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    Dec 5, 2004 2:10:44 AM

    RCA
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    Earthquake

    Oh great, we just had an Earthquake over here in Bavaria.
    I'm working in my home office in the basement and suddenly the monitors and my chair started to tremble.
    Two minutes later, my wife came down from the 2nd floor, she was pretty horrified. No wonder, we experienced two major 5.x and 6.x Richter scale earthquakes during my stay in Eastern Europe and it was no fun.

    Magnitude was around 4.x or maybe even 5.x right now but it lasted only a few seconds. No damage whatsoever but I guess my wife won't sleep anymore tonight.

    Dec 5, 2004 2:20:49 AM

    palenimbus
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    Re: Earthquake

    When the earthquake first took place I bet the absolute first thing you did was run down to your garage to make sure your Porsches were ok

    Dec 5, 2004 2:40:19 AM

    RCA
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    Re: Earthquake

    Quote:
    danny828 said:
    When the earthquake first took place I bet the absolute first thing you did was run down to your garage to make sure your Porsches were ok



    The garage is in the basement too, only a few meters from my home office. As I said, no damage and there was no need to go to the garage. The house alarm system is turned on and if it didn't go off, this means that the house and the cars are OK. Hopefully. And now I go to bed, it is pretty late over here. Good night.

    Dec 5, 2004 3:08:36 AM

    Ron (Houston)M
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    Re: Earthquake

    Wow , glad you guys are ok. Seems like these days earthquake is happening to the places that there was no trace of it .

    P.S. I like the new avatar .

    Dec 5, 2004 3:13:25 AM

    Tour18
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    Re: Earthquake

    Man, I hope you are all OK. I just watched a Science Channel program on monster earthquakes. Keep us posted...

    Dec 5, 2004 2:53:32 PM

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    Re: Earthquake

    Quote:
    RC said:
    Magnitude was around 4.x or maybe even 5.x right now but it lasted only a few seconds. No damage whatsoever but I guess my wife won't sleep anymore tonight.



    5.7, epicenter around Freiburg in the Black Forest.

    Checked that none of the infra-red switched lights around the outside of the house had come on, ruling out the noise being caused by someone breaking in, and instantly went back to sleep.
    It was a short, sharp bump, unless we slept through most of it, unlike other earth tremors I've felt in the past.

    3:00 AM uh? Was too sleepy to notice the time.

    Dec 5, 2004 4:58:55 PM

    Trundle_GT3
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    Re: Earthquake

    Glad all is well!

    For those who have never experienced an EQ, for me they are the most
    un-nerving experience imagineable..I stll remember the last bg SoCal event like it was yesterday!!!
    At 4:30 am, on January 17, 1994, residents of the greater Los Angeles area were rudely awakened by the strong shaking of the Northridge earthquake.

    Dec 5, 2004 5:53:25 PM

    ADias
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    Re: Earthquake

    RC: I'm happy you survived fine. We, Californians can relate

    Dec 5, 2004 5:58:43 PM

    poursha
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    Re: Earthquake

    Glad to hear no damage occurred (to people or property!).

    Dec 8, 2004 11:23:50 PM

    CarreraGtRacer
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    Re: Earthquake

    Trundle996, I was living in California when that Earthquake occured...I was only 6 years old but I still remember it to this day.

    Glad your okay RC Nice avatar too! I would love a ride in a Carrera GT one day
     
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