio in 1965 and blissfully unaware of much of anything beyond barns and cows and fields and the yard. Making sure not to step on thistles and yellowjackets was the main concern. Being a rural 5 year old has its benefits.

I understand that there are stands of old growth timber standing at the bottom of Lake Washington. Considering some of the landslides we get, I think those probably got there by sliding, not by getting put there by an earthquake.

I was managing a construction project at the south end of Lake Washington on what is essentially a mud flat when the Nisqually quake hit. We had a guy up in a tower crane at the time. The crane was on pilings, so it didn't go anywhere, but it sure rocked back and forth. The whole crew was laughing at the crane driver because they had never seen such a big guy move so fast before.

Our balloon frame house was built in 1906. It's been through the '49, '65, and Nisqually quakes. We bolted it down and epoxied up the cracks in the foundation about 10 years ago, so I'm feeling fairly confident that it will be there for as long as anything. The building I work in was built in 1904, I believe. It's brick and concrete. It was upgraded in the 1980s or 1990s. I'm less confident that it will survive.
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Did they get the crane operator's seat cleaned up OK? :woot:
 
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