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Quake?

Post by Max Headroom » Fri, 25 Feb 2022 9:48 am

Anyone felt the earth move just now?

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Re: Quake?

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Re: Quake?

Post by malcontent » Fri, 25 Feb 2022 10:32 am

Max Headroom wrote:
Fri, 25 Feb 2022 9:48 am
Anyone felt the earth move just now?
Yes, I did feel the sway and saw hanging items swaying too. I’m on the 14th floor in the Holland area.
Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it - Niels Bohr

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Post by Lisafuller » Fri, 25 Feb 2022 10:57 pm

Saw a news article that tremors were felt in Sengkang, Woodlands and Whampoa. Pretty crazy if you think about it.

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Post by Lisafuller » Fri, 25 Feb 2022 10:58 pm

malcontent wrote:
Fri, 25 Feb 2022 10:32 am
Max Headroom wrote:
Fri, 25 Feb 2022 9:48 am
Anyone felt the earth move just now?
Yes, I did feel the sway and saw hanging items swaying too. I’m on the 14th floor in the Holland area.
Wow, all the way in Holland? I’m not too far away in Bukit Timah but didn’t feel anything.

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Re: Quake?

Post by malcontent » Sat, 26 Feb 2022 1:21 am

Lisafuller wrote:
Fri, 25 Feb 2022 10:58 pm
malcontent wrote:
Fri, 25 Feb 2022 10:32 am
Max Headroom wrote:
Fri, 25 Feb 2022 9:48 am
Anyone felt the earth move just now?
Yes, I did feel the sway and saw hanging items swaying too. I’m on the 14th floor in the Holland area.
Wow, all the way in Holland? I’m not too far away in Bukit Timah but didn’t feel anything.
My wife and helper were home at the time and didn’t feel it… just me. I was working at my standing desk at the time — that’s probably why I noticed it.
Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it - Niels Bohr

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Post by Lisafuller » Sat, 26 Feb 2022 11:27 pm

Ah, probably. Chances are the tremors weren’t too strong since you were so far away. If you were napping, or even sitting down chances are you wouldn’t have felt it.

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Post by Myasis Dragon » Sun, 27 Feb 2022 1:52 am

I was in Suntec Tower One when the Aceh earthquake hit. Had to walk down 35 flights of stairs.

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Re: Quake?

Post by malcontent » Sun, 27 Feb 2022 10:16 am

Myasis Dragon wrote:
Sun, 27 Feb 2022 1:52 am
I was in Suntec Tower One when the Aceh earthquake hit. Had to walk down 35 flights of stairs.
Sounds like good exercise!

In crisis situations I’m always torn between following protocol with the masses or just hopping on an elevator. During the incident at the World Trade Center (NYC, not the one in SG - which changed its name after), there was one guy who saw everyone jammed into the stairwells and the elevators were free, decided to just take his chances and walked out to the building 2 minutes later... I kinda wanna be that guy! And honestly, the stairwells were not exactly safer in that moment - speed was a factor.
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Re: Quake?

Post by Lisafuller » Mon, 28 Feb 2022 1:02 am

Myasis Dragon wrote:
Sun, 27 Feb 2022 1:52 am
I was in Suntec Tower One when the Aceh earthquake hit. Had to walk down 35 flights of stairs.
Good God, it must have been hot as hell. I can only imagine how anxious I would have bee, I hate being in tight spaces and the idea of being packed with a bunch of other people in a stairwell terrifies me.

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Re: Quake?

Post by Lisafuller » Mon, 28 Feb 2022 1:05 am

malcontent wrote:
Sun, 27 Feb 2022 10:16 am
Myasis Dragon wrote:
Sun, 27 Feb 2022 1:52 am
I was in Suntec Tower One when the Aceh earthquake hit. Had to walk down 35 flights of stairs.
Sounds like good exercise!

In crisis situations I’m always torn between following protocol with the masses or just hopping on an elevator. During the incident at the World Trade Center (NYC, not the one in SG - which changed its name after), there was one guy who saw everyone jammed into the stairwells and the elevators were free, decided to just take his chances and walked out to the building 2 minutes later... I kinda wanna be that guy! And honestly, the stairwells were not exactly safer in that moment - speed was a factor.
My fear is the lift malfunctioning and getting stuck, and then dying a slow, miserable death.

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