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What's a stuffed puffin?


and other questions asked me while I sit at my computer.




 

How much of an impact does seismic activity have on your life?

None, and I have lived through the largest earthquake in the 20th century in Alaska, all of North America actually.

Is it a constant worry?

Nope.  I rarely think about it, unless the house is shaking.  smile.gif

Do you get used to the occasional tremor?

One morning a couple of small tremors shook our house, probably in the 4-5 range.  I thought, "Oh, there's a quake," and it was over before I'd finished that sentence in my head.

A monster truck shaking the ground is a similar sensation to how most quakes feel.  When I feel a tremor, I'm not sure if it was a quake or my neighbor ordered a load of gravel.

What sort of concessions do you have to make to ensure your safety and protection of your property?

None, so far.  I make more preparations for the cold than I do the quakes.  Cold can kill ya quick if you don't give it the due respect.

This morning I was taking a look at my shelving unit pantry that I have in the garage.  It's almost ceiling height.  If it fell over, it would dent my car.  It didn't even budge from the 7.9 quake, but it might if we have a bigger one.  So I may talk Keith into putting some straps on the shelving unit and nail them into the studs.  I may move the glass jars off the top shelf so they don't hit me on the head if I happen to be running out the door when they fall.

Our house shook a lot during the November 3 quake.  A wine glass fell off a shelf and didn't break because it hit the carpet.  A collector doll fell off a bookcase.  A pile of stuff in the garage fell over.  We didn't even get a crack, and our house is over 20 years old.

Was I scared then, yeah!  Am I scared now?  Not at all.

I'm looking at my 20 gal. fishtank and wondering what would happen to it and its occupants during a decent sized quake.  Poor fishies!

Our fifty-gallon fish tank managed to survive the 1964 Good Friday earthquake just fine.  About half the water sloshed out of it, but I don't remember any fatalities, fish ones that is.

question answered  Thursday, November 21, 2002

Where do you go to get a relaxing fantastic view of the Northern Lights?

I go out on my deck.  When the Northern Lights are out around Fairbanks, you can see them from anywhere.  The further you get from bright lights, the better the view.  The University of Alaska has a nice lookout, but that is close to town.  You can drive a few miles down the Parks Highway to a lookout, or go up Chena Ridge road (off the Parks Highway) for a vista view.  From Anchorage, you will have to drive quite a ways out of town to get outside the bright lights.
question answered  Sunday, November 17, 2002

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