oregonpackfan
07-12-2007, 03:57 PM
Yesterday, western Oregon experienced a mild earthquake measurig 3.3 on the Richter Scale near Canby, OR at about 8:55 p.m PST. The epicenter was about 15 miles from my house.
I was at a local community meeting sitting around a large table when we experienced a small rumble like a semi-truck going by 50 yards from us. We looked at each other like, "Was that an earthquake?"
Sure enough, the news later that evening verified the quake. Since the weather that day had been up to an unusual 98 degrees, they dubbed it the "Shake N' Bake Quake" :)
About half a dozen years ago, we experienced an earthquake in the low 4's when I was teaching in my classroom. Of the 22 classrooms in the school, only 4 classrooms did not feel a thing. In some classrooms, the shaking was so profound that the teachers called the "Duck, Cover, and Hold" Earthquake Drill.
In this drill, the students are trained to Duck under a desk or table, Cover their head with one arm and hand, and Hold onto the desk/table leg with the other hand.
My classroom was one of the 4 where none of my students, me, or my college student teacher felt any movement. This was despite the fact that my 25 students were divided into 5 different learning centers and most of the students were sitting on the floor.
After the rumble, the Principal rang the fire bell. Only after all the classes were gathered in our assigned spots outside did I learn we had an earthquake.
Our school is H-shaped with the cafeteria and gym built onto the walls of the left vertical line. It turned out that the four classrooms which did not feel the earthquake were at the opposite poles of the H-shape!
BTW, no one was injured and there was no damage to the building or its contents.
I was at a local community meeting sitting around a large table when we experienced a small rumble like a semi-truck going by 50 yards from us. We looked at each other like, "Was that an earthquake?"
Sure enough, the news later that evening verified the quake. Since the weather that day had been up to an unusual 98 degrees, they dubbed it the "Shake N' Bake Quake" :)
About half a dozen years ago, we experienced an earthquake in the low 4's when I was teaching in my classroom. Of the 22 classrooms in the school, only 4 classrooms did not feel a thing. In some classrooms, the shaking was so profound that the teachers called the "Duck, Cover, and Hold" Earthquake Drill.
In this drill, the students are trained to Duck under a desk or table, Cover their head with one arm and hand, and Hold onto the desk/table leg with the other hand.
My classroom was one of the 4 where none of my students, me, or my college student teacher felt any movement. This was despite the fact that my 25 students were divided into 5 different learning centers and most of the students were sitting on the floor.
After the rumble, the Principal rang the fire bell. Only after all the classes were gathered in our assigned spots outside did I learn we had an earthquake.
Our school is H-shaped with the cafeteria and gym built onto the walls of the left vertical line. It turned out that the four classrooms which did not feel the earthquake were at the opposite poles of the H-shape!
BTW, no one was injured and there was no damage to the building or its contents.