Illinois Earthquake Overnight

On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 06:38:01 -0500, "jmcquown"
wrote:

Jeanne Hedge wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 05:56:55 -0500, "jmcquown"
wrote:

Oh *Great*! This means we're bound to get hit down here in Memphis.
You're on the New Madrid fault which runs from Cairo, Illinois down
to Marked Tree, Arkansas. We are way past due for another quake.

Yeah, my parents in southern Indiana actually have an earthquake rider
on their homeowner's insurance, in case the New Madrid goes off. But I
don't think this morning's quake was on that same fault line.

Yeah, I have a $5,000 earthquake deductible on my rental insurance because
of where I live. For anything else, it's just $500 Still pretty cheap
considering if an earthquake destroyed my dwelling I'd have full replacement
cost on everything. I'm not sure what other faults run around this part of
the US. The NM is the biggest.

News says this morning's northern Illinois quake was on the Sandwich
Fault. Sandwich is a small town in eastern DeKalb County, Illinois,
east of today's epicenter and west of Chicago.


Being in Memphis, which is Elvis country, I wrote an article called "All
Shook Up" back in the 1980's about earthquake preparedness. It was
published in a newsletter my then employer sent out to members. Your
neighbor did the right thing by banging out the door; it's best to clear out
of a building. I did the right thing by hanging onto a door frame, second
best thing (a reinforced area).

I don't think my neighbor was fleeing the quake. He bangs doors when
he leaves regardless of time of day. You'd think he'd be a little more
considerate as we're in an apartment building, but I guess not.

Anyway, his banging the door and the earth beginning to move at the
same time seem to be total coincidence to me


If you live in an earthquake zone, DO NOT hang paintings, mirrors, etc.
above your sofa or bed. That's a big no-no. Bookshelves should be secured
to walls with metal brackets. Stay away from brick walls and fireplaces
which may crumble. Fun facts for living

A friend of mine from Taiwan (many earthquakes) tells me stories of
how she had nothing hanging on the walls or ceiling near her bed when
she was a kid because her family was afraid of something falling on
them during an overnight quake.




Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha

http://www.jhedge.com

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On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 06:38:01 -0500, "jmcquown"
wrote:

Jeanne Hedge wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 05:56:55 -0500, "jmcquown"
wrote:

Oh *Great*! This means we're bound to get hit down here in
Memphis. You're on the New Madrid fault which runs from Cairo,
Illinois down to Marked Tree, Arkansas. We are way past due for
another quake.

Yeah, my parents in southern Indiana actually have an earthquake
rider on their homeowner's insurance, in case the New Madrid goes
off. But I don't think this morning's quake was on that same fault
line.

Yeah, I have a $5,000 earthquake deductible on my rental insurance
because of where I live. For anything else, it's just $500
Still pretty cheap considering if an earthquake destroyed my
dwelling I'd have full replacement cost on everything. I'm not sure
what other faults run around this part of the US. The NM is the
biggest.

Being in Memphis, which is Elvis country, I wrote an article called
"All Shook Up" back in the 1980's about earthquake preparedness. It
was
published in a newsletter my then employer sent out to members.
Your neighbor did the right thing by banging out the door; it's best
to clear out of a building. I did the right thing by hanging onto a
door frame, second best thing (a reinforced area).

If you live in an earthquake zone, DO NOT hang paintings, mirrors,
etc. above your sofa or bed. That's a big no-no. Bookshelves
should be secured to walls with metal brackets. Stay away from
brick walls and fireplaces which may crumble. Fun facts for living


I live in Nashville, about 200 miles east of the New Madrid Fault,
and took out a rider on my homeowner's insurance to cover earthquake
damage. I live in a brick-veneer home, and figure that, whenever the
Big One hits, my home will be in need of some repairs. There hasn't
been a major quake on the New Madrid Fault since the series of quakes
in the last few days of 1811 and the first few days of 1812; those
quakes did building damage as far away as Richmond, Virginia, and are
considered to have been the most violent earthquakes in our nation's
history. Statistically speaking, we are overdue for another major
quake on the New Madrid Fault, and the insurers expect that the cost
will be extreme because of the many load-bearing-masonry buildings
that were built in the central USA during the 19th and early 20th
centuries, before the need for earthquake resistance was understood.

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On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 06:38:01 -0500, "jmcquown"
wrote:

Jeanne Hedge wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 05:56:55 -0500, "jmcquown"
wrote:

Oh *Great*! This means we're bound to get hit down here in
Memphis. You're on the New Madrid fault which runs from Cairo,
Illinois down to Marked Tree, Arkansas. We are way past due for
another quake.

Yeah, my parents in southern Indiana actually have an earthquake
rider on their homeowner's insurance, in case the New Madrid goes
off. But I don't think this morning's quake was on that same fault
line.

Yeah, I have a $5,000 earthquake deductible on my rental insurance
because of where I live. For anything else, it's just $500
Still pretty cheap considering if an earthquake destroyed my
dwelling I'd have full replacement cost on everything. I'm not sure
what other faults run around this part of the US. The NM is the
biggest.

Being in Memphis, which is Elvis country, I wrote an article called
"All Shook Up" back in the 1980's about earthquake preparedness. It
was
published in a newsletter my then employer sent out to members.
Your neighbor did the right thing by banging out the door; it's best
to clear out of a building. I did the right thing by hanging onto a
door frame, second best thing (a reinforced area).

If you live in an earthquake zone, DO NOT hang paintings, mirrors,
etc. above your sofa or bed. That's a big no-no. Bookshelves
should be secured to walls with metal brackets. Stay away from
brick walls and fireplaces which may crumble. Fun facts for living


I live in Nashville, about 200 miles east of the New Madrid Fault,
and took out a rider on my homeowner's insurance to cover earthquake
damage. I live in a brick-veneer home, and figure that, whenever the
Big One hits, my home will be in need of some repairs. There hasn't
been a major quake on the New Madrid Fault since the series of quakes
in the last few days of 1811 and the first few days of 1812; those
quakes did building damage as far away as Richmond, Virginia, and are
considered to have been the most violent earthquakes in our nation's
history. Statistically speaking, we are overdue for another major
quake on the New Madrid Fault, and the insurers expect that the cost
will be extreme because of the many load-bearing-masonry buildings
that were built in the central USA during the 19th and early 20th
centuries, before the need for earthquake resistance was understood.

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"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better
than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria