Re: Quake

I assume that the event was on the "Big Island"?

Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On Oct 15, 2006, at 8:51 PM, Pam Evans wrote:

> I'm glad to hear that too.  Jesse's brother and youngest sister  
> live in
> Hawaii.
>
> On 10/15/06, Zemuly Sanders <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>> I saw that on the Yahoo news.  The general consensus was the  
>> electricity
>> outages might be a result of torrential rains.  Who knows?  I'm  
>> just glad
>> there are no deaths reported -- so far.
>> zem
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
>> To: "Garden Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 3:58 PM
>> Subject: [CHAT] Quake
>>
>>
>>> A friend in Hawai'i writes--
>>>
>>>  It felt like being in a car - tumbling over a cliff - with the  
>>> shaking
>>> - but no body tumbling - just seemed that the house was violently
>>> shaking, twisting, etc.  However, no windows broken.  Lots of  
>>> pictures
>>> are off the walls.  Stuff on shelves fallen off.
>>>
>>>  One good sized mirror in one of the bathrooms came down and  
>>> shattered.
>>> Books all over.  One good-sized tv (about 27") fell off its stand.
>>> Shit - lost a large Ming ginger jar that fell off a cabinet.
>>>
>>>  So will be doing some clean up and re-arranging today.
>>>
>>>  No power.  No radio stations (from car radio).  Reports are that  
>>> there
>>> are no tv stations on - but I'll be checking that in a bit.  Land  
>>> phone
>>> lines are working here - or I couldn't be connected to the internet.
>>> Am on generator - as land electricity is out.
>>>
>>>  Just had another aftershock about 2 minutes ago.
>>>
>>>  Sand Gulch - that connects us to Honoka'a is closed - as enough big
>>> rocks, needing heavy equipment, will have to be used to clear out  
>>> the
>>> stuff.  We took a cruise through the neighborhood about an hour  
>>> ago -
>>> had to clear some small rocks off the road in a couple of places  
>>> - and
>>> one good sized rock - about 40 pounds had to be moved from the  
>>> middle
>>> of our driveway.
>>>
>>>  Thanks for asking.  We're alive.
>>>
>>>  ku
>>>
>>> Island Jim
>>> Southwest Florida
>>> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
>>> Hardiness Zone 10
>>> Heat Zone 10
>>> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
>>> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
>>>
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> Pam Evans
> Kemp TX
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