Comments on: Shake Rattle And Rolled me out of bed http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2008/11/19/shake-rattle-and-rolled-me-out-of-bed/ "Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today." - James Dean Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:10:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: AS http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2008/11/19/shake-rattle-and-rolled-me-out-of-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-45363 AS Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:58:34 +0000 http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/?p=3637#comment-45363 Hahahaha! Hahahaha!

]]> By: Don Ray http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2008/11/19/shake-rattle-and-rolled-me-out-of-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-45351 Don Ray Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:38:00 +0000 http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/?p=3637#comment-45351 Hi Carey. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. Hi Dave. I try to keep the environment friendly. :) Hi Carey. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment.

Hi Dave. I try to keep the environment friendly. :)

]]> By: Dave http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2008/11/19/shake-rattle-and-rolled-me-out-of-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-45347 Dave Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:44:28 +0000 http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/?p=3637#comment-45347 "For a few moments I considered running outside, but then I remembered I was sleeping in the nude." Thanks for staying inside, Don: There was already enough screaming and running away going on... “For a few moments I considered running outside, but then I remembered I was sleeping in the nude.”

Thanks for staying inside, Don: There was already enough screaming and running away going on…

]]> By: Carey http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2008/11/19/shake-rattle-and-rolled-me-out-of-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-45346 Carey Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:40:30 +0000 http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/?p=3637#comment-45346 It is true that earquakes travel farther in softer soil. This is a reason why most earthquakes on the west coast of the States are generally Isolated. Here in Memphis, we are still anticipating "The Big One". Last big one was belt beyond Ohio roughly 200 years ago or so. As for your comments on not wanting to see an eartquake in Panama City with all the high rises, I think it'll look scarier than what damage could do. most damage is done to smaller structures. My girlfriend is not wanting to talk much about the earthquake, must not have been as fun experience for her. It is true that earquakes travel farther in softer soil. This is a reason why most earthquakes on the west coast of the States are generally Isolated. Here in Memphis, we are still anticipating “The Big One”. Last big one was belt beyond Ohio roughly 200 years ago or so.
As for your comments on not wanting to see an eartquake in Panama City with all the high rises, I think it’ll look scarier than what damage could do. most damage is done to smaller structures.
My girlfriend is not wanting to talk much about the earthquake, must not have been as fun experience for her.

]]> By: Don Ray http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2008/11/19/shake-rattle-and-rolled-me-out-of-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-45344 Don Ray Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:28:02 +0000 http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/?p=3637#comment-45344 Dan, thanks for correcting me. That is good information to know. Dan, thanks for correcting me. That is good information to know.

]]> By: Mike Owen http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2008/11/19/shake-rattle-and-rolled-me-out-of-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-45341 Mike Owen Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:05:35 +0000 http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/?p=3637#comment-45341 Having lived through many shakers in California, I don't know what all the fuss is about. Just roll over and go back to sleep unless you have mirror sliding doors on one side of the bed and glass patio doors on the other and they are all bouncing in and out like a drum skin. Then it is time to get up and out fast. Having also lived through several major hurricanes in Florida, I have to agree with Tracy. We did get plenty of warning except when Charlie took a sharp right turn in 2004 and totaled our house in Punta Gorda. Having lived through many shakers in California, I don’t know what all the fuss is about. Just roll over and go back to sleep unless you have mirror sliding doors on one side of the bed and glass patio doors on the other and they are all bouncing in and out like a drum skin. Then it is time to get up and out fast.
Having also lived through several major hurricanes in Florida, I have to agree with Tracy. We did get plenty of warning except when Charlie took a sharp right turn in 2004 and totaled our house in Punta Gorda.

]]> By: Samantha http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2008/11/19/shake-rattle-and-rolled-me-out-of-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-45340 Samantha Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:30:12 +0000 http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/?p=3637#comment-45340 I live in Boquete, have done for about 6 years and that was the strongest shake I have experienced here by far. Blimey it was a strong one wasnt it?! I woke up thinking "Oh Peachy" The Bloody Volcano is going to explode !!! Wonder what the odds are for that happening?!!! I live in Boquete, have done for about 6 years and that was the strongest shake I have experienced here by far. Blimey it was a strong one wasnt it?!

I woke up thinking “Oh Peachy” The Bloody Volcano is going to explode !!!

Wonder what the odds are for that happening?!!!

]]> By: Dan Miller http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2008/11/19/shake-rattle-and-rolled-me-out-of-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-45338 Dan Miller Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:53:25 +0000 http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/?p=3637#comment-45338 Don Ray, re your comment #29 -- I'm not sure that is completely right. Here is a link to the <a HREF="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/shakemap/global/shake/2008zpan/" rel="nofollow">shake map</a>, which suggests that the "shakes" were not entirely a function of distance from the epicenter. Rather, the nature of the terrain and possibly of the soil seem to have been significant. Ideas? Dan Don Ray, re your comment #29 — I’m not sure that is completely right. Here is a link to the shake map, which suggests that the “shakes” were not entirely a function of distance from the epicenter. Rather, the nature of the terrain and possibly of the soil seem to have been significant. Ideas?
Dan

]]> By: Don Ray http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2008/11/19/shake-rattle-and-rolled-me-out-of-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-45336 Don Ray Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:06:15 +0000 http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/?p=3637#comment-45336 Hi Beth. The land mass really doesn't make any difference. It is the closeness to the epicenter of the quake that counts. let's hope the Baru stays asleep for a few hundred more years. :) Hi Beth. The land mass really doesn’t make any difference. It is the closeness to the epicenter of the quake that counts. let’s hope the Baru stays asleep for a few hundred more years. :)

]]> By: Beth http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2008/11/19/shake-rattle-and-rolled-me-out-of-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-45335 Beth Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:55:18 +0000 http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/?p=3637#comment-45335 Woke up my mom and I here in Volcan. My brother slept right through it! I was also thinking a concrete building isn't the ideal place to be during an earthquake. I have felt several small tremors over the past week or so, including this morning. Probably not too bad up here in Volcan because of the land mass difference. If Baru decides to wake up, we're toast. Woke up my mom and I here in Volcan. My brother slept right through it! I was also thinking a concrete building isn’t the ideal place to be during an earthquake. I have felt several small tremors over the past week or so, including this morning. Probably not too bad up here in Volcan because of the land mass difference. If Baru decides to wake up, we’re toast.

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