AAHHHH RUN!!!!!
6.2 What a Ride.
I hope you are all safe.
I heard that it could be felt as far away as Salt Lake City.
Where are you? Did you feel it?

GutZ

Anybody got any clean skibbies, I could use a pair. We was rockin, almost lost 2 of our 50' cement silos, they were rockin and swayin probally 2 foot. That was a hell of a ride, free admission !!!!!!

Felt it here in Beaverton, Oregon!! No damage as far as I've seen-what is it like up there?

They are Saying magnitude 7 now on King 5 news. My mom has been on the news three times this morning, both King 5 and CNN National news. She is the one standing outside of Harborview talking about the concrete wall that collapsed. MY MOM IS WORLD FAMOUS!!! COOL!!!

I'm in Redmond. We got shook up pretty good, lots of noise but no apparent damage. We're in a 1 year old 3-story office building.

Our building here in Portland was shakin' pretty good. I was the first one out the door. My staff said they've never seen me move that fast.....

I heard the quake was centered in the Seattle area. Some damage is reported. Hope everyone up there is okay.

I've heard fish bite better in the rain but do they bite any better during an earthquake??



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MSB

I was driving around 55-60 down the mountain
Hwy in eatonville,it felt as if the tranny was slipping.Other than that I felt nothing.But when I arrived back at my office
in Kent there was stuff all over my office.
Good luck,
STRIKE ZONE

It was shakin up here in BC. An old lady beside me at Staples almost **** her pants.

What an E-Ticket ride! That was way cooooool! I wanna do that again!

The UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences survived Earthquake 2001.

Parker

I work for Pierce County 911, we had one fun ride. We had a couple hundred calls come in for the first hour or so, Mostly Automatic Fire Alarms and Medical Aid calls. I sure hope one like this hits Seattle or we all in a world of hurt.

hey fish chaser, I work in Cowlitz County for the Fire Dept and we had one call for an "aftershock", a 12 year old girl in shock from the earthquake.

Felt like I was in a drift boat slamming into a huge rock. My pole didn't break. Just a few things tossed around.

Work in down town doin building maintence what a ride!!!!!!! All the water leaks and breakage is goin to have me downtown seattle all night. Well I guess it'll go to my new driftboat fund

Tight lines

Kevin

Hey BuzzerBaby, Sounds like some of the same calls I received, had lots of Possible Heart calls, and a quite a few of the typical B.S. calls. All of the Fire Departments up here still have their EOC's set up. Hope you don't get to more "AFTERSHOCK" calls

Life is pretty much as proceeding at usual at the UW, ain't it Parker? We were shaking pretty good though. I was in the cafeteria and hundreds of people rushed out of the doors at once, crazinesssssss. By the way, I heard Highway 2 is closed b/c of damage so don't head up to the Sky anytime soon, OK?

I teach science in Aberdeen....what a great live demonstration!!!!! I was in the doorway of my room that goes outside so I could look simultaneously in my room and outside.

My 15 x 6 science pond was sloshing about 800 gallons of water all over the ground, trees and telephone poles were swaying and the ground was rippling.....awesome.

But most importantly, the kids reacted perfectly (duck and cover) and remained very calm throughout the ordeal. Training pays off!

Yeah, life at the UW is back to normal....or as normal as it gets around here.

Tell you what, though. My office is up on the 2nd floor of the brand new Fisheries Sciences Building and I have an excellent view of Lake Union, the I-5 and University Bridge.

Naturally, as the quake hit, I just sat in my chair and watched what was happening outside. Lake Union was tossing, the I-5 and University bridges were slightly buckling, telelphone poles were swaying and people were running out of their buildings screaming. Folks even stopped their cars on the I-5 bridge and got out and were walking around for a minute or two. In all, it was a very entertaining view!

The only damage I personally saw was when my baseball rolled off of the shelf, bounced off of the PC monitor, bounced off of my keyboard, and bounced on the ground.

Parker "Quake 2001 Survivor"

I was in the new saw mill in Tacoma. those tide flats were a real ride!!! they continued to jigle for atleast a min after the quake had stopped. felt like we were on a masive bowl of jello!!!! lights went out and we just took cover and enjoyed the ride. the poor guys in the crane outside must have thought they were dead! I'm ready for another!!!


dcrzfitter

W-T-F!

I work in a building down on the ship canal in Fremont and the whole place was rolling. What really got me was when the California native from the office next to mine was in his doorway looking very scared saying "This is a BIG one..."

I'm from the Midwest and have never had anything like this happen and I don't want to again. Yikes.

Sounds like the Olympia area has some bad damage. Hope there's no tsunami headed for the coast...

Does an earthquake affect the fishing? Maybe it wakes the fish up and makes them hungry and angry. Alternatively, maybe it makes them seasick and lose their appetite.

Any thoughts, experience?

Gerard W.
Seattle, WA