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267267 | Brian Rytel <tesla.drummer@g...> | 2018‑12‑01 | How is the Alaska Contingent? |
I know Galena and Fairbanks are not in direct proximity to Anchorage, but I was wondering what the effects were and whether any of the extended Galoot family were affected. Hope things are well, Brian Rytel (writing from CA where people typically associate earthquakes, but realistically more endangered by fire) |
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267268 | Phil Koontz <phil.koontz@g...> | 2018‑12‑01 | Re: How is the Alaska Contingent? |
Hi all-- Speaking for myself, but I'm in Fairbanks today, and it wwa barely noticeable. Apparently it affected the air traffic control system, because at least one plane on the way from Fairbanks to Galena turned around and came back to Fairbanks. One GK was on it, so he's rescheduled for tomorrow. I think that the air traffic thing is because there's no Air Traffic Control radar out there, and the planes rely on a GPS system for instrument flight clearances. That may be located in Anchorage. The only reason I noticed it was that I was sitting at a restaurant table--people who were standing nearby missed it. I assume that we have one or more galoots circa Anchorage, but no direct knowledge. PK |
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267269 | Phil Schempf <philschempf@g...> | 2018‑12‑01 | Re: How is the Alaska Contingent? |
Not noticeable in Juneau. Some pics at adn.com Phil from SE Sent from my iPhone |
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267270 | Christopher Swingley <cswingle@s...> | 2018‑12‑01 | Re: How is the Alaska Contingent? |
GGs, Yeah, I didn't notice it here in Fairbanks, but I have several co-workers who felt it, which is pretty remarkable for an earthquake that happened hundreds of miles away. The company I work for has an office in Anchorage, so I spent a lot of the day yesterday talking with those folks about their experiences and getting their servers and network back on-line. I heard from one person who was on the 19th floor of the tallest building in Alaska (22 floors) and she said it was absolutely terrifying. Some of the overhead shots of the highway damage are pretty incredible; you can totally see how the ground liquified and spread out, breaking the frozen asphalt into sharp puzzle pieces. For example: https://www.adn.com/visual/2018/12/01/photos-earthquake-damage-from-the-air/. Unless you lived through the 9.2 magnitude Good Friday Quake in 1964, this is likely the biggest earthquake any Alaska resident has ever experienced. I was in Fairbanks for the 2002 Denali Fault earthquake, which had a larger magnitude (7.9) but was much farther away from Fairbanks than yesterday's earthquake in Anchorage. Something I'll never forget. It's hard to reconcile things when the very ground you are standing on is no longer behaving as a solid. Cheers, Chris -- Christopher Swingley Fairbanks, Alaska http://swingleydev.com/ cswingle@s... |
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