Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News

From	Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au>
Newsgroups	melb.general, aus.politics, sac.politics, talk.politics.guns
Subject	Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News
Date	2021-09-24 07:38 +1000
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On 23/09/2021 5:51 am, Land of lockdowns wrote:
> BBC News
> 10.8M subscribers
> A 5.9 magnitude earthquake has rattled southeast Australia, damaging
> buildings in the city of Melbourne.
> 
> The earthquake happened about 09:15 local time on Wednesday.
> Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said "we have had no
> reports of serious injuries and that is very good news".
> 
> The earthquake was also felt in neighbouring South Australia and New
> South Wales. It was followed by two aftershocks of 4.0 and 3.1
> magnitude.
> 
> While this is one of Australia's largest earthquakes in recent
> years, it has not caused significant damage.
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULqvdsyMr9g
> 

**Phhhttt! I was in Tokyo in 1988, when a 6.7 hit. 2:00AM. The vertical 
wave woke me up. I got up to have a pee and, as the lateral wave hit, I 
wondered why I was having so much trouble hitting the bowl. My 
girlfriend yelled out: "Everything is moving outside." I looked though 
the window and I estimate that the hotel was swaying by around 500mm. 
She said: "What's happening?" I said: "Earthquake". She replied: "What 
should we do?" My response: "On the 19th floor, nothing. Just hope that 
the Japs know how to build a solid structure." They did. No deaths, but 
quite a few minor injuries (stuff falling on people's heads).

On my way to the airport, I sat beside a guy from Chicago. We got to 
talking and he told me he sold steel. He pointed to a steel structure 
and said: "I love selling steel to the Japanese. See that steel 
structure over there? It's ready to have a 10 storey building to be 
built around it. There's enough steel in that 10 storey structure to 
build a 40 storey building back in Chicago."

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Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News Land of lockdowns <remailer@domain.invalid> - 2021-09-22 20:51 +0100
  Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News Dechucka <Dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2021-09-23 06:23 +1000
    Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News Mountain Magpie <Leura@blue.mountains.org> - 2021-09-22 21:13 +0000
    Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2021-09-23 07:34 +1000
      Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News Dechucka <Dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2021-09-23 07:44 +1000
        Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> - 2021-09-23 08:57 +1000
          Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2021-09-23 09:35 +1000
            Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News Dechucka <Dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2021-09-23 09:46 +1000
              Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News Klaus  Schadenfreude <klaus.schadenfreude.entfernen.@gmail.com> - 2021-09-22 16:57 -0700
                Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News Dechucka <Dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2021-09-23 10:49 +1000
                Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News Mountain Magpie <Leura@blue.mountains.org> - 2021-09-23 01:24 +0000
                Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2021-09-23 14:50 +1000
              Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2021-09-23 14:43 +1000
                Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News Dechucka <Dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2021-09-23 14:52 +1000
          Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News Dechucka <Dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2021-09-23 09:42 +1000
            Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> - 2021-09-23 12:26 +1000
              Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News Daniel65 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2021-09-23 23:26 +1000
        Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News Fran <f2r2a3@loonynutters.com> - 2021-09-23 11:08 +1000
          Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News Dechucka <Dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2021-09-23 11:16 +1000
    Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News Klaus  Schadenfreude <klaus.schadenfreude.entfernen.@gmail.com> - 2021-09-22 15:07 -0700
      Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News Dechucka <Dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2021-09-23 08:18 +1000
        Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News Klaus  Schadenfreude <klaus.schadenfreude.entfernen.@gmail.com> - 2021-09-22 15:21 -0700
          Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News Dechucka <Dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2021-09-23 08:22 +1000
        Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News Fran <f2r2a3@loonynutters.com> - 2021-09-23 11:11 +1000
    Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News Fran <f2r2a3@loonynutters.com> - 2021-09-23 11:01 +1000
    Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News Daniel65 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2021-09-23 17:09 +1000
      Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News Dechucka <Dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2021-09-23 17:29 +1000
        Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News Daniel65 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2021-09-23 20:34 +1000
          Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News Fran <f2r2a3@loonynutters.com> - 2021-09-24 11:12 +1000
            Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News Mountain Magpie <Leura@blue.mountains.org> - 2021-09-24 04:31 +0000
  Re: Earthquake shakes Melbourne - BBC News Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au> - 2021-09-24 07:38 +1000

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