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SCantiGOP

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7. Not trivializing the tragedy

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Thu Feb 16, 2023, 03:05 PM

Feb 2023

But two of the things I feared the most as a kid growing up in the 50s and watching TV were quicksand and being swallowed by fissures that opened up during earthquakes.
Not sure I’ve ever heard of a quicksand death, and being in a building is certainly worse during an earthquake than having to avoid falling into a crevasse.

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yikes . drone footage shows huge fault line after turkey / syria earthquakes [View all] AllaN01Bear Feb 2023 OP

How many trillions of pounds of earth were moved in that quake? Botany Feb 2023 #1

Found this video... 2naSalit Feb 2023 #2

It is so amazing to see that. Srkdqltr Feb 2023 #3

Mother Nature is in charge. Has been forever. jimfields33 Feb 2023 #4

are plates moving again? sadasfyed Feb 2023 #5

Wow judesedit Feb 2023 #6

Not trivializing the tragedy SCantiGOP Feb 2023 #7

No, it's not. The Alaska quake had people swallowed up by a crevass that opened in Anchorage Liberty Belle Feb 2023 #10

Whoa! That's really something. Damn! liberalla Feb 2023 #8

Yikes, indeed. Thanks for sharing. Martin68 Feb 2023 #9

Why is it so straight? dickthegrouch Feb 2023 #11