Yeah, I guess that after a shake like that, and it's considered a moderate
quake, the building people have to go in and inspect.
I am supposed to phone in before going back to work tomorrow to see if I can
get back in the building.
I only saw one person that was shook up. She was running down the sidewalk
with her arms semi-raised and flapping around. She looked scared. But, we
government people barely show signs of life when something like that happens!
<I jest, of course.>
From: bugeye15@hotmail.com
To: robertduquette@sympatico.ca; spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Spridgets] whose fault is that!
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:10:25 -0400
Looking at some of the pictures...Al Qaida??
Interesting part of the story:
town employees were sent home for the day because they were so shaken up by
the incident.
and
Employees on Parliament Hill were evacuated from buildings and sent home.
Figures...Government workers......scammers...
Oh wait, I am one!! nvm
Brian S.
Bugeyeracer finally resto'ed!
> From: robertduquette@sympatico.ca
> To: healeys@autox.team.net; spridgets@autox.team.net
> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:01:56 +0000
> Subject: [Spridgets] whose fault is that!
>
> No-one's apparently.
>
>
>
> We had an earthquake along the magnitude of 5.1 ( some reports as high as
5.7
> ).
>
>
>
> I was on the road and had just pulled off the highway using an off ramp and
> had just stopped ( red light ), checked my rear view to see a huge bus
> approaching from behind and slowing nicely and checked my GPS. Next thing
I'm
> feeling the car stating to shake from side to side and I think: "the bugger
> ran into me. Not serious ... we're not moving forward". And, I think: "how
> is it that we're moving side to side". I check the mirror and the bus is
> stopped a safe distance behind me. Now, I'm thinking that the engine must
> have grenaded or is running really rough. By this time I'm starting to look
> forward again and I see the car in front of me dancing from side to side.
You
> know how soft side wall tires lean way over? Well, he was doing that on one
> side and then the other. Now I'm thinking that the ramp is collapsing and I
> want off. The light turns green and off we go. Turns out that the ramp is
on
> the ground, not supported in the air. ( found that out on the return trip.
)
>
>
>
> The first thing that I did when I got home was check to see that the car
> that's supposed to be on the hoist was where it should be.
>
>
>
> I was going to include a bit of fiction in that story about how my GPS
started
> showing me on one side of the road and then the other, but ... I was lazy.
:)
>
>
>
> This story is out of the wrong city, as the epicentre was just outside
Ottawa,
> but it's what I can find.
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/06/23/tor-earthquake.html
>
>
>
> Robert Duquette
> Ottawa ON Canada
> 1965 RHD BRG Austin-Healey Sprite ( project )
> 1967 RHD MG Midget ( aka: Miss Marple )
> 1955 Austin-Healey 100 BN1 ( aka: Carmen )
>
> http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertduquette/temp/2009FallTour.jpg
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