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February 28, 2001

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well, it turns out the cost to repair my camera is $189 so now i'm torn between having it fixed and starting over with a new one. my carelessness is costing me--last spring i lost my nikon fg in east river park in new york city. i'm more upset by the loss of the roll of film that was in it. despite its sentimental value (it was a hand-me-down from my sister), the camera at least can be replaced. the problem with the digital camera is i cracked the housing. the earth's housing is cracked, too, as evidenced today by the 7.0 earthquake that freaked seattle out for 30 seconds, after which most people resumed their routines. so it was really weird to receive phonecalls and emails from people in minneapolis, houston, and new york, where apparently the media was playing up the "disaster." i guess acts of god make good news--there's very little in them to upset advertisers. anyway, since there are no pictures to share today, here are some emails from concerned family and friends and my replies to them as the day progressed:

 

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where were you and what were you doing when the earthquake struck?

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where were you and what were you thinking when the earthquake struck?

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where were you and what were you feeling when the earthquake struck?

From: "zverinarob" <zverina1@msn.com>
To: <Fernanda81664@aol.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: are you ok?

the earthquake was scary. hard to describe what it's like when out of nowhere all the apparent solidity of the world drops away and everything shakes, sways, and undulates like it's made of rubber.

we came through it ok.

----- Original Message -----

From: <Fernanda81664@aol.com>
To: <robert@zverina.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 2:19 PM
Subject: are you ok?

maybe i said something wrong...?!
2 things: my friend told me the hurricane was intense! hope you are ok. he is staying with his show until sunday, let me know if you fell like seeing it.

tchau,
fernanda.

[note: i met fernanda at jones beach in 1996. she's from brazil, which accounts for the "hurricane" freudian slip, i guess. her email last week was the first i'd heard from her in 3 years. her friend is in seattle acting in a civil war play.]


From: "zverinarob" <zverina1@msn.com>
To: <mgates@wiley.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: 7.0


oh man, did i ever. primal terror. the whole house felt like rubber, shit falling off shelves and walls, screams of children and emergency announcements from grade school across the street, swaying telephone poles and quivering streets underfeet. adrenalin rush, for sure. 30 seconds never felt so long. it comes without warning and there's just no telling when it will end or if it's going to continue worsening and even now there's that lingering concern that it could start up again (though i just read that deep quakes, which this was, don't aftershock as much).

i ran outside and kept an eye on rainier, wondering if this would trigger an eruption. who knows, it could already be set in motion, though the effect might not be felt for another 50,000 years.

all in all, pretty fucking cool. afterwards, sarah and i sat by the canal eating cheese sandwiches and feeding fritos to ducks.

----- Original Message -----
From: <mgates@wiley.com>
To: <robert@zverina.com>; <skavage@hotmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 12:30 PM
Subject: 7.0

did you feel the earth move under your feet?

From: "zverinarob" <zverina1@msn.com>
To: "Steffen, James R." <JRSteffen@faegre.com>
Cc: "margnjim" <margnjim@gateway.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: You okay out there?


there's a school across the street. other than the sound of stuff falling off the walls, the announcements over the PA to get the kids out was the scariest part. of course, once outside they shrieked with glee and ran around the playground happy for the brief respite from classroom tedium. there's been a good series about homeschooling on npr this week.

----- Original Message -----

From: "Steffen, James R." <JRSteffen@faegre.com>
To: "'zverinarob'" <rob@zverina.com>
Cc: <margnjim@gateway.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 12:14 PM
Subject: RE: You okay out there?

> Not something I think I'd look forward to. Glad to hear you are ok.
> -- Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: zverinarob [mailto:zverina1@msn.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 2:13 PM
> To: Steffen, James R.
> Subject: Re: You okay out there?
>
>
> did our little earthquake make the news?
>
> this is an old house and it felt like rubber. i went outside. it's nutty to
> feel the ground rumble and grumble like an upset stomach...
>
> rob
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steffen, James R." <JRSteffen@faegre.com>
> To: <rob@zverina.com>
> Cc: <margnjim@gateway.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 11:41 AM
> Subject: You okay out there?


From: "zverinarob" <zverina1@msn.com>
To: "Andi Pihl" <andi.pihl@terabeam.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: Earthquake Data

sarah's in her studio today, which is even scarier b/c that thing is so rickety. i hear some sirens. hopefully she is not clawing her way out of the rubble. lulu didn't like the shaking, either. it disturbed her nap.

at first i thought daniel was applying some supergrinder to our walls. outside, the ground was throbbing and twitching. my heart was pounding. what a weird feeling. i was watching Tahoma to see if it'd blow... our neighbor timed it at 30 seconds. i'm bracing for aftershocks...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andi Pihl" <andi.pihl@terabeam.com>
To: "'zverinarob'" <rob@zverina.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 11:19 AM
Subject: RE: Earthquake Data

just heard the latest info is that it was a 6.1 centered in south Seattle. I've never been in an earthquake longer than a second or two. I loved it.

But then I didn't think for a second that any buildings would fall down. A lot of people here were freaked out, especially about finding out their kids were ok. Did you talk to Sarah yet? She was close to the center.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: zverinarob [mailto:zverina1@msn.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 11:17 AM
> To: Andi Pihl
> Subject: Re: Earthquake Data
>
>
> sssscccccaaaaaaarrrrrryyyyy
>
> the house felt it was made of rubber. i ran outside.
>
> some pictures fell off walls, your RG frame fell to the floor, but nothing
> appears to be broken.
>
> this is only my 2nd quake ever.
>
> the kids across the street shrieked with glee and immediately started
> playing. they're back inside now, as am i. no duh.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andi Pihl" <andi.pihl@terabeam.com>
> To: <rob@zverina.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 11:09 AM
> Subject: FW: Earthquake Data
>
>
> > just got this info...
> > some one who lives in East Lake said her dishes were broken. how did our
> > place hold up?
> > Andi
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jim Bachesta
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 11:02 AM
> > > To: *Seattle
> > > Subject: Earthquake Data
> > >
> > >
> > > FYI
> > >
> > > Jim Bachesta
> > > -------
> > > .. EARTHQUAKE REPORT FROM ..
> > > Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network
> > > University of Washington
> > > Seattle WA
> > >
> > > A LIGHT EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 10:54 AM PST February 28, 2001
> > > THE MAGNITUDE 4.7 EVENT IS LOCATED 11.3 Miles NE of Olympia, WA
> > >
> > > THE HYPOCENTRAL DEPTH IS 30.0 MILES
> > >
> > > WARNING: This is an automatic message - Not reviewed yet.
> > >
> > >
> > > PRINCIPAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
> > > -------------------------------
> > >
> > > Magnitude : 4.7
> > > Event Date & Time : 02/28/2001 10:54:33 AM PST
> > > 02/28/2001 18:54:33 UTC
> > > Location : 47.1690 N 122.7333 W
> > > 47 deg 10 min North 122 deg 44 min West
> > > Depth : 30.0 miles / 49.0 km deep
> > > Location Quality : Excellent
> > > Number of readings : 59
> > > Nearest seismograph: 4 miles/ 7 km
> > >
> > > 11.3 miles / 18.2 km NE of Olympia, WA
> > > 14.9 miles / 24.0 km WSW of Tacoma, WA
> > > 35.1 miles / 56.5 km SSW of Seattle, WA
> > >
> > > -------------------------------
> > > Additional information will be reported here if warranted.
> > > Information regarding earthquakes in the PNW may be found at:
> > > WEB: http://www.geophys.washington.edu/SEIS/PNSN
> > > E-MAIL EARTHQUAKE LIST: quake@geophys.washington.edu
> > > E-MAIL A SEISMOLOGIST : seis_info@geophys.washington.edu
> > > VOICE MESSAGE: 206-543-7010
> > >
> > > For large or world-wide earthquakes WEB information can be found at:
> > > http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov USGS National Earthquake Info Center
> > > http://www.alaska.net/~atwc NOAA AlaskaTsunami Warning Center
> >
>
>


>
> sssscccccaaaaaaarrrrrryyyyy concern that it could start my carelessness is costing me--last i'd heard from her : 59
> > > > E-MAIL A SEISMOLOGIST quake ever.
> > > >
> continue worsening and even ? back inside now, as am
> > > Wednesday, February 28, 2001 |  tomorrow 7 km
> you are ok.
where apparently the media N 122.7333 W
>

are some emails from concerned something I think I'd > > Depth : large or world-wide earthquakes WEB February 28, 2001 11:34 AM 7.0

did you Info Center
>
Cc: "margnjim" <margnjim@gateway.net> From: "zverinarob" <zverina1@msn.com>
> > FYI
> earth move under your feet?

quake ever.
> from classroom tedium. there's shrieked with glee and ran
throbbing and twitching. my upset stomach...
of the Day falling off the walls, 2001
to the floor, but nothing
> rob
ok. he is staying with >
> > > eating cheese sandwiches and feeding earthquake struck ? From: "Steffen, James R." of film that was in ? information can be found min North 122 deg 44 IS 30.0 MILES
> > > > University of eye on rainier, wondering if of Tacoma, WA
Original Message ----- "Steffen, James R." <JRSteffen@faegre.com>
AM PST February 28, people here were freaked out,
Subject: Re: are you
> > > WEB: of children and emergency announcements and there's just no telling yesterday > >
> >

But then something wrong...?!
2 things: make good news--there's very little until sunday, let me be felt for another 50,000
yesterday | February 28, 2001 12:20 PM R." <JRSteffen@faegre.com>
>
> > Andi her friend is in seattle timed it at 30 seconds. > > > -------
my carelessness is costing ----- Original Message ----- [mailto:zverina1@msn.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, lives in East Lake said ran around the playground no pictures to share today, Subject: FW: Earthquake Data Subject: FW: Earthquake Data
Pihl" <andi.pihl@terabeam.com>
Sent:

info is that it > the kids across the 7.0 earthquake that freaked
February 28, 2001 your feet?


----- Original Message -----
Warning Center
> felt like rubber. i today the housing. the earth's housing well, it yesterday |

----- news--there's very little in off walls, your RG frame might not be felt
> this is "'zverinarob'" <rob@zverina.com>
Cc: > > > VOICE > > -------
> > FYI


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