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Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on March 31, 2020, 04:48 PM:
6.5 due west of us. NW of Stanley.
House rolled and rolled shook from Canada to Utah.
Small after shock along hwy 75 just down from Torrey's Hole west of Clayton.
Posted by UTcaller (Member # 8) on March 31, 2020, 05:11 PM:
Was just thinking about You, Dave Allen, and Lonny..... Crazy Times.... Hope all is well with you guys..... Stay safe
Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on March 31, 2020, 06:04 PM:
http://seismo.berkeley.edu/seismo.real.time.map.html
Was just looking at this site and they've had about 5 after shocks in the Corner of hwy21 coming up avalanche alley.
Avalanche alley was already closed to a avalanche it's probably a mess now.
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on March 31, 2020, 07:08 PM:
6.5 is getting pretty serious.
Suggestion from one who's been thru a few of them;
Check your gas lines and water lines to & from your water heater.
Stay safe !!!
Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on April 01, 2020, 03:02 AM:
Hot water heater is tied down.
This is a known earthquake area.
No gas lines to the house.
Water lines are over 4 feet buried.
Gas line to the back up generator.
Looked at everything we can think of.
The fault line on this one ran to the west.
Boise Valley and points west got it worse than we did.
There has been several after shocks that has hit Boise but we haven't felt a thing.
There is no buried natural gas in the area thank the good lord.
Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on April 01, 2020, 03:38 AM:
Be safe been thru many big ones not fun !
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on April 01, 2020, 07:26 AM:
It usually appears random, why this place is hard hit and that place is not. One of the most panic earthquakes I felt was centered right here in Upland, but about 5 miles straight down. On a quiet Sunday morning, I was reading the Sunday Times in my chair which was routine. Suddenly, I got a jolt that launched me out of my recliner and I promise you, it scared the shit out of me!
Hardly anything fell down, cracks in the concrete and block walls appeared in the next few days, and it was no big deal.
However, this town is rocky. I remember telling a buddy that we had just bought a house in Upland and he lived here and he said, buy a pick! The reason is because, when planting a yard and shrubs, you put stuff where you can, not where you want it. It's not worth it to dig up a 100 pound rock 2 foot deep, just to plant a one gallon privet.
Anyway, as I recall, in Upland nothing was damaged, a water heater tipped over and caused a garage fire and that was it.
Not so, in Pomona and San Dimas. Both cities are built on an ancient mud flat and in a quake, they shake like a bowl full of Jello. Caused by this 4.6 trembler, Pomona suffered more than $10 million dollars in damages. There was a big school or church right on Holt that was like a cracked egg, the Health Department closed it and even though it was historic, it had to be razed as uninhabitable. San Dimas had quite a bit of the same type of damage, but Claremont, right next door had practically no damage because it's the same, geologically, as Upland, solid and built like a tank.
This is why they had a quake (not sure) but maybe 50 miles off the coast of Acapulco and that city suffered not very much damage. But Mexico City, a hundred miles inland, had major damage, scores of large buildings collapsed and they sent in specially trained dogs from all over to search for bodies. Mexico City is built on a swamp, if you ever saw diagrams of the ancient city of Montezuma, it had a huge grid of canals and there is very little evidence of that today. But just like Pomona, the ground liquifies very easily in an earthquake. There is no substitute for a solid foundation.
It's the terrain that makes one location seem very violent, and a little ways away, they don't shake as much. So, if you are right on a fault line, expect a hell of a lot more structural damage than if there isn't one close by.
Now, 'splain me, Lucy? What was the big deal that contributed to the worst earthquake in the United States? I don't know, myself, but I know where it occurred. In New Madrid, Missouri, and I don't remember the year, even? Why there, in practically the middle of the continent? Beats me?
But, you know it had to be huge if it was stronger than the 1906 San Francisco quake or the Alaskan quake in the 50's? Just a combination of terrain features and built up pressures and bingo!
Good hunting. El Bee
edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1811%E2%80%9312_New_Madrid_earthquakes
[ April 01, 2020, 07:28 AM: Message edited by: Leonard ]
Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on April 01, 2020, 08:02 AM:
El Bee I remember being a child in San Fernando must have been six or seven so that would make it 1956 or 1957 In the hours before noon we had a roller I watched the streets look like the ocean just rippling I had no idea wheat was happening just scared me shitless ! No shaking at all !
[ April 01, 2020, 08:03 AM: Message edited by: Paul Melching ]
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on April 01, 2020, 11:54 AM:
Well, you know, a couple times, I have been driving, and get the feeling that I suffered a blowout. One time, I just ignored it, thinking I got hung up in ruts or something? But another time, I pulled over and checked the tires because that's exactly what it feels like. Another time, I was washing the car and my head was kinda upsidedown, doing the quarterpanel. Then, the Chevelle started bouncing and I was thinking, wow, I need shocks! Just then, Nancy stuck her head out the door and said: Did you feel that? And I said, Huh?
The Northridge quake as I recall, happened before 6 am, woke both of us up but we just laid there, and it shook for a long time, increasing in violence. Neither of us said a damned thing until it stopped.
Of course, all the Mexicans were sleeping in the Park for a week afterwards. They do that with every quake. Good thing, or lucky it's never the dead of winter when we get one.
Good hunting. El Bee
Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on April 01, 2020, 07:10 PM:
Other half checked inside of the containers and found one hummingbird feeder on the floor broke and some gama lids on the floor so far that's the only thing we've found.
That rolling feeling is a weird one. Made me queasy for a long time and the stomach was still weird when we went to bed last night.
Boise Valley and westward seemed to get hit a little harder than we did. But like some said maybe we just have a good piece of dirt here.
The house is small one level well built and maybe that is what saved us.
Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on April 02, 2020, 03:57 AM:
Road crew started into Avalanche alley Tuesday night and found a lot of problems. They backed out and were told not to go back in due to all the aftershocks that have centered in on that area.
Maybe a good thing since no one is suppose to be traveling and for some reason people just can't stay home in Idaho. We have on of the worst ratings right now. Read our county gets a F for not staying home. We have limited resources here and what little we have most have shut down.
Fed-ex and UPS look like tag teams up here they are the only ones burning up the roads.
Posted by Dave Allen (Member # 3102) on April 02, 2020, 10:30 AM:
I was driving home from work. Never felt a thing, wife sure was worked up though.
Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on April 04, 2020, 03:08 AM:
All up and down that area has been a beehive of aftershocks.
Would like to see an video of the canyon from the air.
They've had a lot of snow moving in the Sawtooths. One scientist was up in there last couple of days doing something and taking pictures. A lot of rocks have fallen and a lot of snow has shifted from his pictures.
Other half needs to get back down to the ranch he's been gopher trapping on. He came home last Saturday due to rain. We've gotten a 2 day break from the rain now more is coming in tonight. He's hoping for a big break in the weather. But the thought of a 400 mile detour is really turning his stomach sour. Going to have to sell the gopher business and quit going to the valley.
Anyone want a good paying job? Lots of clean air, a good physical deep knee bends workout daily. Guarantee to wear out the body faster than normal. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on April 05, 2020, 11:23 AM:
Over a 140 aftershocks. Mostly centered up and down and around avalanche alley. Don't know how bad is it in that canyon. It could be weeks or months before they decide to open it up. Who knows?
Could be the back country road may melt out before the main road is open. It's a nice drive the back way but slower. We'll see what happens.
Posted by NVWalt (Member # 375) on April 05, 2020, 02:39 PM:
Get ready to kiss your ass goodbye Earthwalker as Jellystone is about to blow!!!!!LOL
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on April 05, 2020, 07:45 PM:
DAMN!
You better hope that don’t happen anytime soon. We ain’t never seen something like Yellowstone’s potential, maybe since Krackatoa?
Good hunting. El Bee 🐝
Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on April 06, 2020, 03:35 AM:
Anybody read revelations? lol
Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on April 06, 2020, 04:17 AM:
Long as the geysers keep venting and releasing pressure I'm ok with things.
We're east of Jellystone and hopefully on the day it blow there is hurricane force winds blowing from the west.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on April 06, 2020, 07:37 AM:
I think there aren't too many locations like Yellowstone? I think it's a "Calderon"? I think there is one in the Mammoth area?
There was one, historically, I think in the Philippines? Huge, left nothing but a ring of scattered islands.
You don't want to be around when one of those things blow!
Good hunting. El Bee
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on April 06, 2020, 11:31 AM:
Ragnarok. The end times are coming. Best take that (fill in the blank) trip while there's still time.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on April 06, 2020, 04:41 PM:
BUT DISNEY WORLD IS CLOSED!
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on April 06, 2020, 05:40 PM:
Who can afford to go to Dizzy World ?????? ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on April 07, 2020, 11:50 AM:
Got a little P.Oed about our IDOT not ever putting news on avalanche alley. So I emailed them and complained. Got a email back with their typical canned response.
So today they finally have a news story with pictures.
Hope the link works
https://idahonews.com/news/local/idaho-mountain-highways-still-getting-cleaned-up-after-historic-65-earthquake
Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on April 08, 2020, 05:21 AM:
That is a BIG mess!
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on April 08, 2020, 07:54 AM:
You know, and this is going back a long time, but there was a major avalanche on the upper part of highway 39, above Azusa, late 50's or early 60's. It used to go up over the top and down, eventually into the Antelope Valley. So far as I know, it's never been reopened. I think it goes to Crystal Lake and that's it. Or, if something has changed, the assholes never told me!
Good hunting. El Bee
Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on April 09, 2020, 09:00 AM:
WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!
Believe it or not Avalanche Alley is open as of this morning!!!
Now the hubby can bring the travel trailer/ATV home as soon as he can finish up the pocket gopher trapping.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on April 09, 2020, 09:46 AM:
They can be so dangerous! Deceptively cute, but you never want to turn your back on an upset pocket gopher, playing pocket pool!
Good hunting. El Bee
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