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Alaskan · 11-05-2002, 12:27 PM

Good thing most of the tourist are gone.

Alaskan · 11-05-2002, 12:29 PM

**Yukon Jack** · 11-05-2002, 12:43 PM

Was wondering how our Alaskian members were faring. Are you doing okay? That's some serious damage

**Classic Heartbeat** · 11-05-2002, 01:21 PM

Wow!!!

I hope you are allright... We still have repairs going on from our last big earthquake... WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com

yellowgmc · 11-05-2002, 01:27 PM

geeez!!! i'm glad i live in an area were the ground doesn't move faster than i do. man i couldn't handle that. i'd be a wreck. gimmie tornados any day.

Slammed67 · 11-05-2002, 01:52 PM

Those look like some of the roads in Kansas City!

Rod · 11-05-2002, 02:34 PM

I got a call from relatives in the Yukon and they felt it too... wasn't anything on the news about it here in Manitoba that I noticed... and thats a doozie of a quake.

stllookn · 11-05-2002, 02:53 PM

That looks like a nice place to store some old FORD parts...LOL! How close were you that one when it went off?

AlaskanMan · 11-05-2002, 03:30 PM

All's well in Valdez, I was just getting done with some piddly littte thing on my truck, slammed the door and it just would not stop shaking, looked around and could hear my house creaking. It lasted quite a long time. No tsumami warning tho thank God.

Southpa · 11-05-2002, 04:10 PM

I heard they felt it as far away as Louisiana. We're expecting a big one around Vancouver Island. Picture this, plates are locked and slowly grinding away at each other. Pressure is building and when its released the plates will snap. They say Vancouver Island, being nothing more than a big slab of rock, will literally jump.

jmil1974 · 11-05-2002, 05:17 PM

I heard it was the strongest quake on record in North America. They felt and measured in the Gulf of Mexico . . .

*Shane* · 11-05-2002, 05:46 PM

I live in North Alabama and I felt it down here....no wait...that was just the dawg farting! My mistake....LOL !

Glad everyone is safe.....7.9 is a hum-dinger....

*Piston* · 11-05-2002, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Slammed67
Those look like some of the roads in Kansas City!

LOL thats no sh!t right there.

Hope everyone is ok up there... Heard that was one of the worst recorded for that area?

meathead95 · 11-05-2002, 07:56 PM

I have never seen anything like that. WOW

AlaskanMan · 11-05-2002, 09:32 PM

Alaska Has
11% of the Worlds earthquakes
52% of all earthquakes in the U.S.
Three of the six largest earthquakes in recorded history
Seven of the ten largest earthquakes in the U.S.
Daily average quake 2.5
Biggest so far 9.2 march 1964

Totally destroyed Valdez. 31 dead.

Keeping fingers crossed lol.

Alaskan · 11-05-2002, 10:33 PM

No problems in Anchorage, it lasted here for about one minute and felt several after shocks. The epicenter was about 270 miles to the north near a little town called Healy a major tourist trap in the summer. It moved at 2 miles per second (that's 7200 miles per hour) and lasted 80 seconds at epicenter. Good thing it was'nt like the 64 quake.
Link to local paper. http://www.adn.com

Longhorn Man · 11-05-2002, 11:03 PM

With all due respect to those who lost lives and property....but thos pics are awsome!
Glad to hear you guys are OK.

Dean23 · 11-05-2002, 11:23 PM

I thought I felt it in edmonton, But it was just that the OILERS actually one a game....LOL. Looks rough up there man.

**Classic Heartbeat** · 11-05-2002, 11:42 PM

That earthquake actually broke boat houses loose from their mooring docks in Lake Washington near Seattle.

WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com

dion · 11-05-2002, 11:49 PM

I spent over three years in Alaska, beautiful land. Northern Lights and Wildlife, amazing! I was in a few Earthquakes while I was there but nothing like that one. Glad you're okay!

Hooter · 11-06-2002, 02:25 AM

Looks like a good place to try out a 4x4

Mustard Mobile · 11-06-2002, 02:56 AM

I was at work and everything started to swing and fall off the shelves. My boss was on the way to valdez and the road in front of them buckeled and cracked. She has some really cool pics. It was the best one I had been in during the nearly twenty years I have been here. I hope we get some bigger ones. Lots of work!!

Huck · 11-06-2002, 09:58 AM

YOU MENTIONED THAT MOST OF THE TOURISTS WERE GONE. BASED UPON THE SIZE OF THEM HOLES, I THINK I MAY KNOW WHERE SOME OF THEM MAY BE!!! Glad there were no major injuries or deaths.

11-05-2002, 12:27 PM	#1
Alaskan Truck'n the alcan Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Houston, AK Posts: 149	The day after a 7.9 earthquake Good thing most of the tourist are gone. Attached Images __________________ 68 GMC 4x4 71 C20 Custom Deluxe 83 1/2 ton conversion van

11-05-2002, 12:29 PM	#2
Alaskan Truck'n the alcan Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Houston, AK Posts: 149	The day after a 7.9 earthquake Attached Images __________________ 68 GMC 4x4 71 C20 Custom Deluxe 83 1/2 ton conversion van

11-05-2002, 12:43 PM	#3
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,684	Was wondering how our Alaskian members were faring. Are you doing okay? That's some serious damage __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14

11-05-2002, 01:21 PM	#4
Classic Heartbeat Project Junkie! Fishing Poor!! Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Olympia,Wa. 98512 Posts: 10,767	Wow!!! I hope you are allright... We still have repairs going on from our last big earthquake... WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com __________________ On-line catolog Classic Heartbeat Pickup Parts WEHEPP@comcast.net Call us Toll Free (888) 338-2502 Like Us on Facebook No appointment necessary. 72 BB Chevy Custom Deluxe / Custom Camper 67 I-6 (Soon to be 5.7 LS1) Panel 68 BB Chevy Short Bed 72 6.0 LQ9 Short Bed Chevy 4X4 Olympia's fastest growing truck parts supplier. Olympia's home for Wayward Chevys

11-05-2002, 01:27 PM	#5
yellowgmc Getting cabin fever?!?!?! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: chisholm, mn Posts: 1,679	geeez!!! i'm glad i live in an area were the ground doesn't move faster than i do. man i couldn't handle that. i'd be a wreck. gimmie tornados any day. __________________ Member of the Discs Up Front Club 1972 GMC 1500 1994 F-150 XL 4x4 Tact is for people not whitty enough to be sarcastic

11-05-2002, 01:52 PM	#6
Slammed67 Progress = 0% Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 2,108	Those look like some of the roads in Kansas City! __________________ Jason - '67 GMC swb \| '57 Bel-Air 4dr hardtop \| '56 210 4dr Wagon \| 2000 GMC Sierra

11-05-2002, 02:34 PM	#7
Rod Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Eastern - Manitoba Canada, Winnipeg Posts: 4,369	I got a call from relatives in the Yukon and they felt it too... wasn't anything on the news about it here in Manitoba that I noticed... and thats a doozie of a quake. __________________ Senior active founding member. 70 3/4 ton GMC Suburban 4x4 250/4 spd. 71 1/2 ton Suburban Chevy 4x4, 350/350 72 Chev 1 ton tow truck 402BB w/Holmes 440 wrecker on propane 2005 FLSTSCI Harley Springer 85 FXSB Harley Lowrider 72 Triumph 650 Bonneville 5spd "Poor people don't have hobbies" Quote from wife.

11-05-2002, 02:53 PM	#8
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	That looks like a nice place to store some old FORD parts...LOL! How close were you that one when it went off? __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

11-05-2002, 03:30 PM	#9
AlaskanMan Life Long Alaskan Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Valdez Alaska Posts: 208	All's well in Valdez, I was just getting done with some piddly littte thing on my truck, slammed the door and it just would not stop shaking, looked around and could hear my house creaking. It lasted quite a long time. No tsumami warning tho thank God. __________________ Customized 69 K20 Crewcab Valdez Alaska Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.

11-05-2002, 04:10 PM	#10
Southpa Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Victoria, BC, Canada Posts: 2,410	I heard they felt it as far away as Louisiana. We're expecting a big one around Vancouver Island. Picture this, plates are locked and slowly grinding away at each other. Pressure is building and when its released the plates will snap. They say Vancouver Island, being nothing more than a big slab of rock, will literally jump. __________________ 1970 GMC 1500 Custom Original 350/TH350 Victoria, BC, Canada You can wish in one hand and crap in the other. See which one gets filled first.

11-05-2002, 05:17 PM	#11
jmil1974 Ain't we cute? Join Date: May 2002 Location: Friendswood, TX Posts: 700	I heard it was the strongest quake on record in North America. They felt and measured in the Gulf of Mexico . . . __________________ 69 C10 2WD LWB Fleet 350/350 power front disc conversion (6 lug disc kit from gmcpauls) and new engine, PS, A/C, fresh fluids, SHE DRIVES! FOR SALE $3900

11-05-2002, 05:46 PM	#12
Shane Account Suspended Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: over yonder Posts: 14,270	I live in North Alabama and I felt it down here....no wait...that was just the dawg farting! My mistake....LOL ! Glad everyone is safe.....7.9 is a hum-dinger....

11-05-2002, 07:56 PM	#14
meathead95 computer illiterate Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Des Moines, IA Posts: 6,446	I have never seen anything like that. WOW __________________ 72 2wd blazer 72 swb 4x4

11-05-2002, 09:32 PM	#15
AlaskanMan Life Long Alaskan Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Valdez Alaska Posts: 208	Alaska Has 11% of the Worlds earthquakes 52% of all earthquakes in the U.S. Three of the six largest earthquakes in recorded history Seven of the ten largest earthquakes in the U.S. Daily average quake 2.5 Biggest so far 9.2 march 1964 Totally destroyed Valdez. 31 dead. Keeping fingers crossed lol. __________________ Customized 69 K20 Crewcab Valdez Alaska Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.

11-05-2002, 10:33 PM	#16
Alaskan Truck'n the alcan Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Houston, AK Posts: 149	No problems in Anchorage, it lasted here for about one minute and felt several after shocks. The epicenter was about 270 miles to the north near a little town called Healy a major tourist trap in the summer. It moved at 2 miles per second (that's 7200 miles per hour) and lasted 80 seconds at epicenter. Good thing it was'nt like the 64 quake. Link to local paper. http://www.adn.com __________________ 68 GMC 4x4 71 C20 Custom Deluxe 83 1/2 ton conversion van Last edited by Alaskan; 11-05-2002 at 10:43 PM.



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11-05-2002, 11:03 PM	#17
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	With all due respect to those who lost lives and property....but thos pics are awsome! Glad to hear you guys are OK.

11-05-2002, 11:23 PM	#18
Dean23 68cst_ss490 Join Date: May 2001 Location: edmonton,canada Posts: 1,363	I thought I felt it in edmonton, But it was just that the OILERS actually one a game....LOL. Looks rough up there man. __________________ Dean edmonton,canada a winter wonderland 2005 Chevrolet Avalanche LT cold air intake, performance exhaust, Comp cams cam, jba shorty ceramic headers. http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3090973

11-05-2002, 11:42 PM	#19
Classic Heartbeat Project Junkie! Fishing Poor!! Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Olympia,Wa. 98512 Posts: 10,767	That earthquake actually broke boat houses loose from their mooring docks in Lake Washington near Seattle. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com __________________ On-line catolog Classic Heartbeat Pickup Parts WEHEPP@comcast.net Call us Toll Free (888) 338-2502 Like Us on Facebook No appointment necessary. 72 BB Chevy Custom Deluxe / Custom Camper 67 I-6 (Soon to be 5.7 LS1) Panel 68 BB Chevy Short Bed 72 6.0 LQ9 Short Bed Chevy 4X4 Olympia's fastest growing truck parts supplier. Olympia's home for Wayward Chevys

11-05-2002, 11:49 PM	#20
dion 72 Cheyenne Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,086	I spent over three years in Alaska, beautiful land. Northern Lights and Wildlife, amazing! I was in a few Earthquakes while I was there but nothing like that one. Glad you're okay! __________________ Burnout Idle 1972Cheyenne 1966/67Stouts

11-06-2002, 02:25 AM	#21
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11-06-2002, 02:56 AM	#22
Mustard Mobile Former Evolutionist Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Prineville Oregon Posts: 68	I was at work and everything started to swing and fall off the shelves. My boss was on the way to valdez and the road in front of them buckeled and cracked. She has some really cool pics. It was the best one I had been in during the nearly twenty years I have been here. I hope we get some bigger ones. Lots of work!! __________________ Current project- 71 3/4 Ton 4x4 Future Project- 1948 fleetline electric conversion

11-06-2002, 09:58 AM	#23
Huck Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Shelbyville, KY Posts: 3,269	YOU MENTIONED THAT MOST OF THE TOURISTS WERE GONE. BASED UPON THE SIZE OF THEM HOLES, I THINK I MAY KNOW WHERE SOME OF THEM MAY BE!!! Glad there were no major injuries or deaths.

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