Comments on: I wasn’t Shaking in My Boots http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/05/01/i-wasn%e2%80%99t-shaking-in-my-boots/ "Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today." - James Dean Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:15:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Don Ray http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/05/01/i-wasn%e2%80%99t-shaking-in-my-boots/#comment-5197 Don Ray Sun, 11 Jun 2006 18:04:00 +0000 http://chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/05/01/i-wasn%e2%80%99t-shaking-in-my-boots/#comment-5197 Yes, you have to be careful about angering the gods of the Baru. Yes, you have to be careful about angering the gods of the Baru.

]]> By: Joan Merriken http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/05/01/i-wasn%e2%80%99t-shaking-in-my-boots/#comment-5196 Joan Merriken Sun, 11 Jun 2006 17:58:53 +0000 http://chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/05/01/i-wasn%e2%80%99t-shaking-in-my-boots/#comment-5196 I recently bought land in Alto Boquete and was in Boquete for 12 days at a friend's house. We were all seated around the dining room table at her house on a street behind the pool hall in Alto Boquete when we felt the first tremor. It was followed by another hit and then another. I could feel it coming up thru the tile floor. Nothing moved very much, but the casement windows began fluttering each time it was ready to strike. We learned the following day that at least three schools in the area were closed, due to fractured walls. Perhaps it is due to so much building going on recently. The "gods are angry and Volcan Baru is spewing her venom." I recently bought land in Alto Boquete and was in Boquete for 12 days at a friend’s house. We were all seated around the dining room table at her house on a street behind the pool hall in Alto Boquete when we felt the first tremor. It was followed by another hit and then another. I could feel it coming up thru the tile floor. Nothing moved very much, but the casement windows began fluttering each time it was ready to strike.

We learned the following day that at least three schools in the area were closed, due to fractured walls.

Perhaps it is due to so much building going on recently. The “gods are angry and Volcan Baru is spewing her venom.”

]]> By: Don Ray http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/05/01/i-wasn%e2%80%99t-shaking-in-my-boots/#comment-2744 Don Ray Mon, 15 May 2006 19:20:20 +0000 http://chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/05/01/i-wasn%e2%80%99t-shaking-in-my-boots/#comment-2744 First, is it Richard Daniels or Brent Richards? I tried to send an email to both addresses. One of my emails was returned saying the account was not open and the other was not replied to. I really don’t like to post comments from people that think they should not use their real name. It makes me think they have something to hide. If I read your comment correctly, you seem to be implying that there is a covert cover-up related to the current seismic events. The implication seems to be one like the Mayor that did not want to publish the fact that a shark had been found for fear that it would it would effect tourism in the Movie Jaws. It appears to me that the Institute of Geosciences is consistently publishing all tremors and it would be imprudent of them to falsify their findings since they are a part of a network of agencies that track seismic activity all over the world. If you have some non-speculative information, then a follow-up comment would help. First, is it Richard Daniels or Brent Richards? I tried to send an email to both addresses. One of my emails was returned saying the account was not open and the other was not replied to. I really don’t like to post comments from people that think they should not use their real name. It makes me think they have something to hide.

If I read your comment correctly, you seem to be implying that there is a covert cover-up related to the current seismic events. The implication seems to be one like the Mayor that did not want to publish the fact that a shark had been found for fear that it would it would effect tourism in the Movie Jaws.

It appears to me that the Institute of Geosciences is consistently publishing all tremors and it would be imprudent of them to falsify their findings since they are a part of a network of agencies that track seismic activity all over the world.

If you have some non-speculative information, then a follow-up comment would help.

]]> By: Richard Daniels http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/05/01/i-wasn%e2%80%99t-shaking-in-my-boots/#comment-2742 Richard Daniels Mon, 15 May 2006 17:27:35 +0000 http://chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/05/01/i-wasn%e2%80%99t-shaking-in-my-boots/#comment-2742 It's sad but true. It seems that every single authority who has big stakes in Boquete (yes, even the president Martin Torrijos have a project on the area) is saying the Boquete citizen are overreacting to the tremors. But the older inhabitants of Boquete can't remember the amount, or strenght of this tremors on any date before, despite the passionate interviews given by the authorities on the subject. Want an independent verification on the facts? Just head to Alto Quiel, and ask the people... ask them if they had felt (and hear)something like that before... and another question... what ever happened with the results on the water samples taken in Bajo Mono, on the same source the people reported sulphur-smelling ? and another yet little fact: remember the Caldera Warm waters pits? who is it no one has yet monitored their temperature to find out if there's an increase? Caldera waters pits has been warm for the past 600 hundreds of years (at least)... can you guess the source? It’s sad but true. It seems that every single authority who has big stakes in Boquete (yes, even the president Martin Torrijos have a project on the area) is saying the Boquete citizen are overreacting to the tremors. But the older inhabitants of Boquete can’t remember the amount, or strenght of this tremors on any date before, despite the passionate interviews given by the authorities on the subject. Want an independent verification on the facts? Just head to Alto Quiel, and ask the people… ask them if they had felt (and hear)something like that before… and another question… what ever happened with the results on the water samples taken in Bajo Mono, on the same source the people reported sulphur-smelling ? and another yet little fact: remember the Caldera Warm waters pits? who is it no one has yet monitored their temperature to find out if there’s an increase? Caldera waters pits has been warm for the past 600 hundreds of years (at least)… can you guess the source?

]]> By: Brent Richards http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/05/01/i-wasn%e2%80%99t-shaking-in-my-boots/#comment-2741 Brent Richards Mon, 15 May 2006 17:27:09 +0000 http://chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/05/01/i-wasn%e2%80%99t-shaking-in-my-boots/#comment-2741 It's sad but true. It seems that every single authority who has big stakes in Boquete (yes, even the president Martin Torrijos have a project on the area) is saying the Boquete citizen are overreacting to the tremors. But the older inhabitants of Boquete can't remember the amount, or strenght of this tremors on any date before, despite the passionate interviews given by the authorities on the subject. Want an independent verification on the facts? Just head to Alto Quiel, and ask the people... ask them if they had felt (and hear)something like that before... and another question... what ever happened with the results on the water samples taken in Bajo Mono, on the same source the people reported sulphur-smelling ? and another yet little fact: remember the Caldera Warm waters pits? who is it no one has yet monitored their temperature to find out if there's an increase? Caldera waters pits has been warm for the past 600 hundreds of years (at least)... can you guess the source? It’s sad but true. It seems that every single authority who has big stakes in Boquete (yes, even the president Martin Torrijos have a project on the area) is saying the Boquete citizen are overreacting to the tremors. But the older inhabitants of Boquete can’t remember the amount, or strenght of this tremors on any date before, despite the passionate interviews given by the authorities on the subject. Want an independent verification on the facts? Just head to Alto Quiel, and ask the people… ask them if they had felt (and hear)something like that before… and another question… what ever happened with the results on the water samples taken in Bajo Mono, on the same source the people reported sulphur-smelling ? and another yet little fact: remember the Caldera Warm waters pits? who is it no one has yet monitored their temperature to find out if there’s an increase? Caldera waters pits has been warm for the past 600 hundreds of years (at least)… can you guess the source?

]]> By: Don Ray http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/05/01/i-wasn%e2%80%99t-shaking-in-my-boots/#comment-2728 Don Ray Sun, 14 May 2006 13:59:19 +0000 http://chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/05/01/i-wasn%e2%80%99t-shaking-in-my-boots/#comment-2728 Interesting. I wonder if it is more intense in Valle Escondido than other areas of Boquete. I guess it could make you miss a few putts on the golf course. I notice that the Institute of Geosciences' website is down a fair amount of the time. I guess they are getting too many visitors and can’t keep up with the traffic. I need to drive up to Boquete one of these days. I would like to have tome to see if I could stop at the Institute. Interesting. I wonder if it is more intense in Valle Escondido than other areas of Boquete. I guess it could make you miss a few putts on the golf course.

I notice that the Institute of Geosciences’ website is down a fair amount of the time. I guess they are getting too many visitors and can’t keep up with the traffic.

I need to drive up to Boquete one of these days. I would like to have tome to see if I could stop at the Institute.

]]> By: Robert Noel http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/05/01/i-wasn%e2%80%99t-shaking-in-my-boots/#comment-2727 Robert Noel Sun, 14 May 2006 13:49:01 +0000 http://chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/05/01/i-wasn%e2%80%99t-shaking-in-my-boots/#comment-2727 Hi Don, I live in Valle escondido. It's getting scary here, especially because I feel many more shakings than officially are reported. It´s always like a truck is hitting my home. The measuring grid of el Instituto de Geociencias doesn´t seem to be dense enough to get them all. http://www.igc.up.ac.pa/noticias/default.php?subaction=showfull&id=1147581519&archive= Hi Don,
I live in Valle escondido. It’s getting scary here, especially because I feel many more shakings than officially are reported. It´s always like a truck is hitting my home.
The measuring grid of el Instituto de Geociencias doesn´t seem to be dense enough to get them all.
http://www.igc.up.ac.pa/noticias/default.php?subaction=showfull&id=1147581519&archive=

]]> By: Don Ray http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/05/01/i-wasn%e2%80%99t-shaking-in-my-boots/#comment-2726 Don Ray Sun, 14 May 2006 13:32:38 +0000 http://chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/05/01/i-wasn%e2%80%99t-shaking-in-my-boots/#comment-2726 What part of Boquete are you living in? I certainly haven’t felt any thing like you have described here in David. What part of Boquete are you living in? I certainly haven’t felt any thing like you have described here in David.

]]> By: Robert Noel http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/05/01/i-wasn%e2%80%99t-shaking-in-my-boots/#comment-2720 Robert Noel Sun, 14 May 2006 06:37:14 +0000 http://chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/05/01/i-wasn%e2%80%99t-shaking-in-my-boots/#comment-2720 this night (1am )I was already counting 25 shakes. It almoust goes by the minute. Some are really scary and glasses are falling from the table. 70 shocks were counted on may 4th http://www.panama-guide.com/article.php/20060504200112706 and a similar but less intense series of shocks happened in the 70ies http://www.panama-guide.com/index.php?topic=earthquakes One can hear the shocks coming because houses in the neighbourhood start humming before the shock hits at my own place. It must be really very local because sometimes the "humming" passes by and goes another way without hitting my place. this night (1am )I was already counting 25 shakes. It almoust goes by the minute. Some are really scary and glasses are falling from the table.
70 shocks were counted on may 4th http://www.panama-guide.com/article.php/20060504200112706
and a similar but less intense series of shocks happened in the 70ies
http://www.panama-guide.com/index.php?topic=earthquakes
One can hear the shocks coming because houses in the neighbourhood start humming before the shock hits at my own place.
It must be really very local because sometimes the “humming” passes by and goes another way without hitting my place.

]]> By: Don Ray http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/05/01/i-wasn%e2%80%99t-shaking-in-my-boots/#comment-2645 Don Ray Mon, 08 May 2006 17:20:34 +0000 http://chiriquichatter.net/blog/2006/05/01/i-wasn%e2%80%99t-shaking-in-my-boots/#comment-2645 I looked at the site you mentioned, but I must have missed the current information. All I found was the URLs for the USGS seismic sites. I really don't think there is anything to worry about. There are always tremors this time of year. While there have been more recently, I think they have been minor in strength. This is actually good, because the small ones prevent having a big one. I looked at the site you mentioned, but I must have missed the current information. All I found was the URLs for the USGS seismic sites. I really don’t think there is anything to worry about. There are always tremors this time of year. While there have been more recently, I think they have been minor in strength. This is actually good, because the small ones prevent having a big one.

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