Kristinn. I used to live in Southern California. I had a 6.8 earthquake hit
almost directly under my house. It got to the point in the shaking that I
said " That's it, the house is gone." No real damage except for a broken
window. (The walls were twisting that much.) Three months later we had a
7.4 just North of me followed three hours later by I think a 7.2 just
Northwest of that. Hair-raising, but no real damage. I got real tired of
seeing the one building that collapsed played over and over on the news.
I'm not saying not to worry about quakes at all, but just don't worry
about them too much. Hope this helps.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kristinn Leifsson <istuner@islandia.is>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Sunday, June 18, 2000 12:21 PM
Subject: Re: National holiday non booty earthquake rain day
>Thank you for your concern.
>
>However, there is a large earthquake every 100 years in this area, and itīs
>way overdue.
>Scientists are waiting for more earthquakes that might be closer to the
>city. But we shouldnīt worry too much. It wonīt, most likely, be as large
>as a Californian earthquake but the Steinway I mentioned would get a jolt.
>
>Kristinn
>
>
>
>At 10:08 18.6.2000 -0400, you wrote:
>>Kristinn,
>>
>>It's not the Steinway we'd be worried about here. I saw the news about the
>>earthquake, and I bet everyone on the list went "Kristinn!!" On the other
>>hand, if there is damage to the piano, take a photo and we'll put it on
>>the cover of the next PTG Journal and call it, "WHAT EARTHQUAKES CAN DO".
>>
>>Hope all goes well, and no aftershocks.
>>
>>Mark Graham
>>Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music
>>Berea, Ohio
>
>
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